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Tessa Thompson on Finding What You Want (What You Really, Really Want)
Episode 415
Tessa Thompson’s latest role is an infamously chaotic one: Hedda Gabler. Adapted from the classic play by Henrik Ibsen, “Hedda,” in select theaters Oct. 22, casts Thompson as a 1950s housewife who fe…
Published on 8 hours ago
For Her 70th Birthday, She Hired an Escort
Episode 412
Gail Rice, a writer and a therapist, was approaching her 70th birthday. She had given up on dating apps and hadn’t had a romantic connection with anyone in years. But for her 70th, she wanted a very …
Published on 1 week ago
How an Off-Script Moment Changed Jay Duplass’s Life
Episode 413
Jay Duplass knows the power of improvisation. Many years ago, an unscripted, cliffside interaction changed his life, helping to set in motion the events that would lead to his new movie, “The Baltimo…
Published on 2 weeks ago
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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 1 month 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 1 month, 1 week 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 1 month, 2 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, 3 weeks 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 2 months ago