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When the Music Stopped
Episode 292
Growing up in Brooklyn, Sonia Pérez recalled how her father would drink beer, sit on the sofa and lose himself in records from Puerto Rico, where he …
3 years, 3 months ago
How to Learn My Love Language
Episode 291
When Ross Showalter turned 18 and began dating hearing men, he found himself communicating with them on their terms: using spoken language. Years of …
3 years, 3 months ago
One Last Haircut
Episode 290
They were standing in a Walmart parking lot when William’s wife turned to him and asked, “Are you gay?” Those three words catalyzed the end of their …
3 years, 3 months ago
How to Feel Yourself
Episode 289
“Everyone deserves an orgasm” is a fair way to express Diana de Vegh’s attitude toward life. Diana is a firm believer in the pursuit of pleasure — of…
3 years, 3 months ago
Could I Forgive Him One Last Time?
Episode 288
When Victoria Rosner was seven months pregnant, her husband filed for divorce. He “decided that he couldn’t be married anymore, not to me, he said, a…
3 years, 5 months ago
How to Find the One
Episode 287
When Meher Ahmad first saw the movie “Bend It Like Beckham” as a young girl, she was transfixed. Watching the main character, an Indian woman who loo…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Shame Game
Episode 286
The year was 2006, and Damon Young had just met a woman on MySpace. Their back-and-forth was witty, flirty and easy. They went on a first date at Bar…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Mother's Secret
Episode 285
Ayad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say…
3 years, 6 months ago
‘Do It, I Dare You.’
Episode 284
In his early 20s, Kevin Renn moved to New York City with dreams of making it as a playwright. When money got tight, he decided to fall back on a fami…
3 years, 6 months ago
Left to Be Found
Episode 283
Yvonne Liu knew from a young age that she was adopted, but she didn’t know the details. All she knew was that she had been left by her birth mother i…
3 years, 6 months ago