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What The Sea Took Away | With Carmen Ejogo
Episode 166
How do you talk to your children about loss? What secrets do you keep, and for how long? And when do you decide to tell them everything? Emily Listfi…
7 years, 7 months ago
Maternal Wisdom (5 Pounds' Worth) | With Gillian Anderson
Episode 165
When you think back to sex ed class, it's not hard to come up with a couple of memories that might have scarred you for life. But actor Gillian Ander…
7 years, 7 months ago
Modern Love Holiday Playlist
Episode 164
Happy Holidays from all of us at Modern Love! We will be back with brand new episodes in 2019, but today, we're bringing you a playlist of our favori…
7 years, 7 months ago
I Will Be Your Mother Figure | Encore
Episode 163
When people ask for advice, do they really want to hear what you have to say? Sometimes it's hardest to find a friend who can give just a simple, sym…
7 years, 7 months ago
The Shirt Stays On | With Finn Wittrock
Episode 162
Getting undressed in front of your partner can be really hard. And for Jameson Rich, is was even more complicated. He writes about it in his piece, w…
7 years, 8 months ago
A Young Man's Game | With Stanley Tucci
Episode 161
When Rand Richards Cooper was in his 40s, he was faced with a question: How late is too late to first become a dad? He writes about it in his essay, …
7 years, 8 months ago
On A Serpentine Road | With Michelle Rodriguez
Episode 160
How do we choose what to hold onto from loved ones after they've died? Doris Iarovici asks that question in her essay, which is read by Michelle Rodr…
7 years, 8 months ago
A Forgotten Prayer, Answered | With Mira Sorvino
Episode 159
When Charlotte Bacon went to a temple in Bhutan, the place unlocked feelings in her that she hadn't truly realized were there. Her essay is read by M…
7 years, 8 months ago
Maddy Just Might Work | Encore
Episode 158
Jennifer Finney Boylan -- an accomplished writer, academic and activist -- reads her own essay about coming out as transgender to her two young sons.…
7 years, 8 months ago
How To Break Up With A 2-Year-Old | With Busy Philipps
Episode 157
We cross paths with so many people in our lives -- but only a few of them truly change the direction we thought we were headed in. Busy Philipps ("Bu…
7 years, 9 months ago