Lex Fridman Podcast
#396 – James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love
18 Sep 2023
James Sexton is a divorce attorney and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off first order - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lexpod to get 15% off - AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/james-sexton-transcript EPISODE LINKS: James's Twitter: https://twitter.com/nycdivorcelaw James's Instagram: https://instagram.com/nycdivorcelawyer James's Website: https://nycdivorces.com/our-attorneys How to Stay in Love (book): https://amzn.to/3t61uji If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late (audiobook): https://amzn.to/3PkVECg PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (09:01) - Why marriages fail (30:32) - Sex and fetishes (39:49) - Breakups (1:05:35) - Johnny Depp and Amber Heard (1:25:36) - Complicated divorce cases (1:32:22) - Cheating with the nanny (1:34:39) - Relationship advice (1:43:20) - Cost of divorce (2:05:11) - Prenups (2:19:33) - Cheating (2:27:17) - Open marriages and threesomes (2:40:05) - Sex and fighting (3:05:00) - Kevin Costner's divorce (3:14:44) - Lying (3:22:12) - Productivity (3:30:06) - Jiu Jitsu (3:38:38) - Sex, love, and marriage
Full Episode
The following is a conversation with James Sexton, divorce attorney and author of How to Stay in Love, A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together. As a trial lawyer, James, for over two decades, has negotiated and litigated a huge number of high-conflict divorces. This has given him a deep understanding of how relationships fail and how they can succeed.
And bigger than that, the role of love and pain in this whole messy rollercoaster ride we call life. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the best way to support this podcast. We got Eight Sleep for naps, Inside Tracker for biological data, House of Macadamias for delicious and healthy snacks.
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But please still check out the sponsors. I enjoy their stuff. Maybe you will too. This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep and their Pod 3 mattress. I cool my body under a warm blanket with the Eight Sleep Pod 3 and my smartphone. You can control each side of the bed separately to, I think, down to 55 degrees and as hot as 110. I've never done that. I think it would be insane to do that.
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