Millions of Americans are in relationships with people who have different political views. University of Illinois researcher Emily Van Duyn has spent years exploring how people navigate those relationships — and how those relationships, in turn, shape their politics.

Van Duyn joins us to talk about her new book, Hearts Divided: How Politics Shape Our Closest Connections. We discuss how couples handle political disagreement, what happens when kids and in-laws enter the picture, and what these relationships reveal about the state of American democracy.