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‘Desire Is Never the Mistake’
Episode 256
This holiday season, it’s OK to want more. Paula grew up in foster care, and year after year she would find herself “clobbered by desire” when the ho…
5 years, 7 months ago
With the Help of Strangers
Episode 255
This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence.
In 2013, Courtney Queeney published an essay about surviving domestic violence and the legal …
5 years, 8 months ago
A Lifetime of Good Loving
Episode 254
When Bette met her husband, he was leaning against a wall at a party. He had, as she put it, “smoldering looks and banked fires.” He was from Brookly…
5 years, 8 months ago
Confronting Race on the First Date
Episode 253
Andrew and Sarah met on a dating app. Their first date was just supposed to be coffee, but it lasted nine glorious hours. They talked nonstop across …
5 years, 8 months ago
No More Secrets
Episode 252
Sarah and Liz met on a blind date in New York City. Sarah ordered a club soda with a splash of cranberry juice. Liz ordered wine — twice.
A few weeks …
5 years, 9 months ago
Dusty-Danger Dog
Episode 251
Feeling election stress? Today's stories about a man and his dog may help.
Timothy Braun was on a run through the Texas heat. When he stopped at a loc…
5 years, 9 months ago
Devoted but Doomed
Episode 250
In college, Malcolm Conner penned a rambling email intended for his crush. “You have cow eyes,” he wrote. “I know that sounds like a bad thing but ha…
5 years, 9 months ago
When Getting Old Never Happens
Episode 249
They disagreed on a lot of things: She was a “bleeding-heart liberal”; he was a “conservative libertarian.” He “came from good Irish Catholic stock”;…
5 years, 9 months ago
Season Premiere: Driveway Elegies
Episode 248
This episode contains strong language.
On the first episode of the new Modern Love podcast, we hear from two women who examine their lives through th…
5 years, 10 months ago
Welcome to the New Modern Love
Episode 247
Love is going to sound a little different this season. Tune into the first episode on Oct. 14, with new episodes every Wednesday.
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5 years, 10 months ago