Modern Love
The New York Times
Modern Love
The New York Times
Wednesday 23 December 2020 : When Laura and her husband divorced after two decades of marriage, their “little Colorado mountain town” could barely tell. It was quiet...
Wednesday 16 December 2020 : 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...
Wednesday 09 December 2020 : This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence.In 2013, Courtney Queeney published an essay about surviving domestic violence and...
Wednesday 02 December 2020 : 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...
Wednesday 18 November 2020 : 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...
Wednesday 11 November 2020 : 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...
Wednesday 04 November 2020 : 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...
Wednesday 28 October 2020 : In college, Malcolm Conner penned a rambling email intended for his crush. “You have cow eyes,” he wrote. “I know that sounds like a...
Wednesday 21 October 2020 : They disagreed on a lot of things: She was a “bleeding-heart liberal”; he was a “conservative libertarian.” He “came from good...
Wednesday 14 October 2020 : This episode contains strong language. On the first episode of the new Modern Love podcast, we hear from two women who examine their lives...
Wednesday 07 October 2020 : Love is going to sound a little different this season. Tune into the first episode on Oct. 14, with new episodes every Wednesday.
Wednesday 24 June 2020 : In this week’s essay, Lilian Oben writes about how essential it is to be seen in relationships — to be able to take up space, without...
Wednesday 17 June 2020 : Do you tell your friends you love them? And do you say it like that, using those words? Is it easy for you to say? Is it fraught? Ricardo...
Wednesday 10 June 2020 : Lorraine Toussaint ("The Glorias") reads an essay by Kim McLarin. Then, we catch up with Kim to hear how she is doing in this moment.
Wednesday 03 June 2020 : Hasan Minhaj ("Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj") reads Brian Goedde's essay about a man investigating his own breakup.
Wednesday 27 May 2020 : Saoirse Ronan ("Little Women") reads an essay about how a language barrier impacts the relationship between a young woman and an Iraqi...
Wednesday 20 May 2020 : "Lolita," Vladimir Nabokov’s novel about a man’s sexual obsession with a young girl, is famously controversial. But when Bindu Bansinath...
Tuesday 12 May 2020 : Living alone can be liberating, maddening, joyful ... lonely. It also might feel very different today than it did several months ago. This...
Wednesday 06 May 2020 : If you're running out of things to do at home — or if you just need a break from stress and worry — we have a suggestion. Listen to this...
Wednesday 29 April 2020 : Daisy Edgar-Jones (Hulu's "Normal People") reads Kyleigh Leddy's essay, about the online presence people leave behind.
Wednesday 22 April 2020 : What if all the conventional wisdom about why you are single is wrong? Laura Prepon ("You And I, As Mothers") reads Sara Eckel's essay.
Wednesday 15 April 2020 : We hear more of your stories about how the COVID-19 outbreak has changed your relationships with one another.
Thursday 09 April 2020 : Modern Love presents an excerpt of the first episode of “Sugar Calling." Hear Cheryl Strayed in conversation with the author George...
Wednesday 08 April 2020 : When you’re in a new relationship, you’re always trying to present your best self. But anyone who’s been in a relationship for awhile...
Wednesday 01 April 2020 : Listeners share stories of how their relationships have changed during the coronavirus outbreak.
Modern Love
The New York Times
What the Silence Said
When Laura and her husband divorced after two decades of marriage, their “little Colorado mountain town” could barely tell. It was quiet...
‘Desire Is Never the Mistake’
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...
With the Help of Strangers
This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence.In 2013, Courtney Queeney published an essay about surviving domestic violence and...
A Lifetime of Good Loving
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...
Confronting Race on the First Date
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...
No More Secrets
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...
Dusty-Danger Dog
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...
Devoted but Doomed
In college, Malcolm Conner penned a rambling email intended for his crush. “You have cow eyes,” he wrote. “I know that sounds like a...
When Getting Old Never Happens
They disagreed on a lot of things: She was a “bleeding-heart liberal”; he was a “conservative libertarian.” He “came from good...
Season Premiere: Driveway Elegies
This episode contains strong language. On the first episode of the new Modern Love podcast, we hear from two women who examine their lives...
Welcome to the New Modern Love
Love is going to sound a little different this season. Tune into the first episode on Oct. 14, with new episodes every Wednesday.
Confronting Race, Religion and Her Heart | With Zawe Ashton
In this week’s essay, Lilian Oben writes about how essential it is to be seen in relationships — to be able to take up space, without...
Why Can’t Men Say ‘I Love You’ to Each Other? | With Ncuti Gatwa
Do you tell your friends you love them? And do you say it like that, using those words? Is it easy for you to say? Is it fraught? Ricardo...
Race Wasn't An Issue To Him, Which Was An Issue To Me With Lorraine Toussaint | Encore
Lorraine Toussaint ("The Glorias") reads an essay by Kim McLarin. Then, we catch up with Kim to hear how she is doing in this moment.
Researching Jenna, Discovering Myself | With Hasan Minhaj
Hasan Minhaj ("Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj") reads Brian Goedde's essay about a man investigating his own breakup.
The Language Of Love With Saoirse Ronan | Encore
Saoirse Ronan ("Little Women") reads an essay about how a language barrier impacts the relationship between a young woman and an Iraqi...
How ‘Lolita’ Freed Me From My Own Humbert | With Jameela Jamil
"Lolita," Vladimir Nabokov’s novel about a man’s sexual obsession with a young girl, is famously controversial. But when Bindu Bansinath...
Alone In A Pandemic
Living alone can be liberating, maddening, joyful ... lonely. It also might feel very different today than it did several months ago. This...
To Fall In Love With Anyone, Do This | Encore
If you're running out of things to do at home — or if you just need a break from stress and worry — we have a suggestion. Listen to this...
Years Ago, My Sister Vanished. I See Her Whenever I Want. | With Daisy Edgar-Jones
Daisy Edgar-Jones (Hulu's "Normal People") reads Kyleigh Leddy's essay, about the online presence people leave behind.
Sometimes It's Not You, Or The Math | With Laura Prepon
What if all the conventional wisdom about why you are single is wrong? Laura Prepon ("You And I, As Mothers") reads Sara Eckel's essay.
Your Stories of Love During The Pandemic: Part II
We hear more of your stories about how the COVID-19 outbreak has changed your relationships with one another.
Modern Love Presents: Sugar Calling
Modern Love presents an excerpt of the first episode of “Sugar Calling." Hear Cheryl Strayed in conversation with the author George...
Somewhere Inside, a Path to Empathy | With Daniel Radcliffe
When you’re in a new relationship, you’re always trying to present your best self. But anyone who’s been in a relationship for awhile...
Your Stories of Love During The Pandemic
Listeners share stories of how their relationships have changed during the coronavirus outbreak.
