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Modern Love
Your love story doesn't need a tidy ending to be worth telling. Neither does theirs.
Who it's for
Each episode centres on a real personal essay from the New York Times column, so listeners hear someone make sense of their own heartbreak, divorce or unlikely love in their own words.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Modern Love is a podcast based on The New York Times column of personal essays about love and relationships. It launched in January 2016, developed with WBUR and first hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti. It later moved fully to The New York Times with Daniel Jones and Miya Lee as hosts, and Anna Martin has hosted since 2022.
Where to find it
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, New York Times Audio app (some episodes require a NYT subscription).
Before you start
Heads up: Illness, death and explicit sex talk.
Age: Explicit (Apple Podcasts tag); suggested 16+
'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H., canto 27
