//podcastplus.net/feed/modern-love~36c7619e Modern Love features top actors performing true stories of love, loss, and redemption. It has included performances by Kate Winslet, Uma Thurman, Angela Bassett, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sterling K. Brown, and more. A collaboration between WBUR and The New York Times. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 01:14:17 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812354/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896383-44100-2-591412c1c822eb5a.mp3 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 being asked to change who we are. Her essay is read by Zawe Ashton ("Betrayal"). Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:55:51 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812354/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896383-44100-2-591412c1c822eb5a.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812243/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896250-44100-2-95889778864d7db9.mp3 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 Jaramillo takes those questions on in this week’s essay. It’s read by Ncuti Gatwa, who stars in “Sex Education” on Netflix. Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:41:23 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812243/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896250-44100-2-95889778864d7db9.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812314/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896368-44100-2-8d2babdf861e1504.mp3 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. Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:25:48 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812314/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896368-44100-2-8d2babdf861e1504.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812351/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896235-44100-2-f6158404ec27a9f9.mp3 Hasan Minhaj ("Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj") reads Brian Goedde's essay about a man investigating his own breakup. Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:41:27 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812351/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896235-44100-2-f6158404ec27a9f9.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812215/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896236-44100-2-4f1b9b0b948ec7e8.mp3 Saoirse Ronan ("Little Women") reads an essay about how a language barrier impacts the relationship between a young woman and an Iraqi doctor. This is an encore presentation. Wed, 27 May 2020 19:23:25 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812215/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896236-44100-2-4f1b9b0b948ec7e8.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812334/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896390-44100-2-182adb86175a7612.mp3 "Lolita," Vladimir Nabokov’s novel about a man’s sexual obsession with a young girl, is famously controversial. But when Bindu Bansinath started to read it, it unexpectedly became a kind of road map for her, showing her a way out of the situation she was in. Jameela Jamil ("I Weigh") reads her piece. Wed, 20 May 2020 19:07:27 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812334/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896390-44100-2-182adb86175a7612.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812194/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896197-44100-2-0501bc608f1122a2.mp3 Living alone can be liberating, maddening, joyful ... lonely.  It also might feel very different today than it did several months ago.This episode features stories from people who live alone, telling us how they are doing right now. Tue, 12 May 2020 23:31:32 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812194/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896197-44100-2-0501bc608f1122a2.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812190/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896192-44100-2-30842094eeba4b21.mp3 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 week's episode featuring Gillian Jacobs and Mandy Len Catron, and then try the 36 questions that (may) lead to love. You can find the 36 questions here: https://nyti.ms/2SFbICi Wed, 06 May 2020 19:05:35 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812190/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896192-44100-2-30842094eeba4b21.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812283/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896255-44100-2-0a51451b894e4dd0.mp3 Daisy Edgar-Jones (Hulu's "Normal People") reads Kyleigh Leddy's essay, about the online presence people leave behind. Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:13:33 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812283/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896255-44100-2-0a51451b894e4dd0.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812195/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896198-44100-2-f726a0f51f23b0c3.mp3 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. Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:05:28 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/28e29488/podcast/play/15812195/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-5-28%2F85896198-44100-2-f726a0f51f23b0c3.mp3