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Love LettersA Spoonful Of SugarEconomist and Wharton professor Katy Milkman has spent a lot of time figuring out why people decide to change – and how they actually do it. Through a great conversation about everything from friendships to the power of “Twilight,” Milkman gives Meredith an honest take on what we can expect from ourselves, and how we can help others evolve ... when they want to. Meet Milkman, author of "How To Change." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-04-0845 min
Love LettersLessons with DaddiesIn Part 2 of a two-parter about video games and change, Meredith talks to Celeste Sangiorgio, a psychologist and researcher who thinks about video games a lot. Celeste happens to be co-creating a video game that’s meant to help us navigate relationships. Join this conversation about “The Last of Us,” “Cupid Parasite,” and a bunch of games that focus on love. Meredith will also talk about hew new favorite, a game about DADDIES. Even you non-gamers will enjoy. ALSO, we’re some episodes into the season. Do you have thoughts about the stories we’ve shared about how people have changed? Have y...2025-04-0122 min
Love LettersReady Player OneFor Anthony Ureña, video games are more than simple entertainment or a way to pass the time. Games have actually changed him, he says. They’ve taught him who he is. They’ve shown him how to take the best next steps. Through a story about dating, loss, love, and resilience, Anthony explains how games have seen him through the most important relationship transitions in his life. Let’s all Pokemon Go! with him. (And Pac-Man with him. And Final Fantasy with him. And ... you get the point.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-2540 min
Love LettersToo Much of a Good ThingLove can be addictive. When Heather Mason leaves her relatively happy marriage to follow her heart, she has no idea that the mysterious South African photographer she’s following will teach her so much about herself. This is a story about a woman who learns she can’t change others, but can be happier and healthier on her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-1141 min
Love LettersStill Under The Tuscan SunThis season, we’ve been talking about how to change. We’ve wondered: can a big move really change you? Or are you the same inside, just with new, prettier scenery? Frances Mayes, author of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” has opinions about this. Decades ago, she moved to Italy and changed her life. After she wrote about her experience, other people followed her lead. Almost 30 years after "Under the Tuscan Sun" was published (and about 20 years after the movie), Mayes still sees many strangers stopping by her home in Cortona. They leave notes of appreciation and small gifts, making a small al...2025-02-2531 min
Love LettersThe Gates of PlasticityMeredith sits down with Dr. Steven Hyman – a brain expert at The Broad Institute – for a talk about the meaning of change … and whether it’s actually possible. Are people capable of change – in life and relationships? If so, how? Dr. Hyman explains the plastic brain, how it works, how eating a great sandwich in Chicago can be the best thing ever, and why Meredith once thought she looked like Reese Witherspoon. We also catch up with a very special Love Letters couple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-02-1130 min
Love LettersChanging Your StarsCan moving to a new place change you? Consider the story of Kelly, from Western Australia, who never quite fit in around her small hometown – before, during, or after her marriage. She says she was the victim of Tall Poppy Syndrome; as she strived to grow taller and more beautiful, everyone wanted to chop her down. What was the fix? Moving to one of the most beautiful places in the world (Italy). Kelly explains how leaving town changed her – and her relationship with her ex-husband – in this episode about how geography affects our ability to be our best selves. Learn more a...2025-01-2838 min
Love LettersMy Clown EraIn her late 20s, Funmi Adejobi was stuck in fight-or-flight mode. She’d been caregiving for her mom after a medical emergency – and every phone call felt like it would bring bad news. Forget dating. Funmi could barely relax on her own. But then … she took a clown class, which reminded her how to PLAY. How to be silly and ridiculous. That's when everything changed. Hear Funmi’s story about how she became a happy clown – one who’s open to love – on the season premiere of the Love Letters podcast. This whole season, we’re trying to answer one big question: Ca...2025-01-1447 minLove LettersSeason 10 Trailer: Can People Change?In Season 10 of Love Letters, host and advice columnist Meredith Goldstein explores whether people can change... in life, love, and relationships. Can old dogs learn new tricks? Can a troubled relationship improve over time? Can we be better to each other - and ourselves? Season 10 launches January 14. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-01-0101 min
Love LettersGlobe Summit RelationshipsLast March, Somerville passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance protecting non-monogamous couples from discrimination. In a ‘Love Letters’ live podcast recording, host and columnist Meredith Goldstein interviews a few of the changemakers who made it happen about what this ordinance and other public policy changes might mean for the future of relationships in Massachusetts and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-1555 minLove LettersBonus Episode: BEATING BURNOUT with Emily Nagoski Connects Sex and StressA bonus episode from Boston Globe podcast Say More with Shirley Leung. Sex educator Emily Nagoski didn’t set out to be an expert on stress. But it turns out, stress is affecting peoples’ sex lives, big time. After helping her sister Amelia through two life-threatening burnout episodes, the two got together to write a book about the science of stress and how it leads to burnout. For them, the journey to understanding stress became a deeper quest for sisterhood and meaning. Emily talks to Shirley about completing the stress cycle, the problem with self-care, and the connections between stress, slee...2024-09-1327 minLove LettersCan you give us some help?Love Letters is getting ready for next season — and it’s going to be good! You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You might move to Italy. It’ll all be explained. In the meantime, can you help us better ourselves? Please take this survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LLetters I wrote most of it myself! We want to know how to better entertain, serve, and give you *great* stuff. It’ll be quick, I promise. Again, find it here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LLetters See you soon. - Meredith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-0503 minLove LettersBrooke: This Is Not Reality (from the Last Day podcast)In this guest episode from the podcast “Last Day,” host Stephanie Wittels Wachs shares the story of Brooke, who had the best and worst days of her life within a couple months of each other. The whiplash from the bliss of her wedding day to the reality of mourning rocked Brooke to her core. She had to learn how to treasure the memories while sitting in the worst suffering she’d ever felt. Find more episodes of “Last Day” at lemonadamedia.com/show/lastday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-07-2350 min
Love LettersS9E15: The Power of StoryIn the final episode of a season all about help, Meredith sits down with students from the writing and publishing organization 826 Boston, which just released a new book — called “What if the World Needs You?”— that’s full of advice and life lessons for young people. Also, Meredith’s producers surprise her with a collection of stories from her friends and loved ones about times she has helped them in ways large and small. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about yo...2024-07-0939 min
Love LettersS9E14: Fly Me to the MoonAs The Boston Globe’s travel writer, Chris Muther has gotten very good at navigating the planet alone. But he wasn’t always this way. It took years, through multiple relationships, for him to gain the independence necessary to thrive on his own — and be a better partner. How he got to this more confident place is a long, winding story that involves some of the most beautiful places in the world. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your a...2024-06-2544 minLove LettersBonus: Pantsuit Politics with Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth SilversCan relationships survive a political divide? Meredith sits down with podcast hosts Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers of the grace-filled podcast "Pantsuit Politics" to discuss the growing gender divide and how (and if!) to handle differences in political views within the context of a romantic relationship. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-06-1825 min
Love LettersS9E13: Feels Like HomeOne day in June of 2014, at the height of the Syrian civil war, Rami made a daring escape from an ISIS militia. But that meant he had to leave his home country, maybe forever. His journey from that moment — into Turkey, then to California, and then to Rhode Island — was something he never could have imagined. Neither was the love story that came out of it. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...2024-06-1137 minLove LettersBONUS: Send us your stories that are outside the box.On the next season of Love Letters, we’ll be featuring stories that are outside the box. Experiences and stories that fall outside the norm and broaden our understanding of love, gifting us in the most strange and unexpected ways - because love isn't just one thing. It's everything. If you have a story that you EXPERIENCED – or FELT – or are in the MIDDLE of – that was OUTSIDE THE BOX … and taught you something important about relationships — we’d love to hear from you. Email us at loveletters@boston.com or leave us a voicemail at 401-484-0590 Learn more about your ad...2024-06-0702 min
Love LettersS9E12: The Pleasure PrincipleKrista Nabar got pretty good at talking about intimate, uncomfortable things. One, she was raised in a household where open dialogue was encouraged. Two, she became a sex therapist. But when it came to confronting things in her own life? Well, that was a different story. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-2837 minLove LettersLoving, Aging, GrowingMeredith sits down with Laura Stassi, host of the podcast “Dating While Gray.” They talk about what Meredith learned from her parents’ divorce, how she found a partner during the pandemic, and growing wiser with age. Also, hear an excerpt of a “Dating While Gray” episode about a widower helping his daughter with dating. Find more episodes of “Dating While Gray” at datingwhilegray.com. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-2126 min
Love LettersS9E11: City of LoveCan a city be a wingperson? Seongnam City, a community of more than 900,000 people just southeast of Seoul, South Korea, is certainly trying. Spooked by historically low birth and marriage rates, Seongnam City officials have launched a publicly funded matchmaking program to help young people find each other. The goal? Happy couples who start making babies. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-1431 min
Love LettersS9E10: Dating While PublicLet’s be honest: There’s a lot of trashy reality television out there. Some shows seem actively manipulative. But Netflix’s "Love on the Spectrum," which follows the dating journeys of young people on the autism spectrum, feels different. Meredith sits down with one of the show’s stars, James B. Jones, to talk about what the show gets right, and how it feels to look for love in such a public way. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more abou...2024-04-3028 minLove LettersBreakups, Revisited (from the Embodied podcast)Join Meredith and fellow advice columnist Stacia Brown as they talk breakups with Anita Rao, host of the podcast “Embodied.” Stacia and Meredith give some guidance on how to break up “well” and discuss going no-contact, navigating social media, and finding the right breakup anthem for the moment. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-04-2335 min
Love LettersS9E9: I'm Like a BirdAs an animal researcher, Meghan Martin made groundbreaking discoveries about how giant female pandas choose their mates. She realized that they wouldn’t shack up with just any old male. They wanted a choice. The same held true, she would learn, with rabbits, birds, and other species. The question for Meghan was this: Could she apply those lessons to the human world—to her own world? Plus, we visit a Rhode Island animal shelter that raised money by letting people pay to have cats defecate on the names of exes. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send rela...2024-04-1633 minLove LettersS9E8: Esther Perel (Makes Me Attractive)Are more people considering polyamory these days? Has the pandemic permanently changed the ways we relate to each other? And can Esther Perel take some credit for Meredith's dating success? Meredith sits down with the psychotherapist, relationship expert, and all-around empathetic person to get into these questions and more. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-04-0924 min
Love LettersS9E7: Winning It AllIn Part Two of our series on pro athletes and their spouses, we talk to Shannon Allen, the wife of former NBA superstar Ray Allen, about a bittersweet moment in their lives. Just as they were celebrating a historic NBA championship, they got some very scary medical news about their son. Where did Shannon turn for help? The answer may surprise you. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-04-0236 min
Love LettersS9E6: Here's to the Home TeamWhat does it feel like to be the partner of a pro athlete? Where do you find support to handle the public pressure, the instability, the constant threat of being traded? Today, we bring you a two-part series on elite athletes, their spouses, and the people who help them. In Part One, we talk to Jordan Whitlock, the wife of Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock. Jordan, who has a PhD in genetics, had to learn how to balance her own career with her husband’s, and how to deal with the loneliness that sets in after many weeks apart. Email us...2024-04-0235 min
Love LettersS9E5: Maura Healey's SoundtrackEver since Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was a kid, music has played a major role in her life. “Eye of the Tiger” got her pumped for basketball games. She caught sets from Joan Baez and Melissa Etheridge working as a cocktail waitress. When she came out in her early 20s, she found solace in the Indigo Girls. These days, the governor uses music to center herself, especially at hard moments. She and her partner, Joanna Lydgate, sit down with Meredith to talk about how music helps them in their lives and in their relationship. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. You...2024-03-1934 minLove LettersLove & Sports with Dan ShaughnessyMeredith’s advice column turns 15 this year. 15! So she’s feeling a little nostalgic. In this episode, Meredith sits down with longtime Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy to trade notes on the thousands of columns each has written over the years. They also compare grief in love to grief in sports, reflect on why sports reporters have always been big fans of Love Letters, and discuss the couple of the moment: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-03-1227 min
Love LettersS9E4: Avengers, Assemble!When it came time for Sophia to leave a difficult relationship, she knew she couldn’t do it alone. So she assembled a first-rate team, made up of friends, acquaintances, family members, and therapists. Having all of them behind her not only set Sophia free; it gave her back her future. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-03-0539 min
Love LettersS9E3: The PuppetmasterMichael and Alessandra were both single, bored, and lonely when they got together in mid-2020. It was the height of the pandemic; everyone craved companionship. But in time, Michael and Alessandra discovered that they were better as good friends. And what do good friends do? They help you find true love. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-02-2031 minLove LettersGoing Deep with Krista Tippett, from Kelly Corrigan WondersA bonus episode via the podcast Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Kelly sits down with Krista Tippett, the longtime host and spiritual guide of On Being, which began as a radio program and is now a podcast. At a moment when everything is broken open, when institutions are received with less reverence and more skepticism, Kelly and Krista consider: Where should we point our minds and hearts? What practices serve us best? Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-02-1354 min
Love LettersS9E2: The Parent TrapWhen Nimish left Nepal for college in the United States, he expected some serious challenges, like adjusting to a new culture and studying in a new language. Finding love was not top-of-mind. But as he got older and started to date more, Nimish’s romantic life became his biggest source of anxiety. Because with each budding relationship came an all-consuming question: How do I explain this to my parents? Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-02-0635 minLove LettersS9E1: Find Your PeopleA few years ago, while at summer camp in North Carolina, Ray was wrestling with some of life’s biggest questions. Identity, love, growing up, a first kiss — Ray had a lot on their mind, and no one to confide in. Until they met Maria, a counselor clad in sandals and tie-dye who would become Ray’s mentor, guide, life coach, and cheerleader, all wrapped into one. In this first episode of the new season, a portrait of two people and their lasting, beautiful bond. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi2024-01-2339 minLove LettersCheck Out Murder in Boston1989 Boston. The crack epidemic is raging, the murder rate soaring, and white flight has taken hold. Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife, Carol, are carjacked, drawn deep into a dangerous “inner city” neighborhood, and allegedly shot by a Black man. All of Boston – and the nation – is gripped by the hunt for the suspect. What follows will reveal truths about the city... and ourselves. Presented by The Boston Globe and HBO Documentary Films, Murder in Boston: The Untold Story of the Charles and Carol Stuart Shooting is hosted by Adrian Walker who, along with a team of Pulitzer-winning investigative reporters, unveils...2024-01-1904 minLove LettersSeason 9 Trailer: Thanks for the HelpAlmost every love story has a supporting cast — friends, relatives, therapists, and others who play a key role in what happens. In Season 9 of Love Letters, we pay tribute to those important figures in the background. You’ll hear all kinds of stories about help and guidance people received in their romantic lives, from an ex who became the perfect wingperson, to the communities that support the spouses of pro athletes, to the best queer mentor anyone could ask for. Season 9 launches Jan. 23. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-01-0902 minLove LettersSidebar: Dear Internet, You're Wrong About The Cheesecake FactoryIt’s Meredith against the world in this bonus episode as she attempts to prove why a viral list of places women will supposedly never go on a first date is wrong, and why The Cheesecake Factory – that’s right, The Cheesecake Factory – is a totally acceptable date spot. To pull this off, she takes her producer, Jesse, to one of her most beloved spots for a platonic work-date. They discuss everything from Meredith’s devotion to the chain restaurant, to the horoscopian powers of The Cheesecake Factory’s menu, to Shaquille O’Neal and Barbie. All classic first-date stuff. Email us at lo...2023-12-1923 minLove LettersSidebar: Here's to You, Mrs. RobinsonMeredith sits down with her sister, Brette, to tackle two family-themed letters from the Love Letters column. First, a woman feels some tension with her future sister-in-law. Second, a writer discovers that her boyfriend and her mother had a one-night-stand in the past. Should the woman confront her mom? Does the mom even remember this guy? How are they going to make it through the holidays? Send your own letter to loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-2823 minLove LettersBonus: Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds Are Here for LaughsMeredith sits down with comedians Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds, co-hosts of the popular new podcast “We’re Here to Help.” Gareth and Jake — who played Nick Miller on the hit show "New Girl" — are longtime friends who bonded doing improv together. Their podcast is a lot like them: fun, silly, sometimes accidentally poignant. Meredith, Jake, and Gareth compare their approaches to advice-giving and dish on baldness, horses, and trashy TV. Warning: This episode is very fun. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-1438 min
Love LettersWe Found Love, Part 3: ‘I Was Expecting a Pen Pal’For the final episode in our series “We Found Love,” we explore the psychology behind prison relationships, a proposed law in Massachusetts that would eliminate life sentences without parole, and the story of an incarcerated man who’s wrestling with the pressures of a young relationship. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-0736 min
Love LettersWe Found Love, Part 2: This Call Is Not PrivateVenus and Cornelius have been together for more than six years and engaged for five. They dream of seeing the world together, buying a house, and making their union official. But whether any of those things will ever happen is unclear, because Cornelius is serving a life sentence for murder without the possibility of parole. In Episode Two of the three-part series “We Found Love,” Boston Globe criminal justice reporter Ivy Scott brings us an intimate portrait of a committed, loving relationship that exists largely on the phone. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...2023-10-3137 min
Love LettersWe Found Love, Part 1: I Met My Husband in PrisonThe first chapter of “We Found Love,” a three-part miniseries exploring how romantic love and partnership run up against – and sometimes transcend – the criminal justice system. Through the stories of three couples, at all different stages in their relationships, Boston Globe reporter Ivy Scott dives deep into what it takes to find love in a hopeless place. In today’s episode, she tells the story of Sharlene, a successful working mother with a secret, and Blake, a Southern gentleman serving time for second-degree murder. Their first encounter, in the visiting room of a Massachusetts state prison, would change the course of their li...2023-10-2440 minLove LettersBonus: Susanna Fogel on Her New Movie, 'Cat Person'Meredith sits down with director Susanna Fogel to discuss Susanna’s new movie, "Cat Person," based on the buzzy 2017 short story by Kristen Roupenian in The New Yorker. They discuss Susanna’s decision to cast Nicholas Braun and Emilia Jones as romantic leads; the role that friends play in sussing out potential partners; and why "Cat Person," the story, stirred so much contentious debate — Susanna calls it a "weird Rorschach test for people's own [stuff]." Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-09-2837 minLove LettersSend us your stories about helpOn the next season of Love Letters, we’ll be featuring stories about the important role help and guidance from others plays in our relationship choices and love lives, from therapy and professional interventions to advice and assistance from friends, family members, and confidantes. If you have a story about a time someone helped you in your romantic life — or maybe a story about how you gave assistance to someone else — we’d love to hear from you. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-09-1902 minLove LettersSidebar: Closing the Books on Money, with Shirley LeungShirley Leung, a business columnist who hosts Say More — a new podcast from Boston Globe Opinion — sits down with Meredith for a few final reflections on love and money, the theme of Season 8 of Love Letters. Also, listeners weigh in with their takes on the season. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Find Say More wherever you listen to podcasts, or at globe.com/saymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-09-1222 minLove LettersMeredith Does MindfulnessMeredith makes a guest appearance on the podcast Meditative Story, a show that tells human stories but with meditation prompts. Vampires, naming squirrels, the death of her mother — it all comes out. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-08-2939 minLove LettersSidebar: A Break in the MonogamyMeredith visits her sister, Brette, on the West Coast, where Brette is recuperating from knee surgery. Together they tackle a letter from a writer who, after a series of serious relationships, wants a year of just being single. But what if that means missing out on a connection of a lifetime? Send your own letter to loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-08-2213 min
The Girls UnfilteredThe Girls Unfiltered Episode 6 | Faith in Uncertainty w/ NuellaThis week join me as I talk to my friend Nuella about faith and uncertainty in new seasons. As a lot of us know, it's not easy but I am so excited for you to hear what she has to say about the importance of faith especially in seasons of uncertainty and transition.
Note: Everyone is developing their own personal relationship with Jesus. While doing so, we may disagree about certain things. That's okay because we're all still figuring this christian life out. As Christians, we should respect people's journeys while focusing on Jesus being the Way...2023-08-151h 01Love LettersS8E8: Two's CompanyErica Spates and Sam Littenberg-Weisberg have been professional television writing partners for 13 years. Together, they’ve co-written dozens of TV episodes, pitched and run their own Netflix series, and even won a couple Emmys. They are also married, which means they understand both the emotional highs of working with your partner and the financial lows – like the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike that's put both of their careers on ice. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-08-0839 minLove LettersA Visit with Dear PrudenceMeredith talks to Jenée Desmond-Harris, Slate’s Dear Prudence advice columnist and podcast host, about weddings, commitment, and whether it’s kosher to grow an ugly mustache right before you get married. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-08-0142 minLove LettersS8E7: You Had Me at PrenupIt’s easy to understand why prenuptial agreements get a bad rap. We think of that rich guy, selfishly protecting his assets just in case wife No. 3 doesn’t work out. But it turns out that’s a pretty narrow view. There are plenty of people whose marriages have been made stronger by prenups. For Anne and Nick, it wasn’t a hedge against their marriage falling apart. It was an important gesture of trust. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-07-2530 minLove LettersS8E6: I Need a ToasterAs a food and travel influencer, Anela Malik’s social media feeds used to be full of inviting dishes and beautiful vistas. Then, in the spring of 2023, her posts took a turn: Anela announced tearfully to her many followers that she was getting divorced. It was an emotional hit but also a financial one. Anela was suddenly forced to make a major investment in a whole new life. And yet … it wasn’t all bad. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-07-1134 minLove LettersSidebar: Is Gen Z moving in too fast?Meredith is joined by two of her favorite Boston Globe colleagues, business reporters Diti Kohli and Dana Gerber, to chat about two things that have long bothered her: the way lease cycles influence relationships, and the financial gap between coupled people and single people. Plus, they discuss a pair of letters, including one from a single person who is worried their married friends are growing distant. Email your dating and relationship questions to loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-07-0430 minLove LettersS8E5: Ah, Those Opportunity CostsA portrait of two daters in their 20s — Jackie in Chicago, and Nick in Washington. Both of them have been on lots of dates; Nick went on 46 last year alone. When you date this much, the expenses add up quickly: drinks, food, hair, parking, Ubers, clothes, and more. So how do they do it? What happens when the bill comes — who pays? And is it all worth it? Email us at loveletters@boston.com. *Programming note: The next full episode drops July 11th.* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-06-2033 minLove LettersS8E4: Whose Turn Is It?A story about partnership and compromise, told in two acts. Two working spouses — writer Kara Baskin and psychologist Sadé Soares — talk about how they and their partners have navigated money, ambition, career, and sacrifice. How do people combine finances and lives and priorities without losing out or getting resentful? Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-06-0638 minLove LettersS8E3: She Wanted the WorldNo matter how much you might click with a potential partner, there will always be something you don’t quite see eye-to-eye on. Maybe it's religion. Maybe it’s kids. Sometimes? It’s money. In Vicki's case, she and her girlfriend, Jessica, seemed to be a good match — if they could just get past that one thing. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-05-2337 minLove LettersS8E2: You Make My Dreams (Come True)Meredith’s childhood friend Justin L. Wilson was standing at a funeral, listening to a eulogy, when he had an epiphany: I’m going to quit my job. This decision to follow his passion took Justin on a journey that involves falling in love. Breakups. Martin Scorsese. Hall & Oates. The Kelly Clarkson Show. And a lesson – very much still-in-progress – about the price of a dream. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-05-0935 minLove LettersFrom NPR's Dear Life Kit: Can You Be Too Generous?A special visit from our friends at NPR’s Dear Life Kit podcast, where experts answer your most pressing and personal anonymous questions. In this bonus episode: A letter writer loves her boyfriend's parents, but their generosity feels inappropriate. Maya Lau, host of the podcast Other People's Pockets, weighs in on how to move forward. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-05-0216 minLove LettersSidebar: Letting Go of That Rich ExMeredith and her sister, Brette, take on two letters, including one from a writer who’s happily coupled but still thinking about an ex. Not because the ex was so great, or because there’s any desire to get back together. It’s purely because he came from family money and offered the prospect of financial stability. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-04-2616 minLove LettersS8E1: Tim's Big SecretAs a 20-something, Alex was determined to “win” at adulthood. And they did. They got a job, responsibly grew their savings, even bought a house. And then Alex met Tim, a kind and smart man who shared their passions, hobbies, and values. But a few years into their marriage, Alex discovered that Tim was carrying a pretty big secret – one that would jeopardize their hard-earned sense of security. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-04-2544 minLove LettersSeason 8 Trailer: Love & MoneyOn Season 8 of Love Letters, host Meredith Goldstein explores all the ways money plays into love, dating, and relationships. What happens when two partners come from different wealth backgrounds? What if someone is harboring secret debt? Who should pay for drinks on a first date? How do couples decide whose “turn” it is to pursue a career dream? Season 8 launches April 25. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-04-1102 minLove LettersBonus: Money, PleaseMoney is a hard thing to talk about – especially when there’s a partner involved. So, before we kick off a full season of stories about love and money, Meredith felt it was only fair that she open up a little herself. In this special bonus episode, she and her longtime financial advisor share some real talk about her finances, paying for psychics, stashing money in the freezer, and the baggage from her parents’ divorce. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-03-1434 minLove LettersSend us your stories about love & moneyLook, money is a hard thing to talk about -- especially in relationships. But it plays into so many of our decisions. For the next season of Love Letters, we're looking for stories about money in love and dating. How do you tell a serious partner about your student loan debt? What happens when two people come from different wealth backgrounds? Why are breakups so expensive? If you have a story to share about love and money -- even if it needs to be anonymous -- please get in touch. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your...2023-01-2502 minLove LettersS7E10: A Woman Walks Into a Burger JointAfter years of being told she wasn’t enough – good enough, smart enough, pretty enough – Tooky Kavanagh discovered that, yeah, actually, she was enough. This revelation came in the unlikeliest of places: the basement of a burger place, at a comedy open mic night. For the first time, Tooky could see who she was supposed to be. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-01-1739 minLove LettersS7E9: From Roz With LoveFinding and sustaining love takes real work. It takes intention. But we never know when life is going to throw someone important in front of us. Then we’re forced to confront a big question: Is my heart open to love, or is it not? The story of Roz and Ralph is all about that: being open — remaining open — across six decades, multiple states, one bowl of pea soup, and a whole lot of letters. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-01-0335 minLove LettersSidebar: 'Marley-ing' and Other Holiday HazardsMeredith quizzes her sister, Brette, on the latest terms of art in dating and relationships. Plus, they discuss a letter from someone who's all worked up after seeing an old flame at Thanksgiving. Email your dating and relationship questions to loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-12-2921 minLove LettersS7E8: Heart & SoloPebbles is a well-known morning radio show host in the Boston area. Being happily single has long been part of her brand. But her story – how she came to understand her priorities and know her own heart – is far richer than most people realize. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-12-1341 minLove LettersS7E7: The Best Partner I Ever HadThere’s a reason Meredith and her friend Kumar hit it off when they first met. Well, two reasons. One, they’re both obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Plus, they both operate with expansive definitions of love, commitment, and partnership. That’s why, when Kumar was going through a major change in his life, Meredith knew just what it felt like. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-11-2940 minLove LettersS7E6: Right Here Waiting for YouEver since he was young, Jared believed he had to choose between being gay and being Muslim. Because everyone around him was telling him he couldn’t be both. This impossible choice tore Jared apart, up until the day he met a kind, blue-eyed stranger on a park bench. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-11-1532 minLove LettersS7E5: Ana in ParisAna’s first impression of Paris wasn’t very good. First of all, she was from Mexico. So she didn’t know a lick of French. She also hated the food. But she returned 10 years later and fell in love with the city – and with a tall Frenchman who had kind eyes. This storybook romance came with a cost, though. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-11-0137 minLove LettersSidebar: Is This What Closure Looks Like?Meredith and producer Katelyn Harrop take up two letters to Meredith's Love Letters advice column. In the first letter, a man wonders if he should send that closure email he's got all cued up. In the second, a writer asks if she should have worked harder to fix a former relationship. Email your dating and relationship questions to loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-10-2718 minLove LettersS7E4: Still the OneMel and Jay met way back in seventh-grade social studies class. Then in high school, they co-led the Gay Straight Alliance. Mel was straight; Jay was gay. In the years that followed, their love and connection remained durable, even as their relationship took many different forms. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-10-1838 minLove LettersS7E3: Welcome to Polyamory CityIn 2020, Somerville, Massachusetts became the first municipality in the country allowing polyamorous relationships to qualify for domestic partnership status. Meredith talks to one of the first people to register for the new designation. They discuss what it means – and what it doesn’t. Meredith also talks to a legal expert about the broader social and legal implications of the Somerville ordinance. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-10-0432 minLove LettersSidebar: Does 'When Harry Met Sally' Hold Up?Love Letters producer Katelyn Harrop just saw "When Harry Met Sally" for the first time, which leaves Meredith (a WHMS superfan) with one burning question: Has it aged well? They discuss in this Sidebar mini-episode. Email your dating and relationship questions to loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-09-2917 minLove LettersS7E2: No Roadmap RequiredMichaela always craved the kind of life she didn’t have as a kid. She’d find a stable guy, settle down, and start a family. For several years, she seemed to be on her way. But then she discovered that, no matter how clear that original path may have seemed, she ultimately had to build her own. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-09-2041 minLove LettersSidebar: He's Hooked Up With All His FriendsMeredith and producer Katelyn Harrop take on two new letters, including one from a woman in her 40s who digs her new boyfriend but wasn't thrilled to learn that he'd previously hooked up with most of the women in his friend group. Is this a red flag, or just ancient history? Email your dating and relationship questions to loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-09-1519 minLove LettersS7E1: Bill & Jen's Excellent AdventureAll this season, we’ll be telling stories of big changes and how they reshape people’s romantic lives. In the first episode, Meredith shares the story of Bill and Jen, who did that thing many people fantasize about: They quit their day jobs and built a business from scratch. What has this shift meant for their lives – and for their marriage? Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-09-0633 minLove LettersSidebar: Men in Their 30sOur new season is launching soon. But first ... Meredith and producer Katelyn Harrop dish on letters to Meredith's Love Letters advice column. This week: A single woman says men in their 30s fall into three categories: already coupled up, recently uncoupled and uninterested in anything serious, and too focused on their careers to contemplate a relationship. Does the LL team agree? Email us your dating and relationship questions at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-08-1616 minLove LettersIntroducing: SidebarWe're trying out this new thing today. It's called Sidebar. It's a snack-sized episode in which Meredith and producer Katelyn Harrop discuss their favorite recent letters to Meredith's advice column in The Boston Globe. We'll drop you a Sidebar every now and then, between our usual, full-length episodes. In today's episode: finding love in the carpool lane and what it means to date a divorcee. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-07-2515 minLove LettersBonus: Get Off the Apps! With Jon BirgerMeredith chats with business writer and journalist Jon Birger about why he thinks we should get off the apps and seek connection in other ways. Birger is the author of the books Date-Onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game and Make Your Move: The New Science of Dating and Why Women Are in Charge. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-06-1427 minLove LettersBonus: Romanticizing Everything with Casey McQuistonWe’re back with a bonus episode today. Meredith chats with writer Casey McQuiston about all the things: finding romance for yourself in times of uncertainty, how they get their work done, and what makes a really good love story. McQuiston is the author of the new book "I Kissed Shara Wheeler," the widely successful "Red, White & Royal Blue," and "One Last Stop." Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-05-0537 minLove LettersSend us your stories of big changeSometimes life is about big change. You move across the world. Quit or lose a job. Suddenly get Internet famous. Decide you must join the circus. Maybe not that, but you get it. For the next season of Love Letters, we’re looking for stories about big, monumental changes in people’s romantic lives. Have you ever made a 180 like this? Share it with us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-04-2102 minLove LettersS6E10: Never Gonna Give You UpFor our final episode of the season, we collaborate with the podcast This Is Dating to bring you the story of Manny, a San Francisco thirty-something who’s been kinda sorta breaking a big relationship rule for 11 years and counting. The one that says: You’ll never get over an ex without making a clean break. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. For more on This Is Dating, visit thisisdatingpodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-03-2935 min
The Handover with NCH&CSeries 5: Ep.07 - Spotlight on...Nuella Ibezim - from Nigeria to NorfolkIn this episode, Miranda speaks to Nigerian nurse Nuella Ibezim, about her journey to becoming a registered nurse in Norfolk, and how she has found her experience so far. 2022-03-2114 minLove LettersS6E9: I Couldn't Help But WonderYes, Devin Tomb knows that TV isn’t real life. That “Sex and the City” never explicitly promised her anything. And yet, it was hard not to believe in the future the show presented. Devin figured she, too, would have a squad of single women for adventurous nights and opulent brunches well into her 30s. So what happened? Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-03-1533 minLove LettersS6E8: Red Flag ParadeWhen Margaret hit her early 30s, she felt like one of those collectible toys you keep in a box – in mint condition, untouched. She wondered: What am I saving myself for? So she said yes to a throuple that seemed romantic and daring and exhilarating. It turned out to be all of those things and more. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-03-0140 minLove LettersS6E7: These Rules Are Meant for Breakin'Meredith sits down with two smart people who have spent a lot of time studying relationships – how we make them, what we look for in other people, and the “rules” that color these big decisions. Lamont White is a dating coach and matchmaker. Angela Bahns is a social psychologist whose work raises an important question: Is it actually true that opposites attract? Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-02-1532 minLove LettersS6E6: Dancing With a StrangerAyesha Mattu was supposed to marry a man whose background mirrored hers: Pakistani, Muslim, and from a certain caste. For a time, that was the plan. Then, one night in a dimly lit club, she saw a cute guy dancing. And thus their adventure began. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-02-0139 minLove LettersS6E5: The Old College TryWhen the pandemic hit, Iz was a junior in college with a vibrant social and academic life. They also had a serious partner, with whom they’d been in a monogamous relationship. COVID turned all of that upside down. So Iz decided to try something radical: to forego app dating and look for love IRL. Email us at loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-01-1828 min
Valid UpdatesDays after reportedly dumping her husband, actress Nuella Njubigbo buys herself brand new car (video)This episode is also available as a blog post: https://validupdates.com/2021/06/days-after-reportedly-dumping-her-husband-actress-nuella-njubigbo-buys-herself-brand-new-car-video/2021-06-0401 min
HeartsandTalkGet your own attention.Happy New Year, my dears! It feels absolutely good to be back! Last year was a whole lot and we all just wanted to survive and get through the year. Well, it's a new year and there's always a silver lining behind a dark cloud. This year, even if you do not have it all figured out yet, choose to live and not survive! Get your own attention!2021-02-0612 minHeartsandTalkBooks and CoversThere's a saying that goes 'Don't judge a book by its cover', but what if, just what if sometimes, the cover says exactly what the book is about? Can we ever balance this judgement? Let's find out in this episode together! By the way, if you listen to the end, there's a surprise for you! Enjoy! Love, Ella!2020-11-1000 minHeartsandTalkBE GOOD!While recording this episode, I felt anger, frustration, betrayal, hurt, disappointment, and hope. Please, bear with me. All I ask is that you get the message I tried to pass across, replicate it wherever you find yourself and tell it to others. Theme song is newly released 'Commander-in-Chief' by Demi Lovato. Thank you for listening!❤2020-10-2400 minHeartsandTalkTRUE and BAREWho's is super excited HATWE is back?! Me!!!!!!!! I am sure you guys are too! 😁. Trust me, I am no motivational speaker, but in this episode, I decided to share with you guys a few things I learnt in the last 2 months of my life. It was a tough phase, but I am glad I pulled through and I am so excited to share with you all how I did. I hope you are able to learn a thing or two, and I definitely can't wait for your feedbacks!!! The theme song for this episode is 'Standing With You by Guy...2020-10-0200 minHeartsandTalkSpeaking Hearts❤❤❤❤Hey, guys!!! I am particularly excited about this episode because you get to hear from other listeners of HATWE and learn from their views and experiences, not just myself. I also added a little bit of cherry on top to spice up this episode(a recently released song by Adekunle Gold and a sneak peek into episode 5)! 😁😁. Have a great listen!!!!!2020-07-2523 minHeartsandTalkBoundaries and BalancesCommunication is key for every human relationship, but what if there is such a thing as over or mis-communication? Essential or not, shouldn't there be checks and balances to communication? Are there even boundaries in communication? Let's find out together! Remember that your comments and opinions matter too! Have a good listen! 😁✌2020-07-1214 minHeartsandTalk5MinutesCutWithElla!😁Hey, there! It's another time on the 5MinutesCutWithElla series! On this one, I added short extractions of 'Don't worry' by Bobby McFerrin and 'You gonna be ok" by Jen Johnson at the intro and outro to help lift your spirits! Sometimes, my friend, it's totally okay not to be okay! Have a refreshing listening!✌😁2020-07-0705 minHeartsandTalk5MinutesCutWithElla!😁Hello, guys!!! Welcome to the second of half of 2020! I am an OAP and there's this 5 minutes show I do every afternoon at work. So, on this particular one, I just encouraged my listeners on air and I thought to share it with you my listeners on this platform too! Nothing too serious, just something short and funky! 😁😁. I hope you find it helpful! Enjoy and look forward to episode 3! Love you!2020-07-0104 minHeartsandTalkBURIED REASONSCommunication with fellow humans can never be over emphasized. It's just a shame that the basic reasons for it have been long forgotten. In this episode, it's #BringBackTheBuriedReasonsForTalking! Take a listen and let's dig'em up together. Don't forget to send in your comments and contributions. Enjoy!2020-06-2904 minHeartsandTalkHeartsThatTalk.Hey!!!!! Here's my debut episode and I am super excited to be doing this!!! It's just a sneak peek into what HeartsandTalk would subsequently be all about. Have a good listen and let me know what you think! Thank you!!!! 😁2020-06-2002 min