At What Age Is Love Enthralling? | With Jessica Walter

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Jessica Walter ("Archer," "Arrested Development") reads an essay by Sophy Burnham about how an unexpected encounter makes her consider how love and desire change with age.

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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.
0:23.0	Story of Love, loss, and redemption I'm your host MagnicakRuberdy.
0:42.0	What happens to love and desire as people age?
0:45.0	Does it diminish? Does it get stronger with time?
0:49.0	or does it evolve into something different?
0:52.0	Sophie Burnham writes about her experience in her essay,
0:55.0	at what age is love and throwing?
0:58.0	82. Jessica Walter reads Sophie's essay.
1:02.0	She's known for her role as Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development
1:05.0	and her work in the FXX animated series Archer, now airing its 10th season.
1:15.0	It has been many decades since I went through Minipause.
1:19.0	At the time, I regretted the concurrent invisibility when men stopped noticing me on the street.
1:26.0	The funniest moment happened in Italy, where as a young student I had grown accustomed to walking down the street in a mist of commentary.
1:34.0	Belina Bella!
1:37.0	Later visiting Florence and Midlife, I heard two boys on a motor scooter cry out behind me.
1:43.0	Belina Belissima!
1:46.0	And then as they passed, ah, scuse Signora!
1:50.0	I broke out laughing.
1:53.0	Over time, I grew to appreciate the freedom of not having to wear still-let-os,
1:58.0	attract anyone or struggle for the exquisite body I once had.
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