A Brother As Significant As Any Other | With Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Modern Love

The New York Times

Nytimes, Redemption, Society & Culture, New York Times, Love, Essay, Storytelling, Loss, Nyt

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman ("UnREAL") tells the story of the deep friendship between an older and younger brother.

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by...
0:05.0	Produced by the Island at WBUR Boston.
0:18.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:25.0	The New York Times
0:28.0	Stories of Love, Loss and Redemption
0:32.0	I'm your host, Magna Chacrabardi.
0:41.0	What makes someone a significant other?
0:44.0	And does it have to be a romantic other?
0:47.0	Lawrence Forbes explores the gray areas in his essay,
0:50.0	A Brother as significant as any other.
0:53.0	It's read by Jeffrey Boyer Chapman,
0:55.0	who stars in the Lifetime Show Unreal
0:57.0	and hosts the podcast, Conversations with Others.
1:24.0	So for significant others.
1:30.0	Knowing I would never be the former, he listed me as the latter.
1:36.0	After a stream of gay-themed jokes about how our union
1:40.0	would save my brother from military service,
1:43.0	my maiden named Alema,
1:45.0	should I use Forbes or Forbes Forbes?
1:49.0	And a sitcom idea for Black Entertainment Television,
1:52.0	featuring my straight sibling and me,
1:55.0	his homosexual brother,
	...

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