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On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Russian Doll” star reads an essay about a widower’s vibrant love life.
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On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Russian Doll” star reads an essay about a widower’s vibrant love life.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Hotel Mumbai” actress reads an essay about the limits of care.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Schitt’s Creek” actress reads an essay about jealousy and a GPS.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Avatar” actress reads an essay about love undiminished by dementia.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Greta” actress reads an essay about the power dynamics in doctor-patient relationships.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Good Girls” star reads an essay about luggage (literal and emotional).
This week, the Modern Love podcast presents a live reading by “The Good Place” actor.
This week, the Modern Love podcast presents Jason B. Rosenthal’s response to his wife’s popular essay.
This week, the Modern Love podcast revisits Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s widely read essay. Stay tuned next week to hear a response from Ms. Rosenthal’s husband.
In a special episode, the Modern Love podcast pulls together readings by two Academy Award nominees.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Wonder Woman” actor reads an essay about a married couple’s decision to play to each other’s advantage.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Cold War” actor reads an essay about young love that is interrupted but not lost.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “True Detective” actor reads an essay about the redemptive power of storytelling.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Sex Education” actor reads an essay about the effect of a “flour-sack baby” named Fumiko.
In a special episode, the Modern Love podcast presents three holiday-themed essays.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the actor reads an essay about a 23-year-old man’s uneasiness undressing in front of others.
On this week’s podcast, the actor tells the story of one man’s venture into elderly parenthood.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Widows” actress tells a story about the art of letting go — and the art of holding on.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the academy award-winning actress reads a story about miscarriages and fertility gods.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the actor and talk-show host tells the story of a woman’s doubly painful breakup.
The “Transparent” star tells a story of unexpected closure years after a divorce.
On this week’s podcast, “The Sisters Brothers” star tells the story of a divorced dad’s desperate quest for a Yankees cap.
“The Good Place” star shares an essay about a couple’s attempt to revitalize their marriage with a $400 sex chair.
On this week’s podcast, the actor and singer tells the story of two childhood friends who search for fun and love in an oncology unit.
The “Predator” star tells the story of a remarkable childhood crush.
The “Breaking Bad” and “Dear White People” actor reads an essay about a dying man’s final wish and a judge's compassionate decision.
The actor shares an essay about animals and their endless capacity for love.
This week, the Modern Love podcast revisits powerful stories about love and illness.
In a special episode, the Modern Love podcast reprises readings about the secrets we keep.
The “Killing Eve” star shares a hot tip.
The actor and rapper, now in “Crazy Rich Asians,” tells a story about the often dismal online dating scene.
This week on Modern Love: The Podcast, the “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star tells the story of a woman who tests the limits of parental protectiveness.
On this week’s podcast, the “Orange Is the New Black” actress tells a story of debit card fraud and self-knowledge.
The “Luke Cage” star recalls the heroic acts that partners routinely perform for each other on this week’s Modern Love podcast.
On this week’s podcast, the actress and comedian tells the story of a woman’s 2,650-mile road to recovery after her sexual assault.
The “Gotham” actor tells a story of how anonymity can become an addiction.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the actress tells Rachel Monroe’s story of true love observed from afar (and up close).
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the star of “This Is Us” tells a story of love and balance.
The actress tells the story of a woman whose romantic limits are defined by her vocabulary.
The “Avengers: Age of Ultron” actress tells the story of a monk and a nun whose love crosses over into the earthly realm.
This week, the “Overboard” star tells the story of a 50th birthday celebration that is equal parts fantasy and reality.
This week, the “UnReal” star reads a story of familial love.
This week, the “Jessica Jones” star reads Sandra Barron’s essay about how easily wires can get crossed in early-relationship texting.
This week, the actress reads Robin Grearson’s story of falling into a relationship with a man half her age.
This week, the actress reads Nina Riggs’s essay about how cancer can complicate the relationship between people and their possessions.
This week, the actor tells the story of a father who resolves to let his son face his own battles.
This week, the “Taken” star tells the story of two parents who help their child find her identity.
This week, the actress tells the story of a family’s shattering secret.
This week, the couple that co-wrote their love story for “The Big Sick” tells the story of a parent who shows her love through leftovers.
This week, the “Florida Project” actor reads an essay about a parent’s largely private life.
This week, we celebrate a milestone with snippets from listeners’ favorite episodes.
On this week’s podcast, the “Great News” actress tells the story of a physician who fills an emotional void in a patient’s life.
On this week’s podcast, the “Shape of Water” actor reads an essay about how running away from your problems can sometimes lead to an answer.
On this week’s podcast, the “Lady Bird” actress reads Nancy Price Freedman’s essay about how sex changes over time.
On this week’s podcast, the actress shares one woman’s radical approach to conquering a fear of intimacy.
On this week’s podcast, the “Lady Bird” director tells the story of an odd encounter with a co-worker.
On this week’s podcast, the actress tells the story of a couple that rediscovers the rhythm of their lifelong conversation.
On this week’s podcast, the actress and comedian reads an essay about the trouble with men who behave like children.
On this week’s podcast, the “Outlander” star tells the story of a grandmother with Alzheimer’s and how the disease filtered her family’s world.
On this week’s podcast, the “Kim’s Convenience” star tells the story of a father’s birth plan gone awry.
On this week’s podcast, the “Girls” star tells the story of one of the most consequential evenings of his life.
On this week’s podcast, the actress reads Liz Moore’s essay about falling for the roommate she found on Craigslist.
On this week’s podcast, the “Criminal Minds” star reads Sage Cruser’s essay about the peculiar stresses of a relationship heavily documented on social media.
On this week’s podcast, the actress reads Heather Burtman’s essay about life before the male gaze.
On this week’s podcast, the “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” actress tells the story of a couple’s adventures in sexual role play.
On this week’s podcast, the star of “The Handmaid’s Tale” reads Diane Daniel’s story of her spouse’s transition.
On this week’s podcast, the “Stronger” actor reads an essay about a doctor whose patients help him heal.
On this week’s podcast, the “Victoria and Abdul” actor reads an essay about a relationship that transcends age.
On this week’s podcast, the “Halt and Catch Fire” actress reads an essay about why we send flowers.
On this week’s podcast, the nominees Angela Bassett and Jesse Tyler Ferguson read two essays from the archives.
On this week’s podcast, the star of “The O.C.” reads Robert St. Amant’s story of a diagnosis that shapes the contours of his marriage.
On this week’s podcast, the “Ten Days in the Valley” star reads Ellen Graf’s essay about how love is a universal language, and driving is not.
On this week’s podcast, the “Younger” actor reads Adam Lundquist’s essay about the clarity he finds after a chance encounter.
On this week’s podcast, the “Sex and the City” actress reads Mary Alice Hostetter’s essay about the coming-out letters she and her brother sent to their conservative father.
On this week’s podcast, the “GLOW” actress reads Kassi Underwood’s story of abortion and coveting an ex’s child.
On this week’s podcast, the “Grace and Frankie” actress reads Ellen Urbani’s essay about a well-intentioned gift that goes horribly awry.
On this week’s podcast, the “Girls” actor reads Matteson Perry’s story of trying to turn his love life into an indie movie.
On this week’s podcast, the “Shooter” actress reads Asha Bandele’s essay about having a child with a prisoner and facing an impossible choice.
On this week’s podcast, the star of the new film “Band Aid” reads Lily King’s essay about the necessity of heartbreak.
On this week’s podcast, the “House of Cards” actress reads Ann Bauer’s story about enforcing tough love with her troubled son.
On this week’s podcast, Kathryn Hahn and John Cho read stories about the highs and lows of those ubiquitous summer ceremonies.
The “Orange Is the New Black” actress reads Amelia Blanquera’s story about the file her father kept on her dating life.
The “I Love Dick” actor reads David Vecsey’s story about how not being able to reach his girlfriend — before cellphones — changed the course of his life.
The “Orange Is the New Black” actress reads Jillian Lauren’s story about wanting to forget her past — until she doesn’t.
The “Lovers” actress reads Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s dating profile for her husband, published shortly before the author’s death.
The “Mindy Project” actor reads Eirik Gumeny’s story of how a man’s double lung transplant pushed his marriage to the brink.
On this week’s podcast, the “Speechless” actress reads Patty Dann’s story about facing her husband’s fast-ravaging brain cancer with their young son.
The Broadway actor (“Significant Other,” “Spring Awakening”) reads David Beach’s essay about a Mother’s Day gift of Mylar balloons that causes a major freakout.
The “Veep” actress tells Brooke Rinehart’s story of arrest, betrayal and a mother’s extraordinary love.
The actress (“Togetherness,” “Girlboss”) reads Teresa DiFalco’s story about an obnoxious neighbor who becomes the glue in a couple’s unraveling marriage.
The actor reads Tim McEown’s essay about what a brush with death during sex teaches him about love and selflessness.
This week, the star of ABC’s “The Catch” reads Rachel Pieh Jones’s story about choosing to give birth in Djibouti, despite difficult conditions.
This week, the “Big Little Lies” actress reads Rhonda Mawhood Lee’s story of her church’s reaction to a gay parishioner’s last love.
On this week’s podcast, the “Before I Fall” director reads Loren Berlin’s story of a woman who gets through a breakup with the help of a man in a bear suit.
On this week’s podcast, the actor and comedian reads Tim Boomer’s essay about skipping pleasantries and asking deep questions when getting to know someone.
On this week’s podcast, the “Billions” actress reads Liza Monroy’s essay about marrying her gay best friend in Las Vegas.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the actress Justina Machado (“One Day at a Time”) reads Nicole Hardy’s story of wrestling with her sexuality and Mormon faith after finding herself single and a virgin at 35.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the second half of our show at the Wilbur Theater, with the Modern Love editor Daniel Jones and the actress Emmy Rossum (“Shameless”).
This week’s podcast was recorded live at Boston’s Wilbur Theater with Alysia Reiner (“Orange Is the New Black”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”) and music from Hite.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, a feast of romance and rejection, drawn from the past year’s best episodes.
The actor reads Ryan Knighton’s essay about the strange intimacy with his wife that results from him losing his sight.
Kerri Sandberg’s story is about falling in love with a former drug addict who is H.I.V.-positive.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the “Fences” actor reads Joe Blair’s story of a father struggling to love and care for his autistic son.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the “Star Trek” actor reads Craig Bridger’s story of a pre-wedding perfectionist freakout — by the groom.
On this week’s podcast, the “Scandal” actress reads Leigh Newman’s story of a family hunting excursion that proves revelatory.
On this week’s podcast, the “CSI: NY” actress reads Elinor Lipman’s story about moving beyond the fear that “he’s just not that into you.”
In an encore presentation, the “Shameless” actress reads the story of a college student who receives a life-changing kiss from a stranger on a plane.
On this week’s podcast, the “Better Things” actress reads the story of a snowstorm inside a house in Los Angeles, and the marital storm it causes.
Hear the actress read the story of how a teenage girl’s gruesome discovery changes the trajectory of her life.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the writer and advice columnist reads his own story of open adoption’s sometimes dark complexities.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the actress reads the story of one couple’s surprising postdivorce discovery: a happy family vacation.
The actor and director reads the story of a man whose wife has a psychotic break.
The star of “Loving” reads the story of a woman who judges men by how they treat her pet tortoise.
The “Insecure” actress reads the story of a long-distance couple who grew so close online that they decided to see if it would work in real life.
On this week’s podcast, Issa Rae (of the web series “Awkward Black Girl”) reads the story of a long-distance couple who grow so close on screen they decide to see if it will work in real life.
The star of the new movie “Christine” reads the essay of a woman whose romantic life seesaws from bold flirtation to fearful withdrawal.
The “Fresh Off the Boat” actress reads the story of a new bride, her judgmental mother-in-law and the husband (and son) who’s caught between them and a war.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Ray Donovan” actor reads a story of a husband who experiences his wife’s pregancy more acutely than most.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Transparent” actress tells the story of how a missed flight leads a woman to weigh the pros and cons of marriage.
Hear the Emmy-winning actors Sarah Paulson, Tony Hale and Sterling K. Brown read three essays on adoption, rejection and miscarriage.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Wicked” actress reads the story of a spinning instructor exploring her more sadistic side.
On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the “Transparent” actress reads the story of a woman who married a convicted murderer while he was imprisoned, and what happened after he got out.
In this week’s podcast, the actress and film director reads the story of a woman whose life is haunted by a psychic’s predictions.
One of the stars of “The People v. O.J. Simpson” reads the story of a man and his wife dealing with a pregnancy gone awry.
This week’s Modern Love Podcast is an encore episode for prom season, featuring the “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” actor reading the story of a gay high school student who gets invited to the big event again and again and again.
The “Don’t Think Twice” actress reads the most popular Modern Love column ever, in which Mandy Len Catron relied on a psychological experiment to fall in love with a stranger.
Hear the “Transparent” actress read the story of two hopeful mothers trying to navigate the often strange matchmaking process of open adoption.
Hear the “Veep” actor read the story of a jilted and heartbroken man who keeps hearing “Stop calling me” as “Let’s give this another chance.”
The actress reads the story of a woman who re-evaluates her role in the world as her plane comes close to crashing.
The actor reads the story of a former soldier who finds hope in a chance meeting with a mother and her young son.
The actresses took part in Werk It, a women’s podcast festival, to read some of our best Modern Love essays, including “What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage.”
The “Orange Is the New Black” actress reads the story of a woman who chooses not to react when her husband tells her: “I don’t love you anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.”
Hear the actor read an essay about a man who plays caregiver to his daughter’s dying fish.
Hear the Broadway actress and musician read the story of a woman who falls for a mysterious stranger.
The “Saturday Night Live” comedian reads the story of a protective bond between a young single mother and her Manhattan doorman.
The actress reads her own story of coming out and loving without labels.
The award-winning journalist reads the story of an infatuation that transcends physical beauty.
In an encore presentation, the “American Horror Story: Murder House” actress reads an essay about romantic infatuation and learning to finally let someone go.
The actor reads the story of a quadriplegic man who finds love with a female attendant.
The writer Cheryl Strayed reads the story of a divorced couple who reunite to experience life and love through new eyes.
The comedian Sarah Silverman reads “Beneath the Modest Alter Ego, I See My Superhero,” a love story about a kidney transplant.
The actor Joshua Jackson reads an essay by Joshua Fattal, one of three American hikers held captive in Iran, about reuniting with his middle-school girlfriend after his release.
The actress Connie Britton reads the story of a woman’s challenges with a daughter adopted from China.
The transgender activist Jennifer Finney Boylan on navigating marriage and parenthood while transitioning from “Daddy” to “Maddy.”
The actress America Ferrera reads an essay about a date in the Tanzanian countryside that, with a bus accident, takes a life-altering turn.
The actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson reads the story of a gay couple’s need and a sister’s gift.
The actress Emmy Rossum reads the story of a college student who receives a life-changing kiss from a stranger on a plane.
The actor Stephen Bogardus reads an essay about a medication that leads to a hypersexualized wife, and a husband struggling to keep up.
The actress Amber Tamblyn reads an essay about a woman whose complicated relationship with her mother ends in a tragedy inspired by “Thelma & Louise.”
The actress Patina Miller reads the essay “Together Always, in Darkness and in Light,” about navigating the challenges of love while going blind.
The actor Michael Shannon reads the essay “A Memory Magically Interrupted,” about how a grandmother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s healed her family.
Dakota Fanning reads the essay “Celebrating the Upside of an Emotional Plunge,” about a teenager who finds love after a 100-foot fall.
Hear the actress Sarah Paulson read the 2010 essay “Open Adoption: Not So Simple Math.”
Listen to the actors Lauren Molina and Jason Alexander read classic Modern Love essays in our new series.