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Modern Love

An Interlude Of Clarity With Judd Apatow | Encore

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.39K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Director Judd Apatow reads an essay about a date that goes very wrong. This is an encore presentation.

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Modern Love The Podcast is supported by...

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Produced by the Island at WBUR Boston.

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From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.

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The

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Stories of Love,

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Laws, and Redemption.

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I'm your host, Magnetrocker-Bardi.

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2019 has been a big year for Modern Love.

0:43.0

The column turned 15 and for the first time,

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it came to your television screen.

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So this holiday season, we wanted to revisit some of the essays

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that were featured in the Amazon TV show.

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Brian Gittys' essay is called,

0:57.0

At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity.

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It was adapted for episode five of the TV show,

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and back in 2016, Director Judd Apatow read it for the podcast.

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Here's Judd Apatow, reading Brian Gittys' essay.

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There's never a good time to fall

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if your couch onto a martini glass,

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nick a major blood vessel, and begin losing a dangerous amount of blood.

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But having this happened in the middle of a promising date

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is especially bad time.

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