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Only With Distance
Episode 282
Nora Johnson had been making weekly visits to older man after he suffered a mild stroke. But he wasn’t just any older man. “We had the worst marriage…
3 years, 6 months ago
A Younger Man
Episode 281
Heather von Rohr had moved to Los Angeles with aspirations: to make it as a screenwriter and to fall in love, marry and have a child. In need of a da…
3 years, 7 months ago
Marriage Classes at Guantánamo
Episode 280
Mansoor Adayfi was only 19 when he arrived at the prison camp at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Growing up in a tiny village in the mountains…
3 years, 7 months ago
Season Premiere: One Man's Trash
Episode 279
When Mike Rucker and his partner, John, moved in together, they purchased a sofa they affectionately named Miss Bee. “I didn’t just feel grown up buy…
3 years, 7 months ago
First Love Mixtape, Side B
Episode 278
What’s the song that taught you about love as a teen? When we asked this question at the start of the season, your anthems came pouring in. We heard …
3 years, 9 months ago
A Couple Walks Into City Hall
Episode 277
It’s 2022, the year of matrimania. Roughly 2.5 million weddings are expected (a bump not seen since 1984), and other trends are wildly taking off — c…
3 years, 9 months ago
Right Swipes, Big City
Episode 276
Alexandra Capellini has been on the dating apps for about four years. Dating is already a fraught process, but to top it off, Alexandra has to decide…
3 years, 9 months ago
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Episode 275
Garrett Schlichte was exactly twice the age of his sister. When he was 28 and his sister was 14, she would dish to him on the phone about her teenage…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Mother’s Wild, Extravagant Love
Episode 274
Genevieve Kingston has carried a cardboard box with her throughout her life, filled with gifts for major milestones — childhood birthdays, her first …
3 years, 9 months ago
Beyond Girlfriend-Boyfriend
Episode 273
Three months into the pandemic, Haili Blassingame was crafting an email to her boyfriend of five years, Malcolm, with the subject line “My Terms.” Sh…
3 years, 10 months ago