Alison van Diggelen with Dr. Michael Krasny

How do we find love? How do we live and love fully? And can we find healing and purpose after loss? Join us in the most romantic week of the year to hear Alison van Diggelen discuss her new book, The Love Project, with Dr. Michael Krasny.

In her quest to understand love and healing, Alison van Diggelen explores how empathy, self-love, and personal growth can transform ordinary lives into extraordinary ones, distrust into intimacy, and grief into purpose. The Love Project looks at a community through the lens of love—romantic, familial, platonic—and the quiet yet powerful bonds we share with community and nature.

With candor and compassion, these real love stories reveal how people overcome challenges, grief, trauma, and societal prejudice. From the windswept beaches of Carmel to moments of quiet self-discovery in neighbors’ homes, each story reminds us of the human spirit's resiliency and capacity for growth and connection.

Whether you are seeking inspiration for your own journey of self-improvement or the comfort of knowing you are not alone, The Love Project offers a gentle guide to finding love and hope, living authentically, and embracing life's most transformative moments.

About the Speakers

Alison van Diggelen is a regular contributor to the BBC World Service and has appeared on NPR, PBS, and BBC TV. Her writing features in the NPR book, On Fatherhood. As the host of the Fresh Dialogues interview series, she’s had intimate conversations with Oscar winners, Nobel Prize winners, and tech visionaries. Alison hails from Bonnie Scotland and now lives in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Visit AlisonvanDiggelen.com or Instagram @alisonvand.

Dr. Michael Krasny was the host of the award winning , a program discussing news and public affairs, current events, culture, health, business and technology. FORUM can be heard daily on Northern California’s public radio station, KQED, as well as on Sirius/XM Satellite with National Public Radio, Comcast digital cable, and on the Internet as a podcast on iTunes. He has interviewed a wide range of major political and cultural figures. He is also a veteran interviewer for the nationally broadcast City Arts and Lectures series. Focus Magazine named him Best Bay Area Talk Show Host, and he was selected Best Talk Host and Best Interviewer by the editorial staff of San Francisco Weekly, as well as in their annual readers’ poll.

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