First Love Mixtape: Side A (Encore)
This episode of “Modern Love” features Lisa Selin Davis’s essay “What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love.” She writes about how the song “I’ll Be Your Mirror” became the soundtrack to her summer romance wi...
28 Touko 202521min
Friends for 16 Years. Lovers for One Night.
Elizabeth and Jeff were best friends. They did everything together, from early-morning runs to late-night karaoke sessions. They came up with secret code names for each other and went on undercover mi...
21 Touko 202539min
Why Boys and Men Are Floundering, According to Relationship Therapist Terry Real
A session with Terry Real, a marriage and family therapist, can get uncomfortable. He’s known to mirror and amplify the emotions of his clients, sometimes cursing and nearly yelling, often in an attem...
14 Touko 202537min
A Mother’s Fierce, Extravagant Love (Encore)
In honor of Mother’s Day this week, we revisit the story of one mom who went to extraordinary lengths to make sure her daughter always felt her love, even after she was gone. Each time Genevieve Kings...
7 Touko 202522min
Miranda July Knew Exactly What She Was Doing
It’s been almost a year since Miranda July released her hit novel, “All Fours.” The novel features a woman in her mid-40s who heads out on a solo road trip across the country, only to stop at a roadsi...
30 Huhti 202536min
You’re Probably Thinking About Boundaries All Wrong
KC Davis is a therapist and author known for her practical, empathetic advice on dealing with clutter, even when you are feeling like too much of a mess yourself to take care of the mess in your home....
23 Huhti 202539min
Gen X? More Like Gen Sex.
Mireille Silcoff recently wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine titled “Why Gen X Women Are Having the Best Sex.” At a time of life when many women describe feeling less visible and less de...
16 Huhti 202537min
Let Yourself Rage With Poet Laureate Ada Limón
As U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has had a far-reaching impact. She has visited readers and writers across the country, installed poems at majestic sites in national parks, and she even wrote a poem t...
9 Huhti 202534min
