Podcast Episodes

You Think You Know Elizabeth Gilbert. You Don’t.

Episode 412

When her wildly popular memoir “Eat Pray Love” came out in 2006, Elizabeth Gilbert suddenly found herself touted as an expert on self fulfillment, spirituality and love. Readers might assume that Gil…

Published on 7 hours ago

Why I Always Dreamed of Being a Sister Wife

Episode 409

Christine Woolley always knew she wanted to be in a plural marriage. She grew up in a fundamentalist Mormon community, loved having two moms and several grandmothers, and wanted to raise her own chil…

Published on 1 week ago

E. Jean Carroll’s Vibrant Sex Life Ended 30 Years Ago. She Wants It Back.

Episode 411

When the writer E. Jean Carroll accused President Trump of sexual assault in 2019, she unearthed a memory she had pushed away for decades. She also admitted, for the first time, something she hadn’t …

Published on 2 weeks ago

Nic and Olandria on What the ‘Love Island’ Cameras Missed

Episode 410

Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe spent a lot of this past season on “Love Island USA” coupled up with other people, but in a last-minute twist they wound up together.

Fans were divided. They re…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Bridget Everett Says a Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love (Encore)

Episode 408

Stories of romantic love are everywhere, but the actor, singer and comedian Bridget Everett says that friendships deserve our attention, too. Onscreen and in everyday life.

Last Fall, Everett appeared…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Where Did All My Male Friendships Go?

Episode 407

Sam Graham-Felsen never imagined being lonely. Throughout his childhood and as a young man his life revolved around his friends. But when Sam got married and then had kids, going out with his friends…

Published on 1 month ago

The Kind of Pain She Wanted

Episode 406

For her entire life, Grace Hussar has been an overthinker. No matter how much she wanted to be in the moment, she always felt as if she was just outside it. But when she took up endurance running, sh…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

How to Stop Asking 'Are You Mad at Me?'

Episode 405

“Am I in trouble?” “Am I secretly bad?” These are questions Meg Josephson, a therapist and author, grew up asking herself. She was constantly trying to anticipate other people’s needs, worried that s…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reneé Rapp on Blurring the Line Between Bestie and Lover

Episode 404

The pop singer and actress Reneé Rapp has a deep love for her friends. She maintains a nonstop group chat with more than 15 close friends every day. Their lives are so intertwined that the line betwe…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

How to Keep Love Alive, With Rob Delaney of ‘Dying for Sex’

Episode 403

When we meet Rob Delaney’s character, “Neighbor Guy,” in FX’s limited series “Dying for Sex,” he’s scarfing down a burrito in an elevator, dripping food on his face and the floor. But Delaney’s perfo…

Published on 2 months ago