Essay Read: I Had To Stop Asking Why

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Samantha Joseph reads her Modern Love essay, “I Had to Stop Asking Why.” You can listen to Anna’s interview with Samantha in the “Modern Love” podcast feed - the episode is called “I Needed David Schwimmer’s Help:.

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0:00.0	Before we start the show, a brief note that today's episode deals with suicide.
0:04.9	If you or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention
0:09.4	Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
0:14.7	That's 1-800-273-TALK.
0:18.7	Love, now, and...
0:22.7	This is the life of love.
0:24.7	A stronger than anything.
0:26.7	And I love you more than anything.
0:30.7	Just love.
0:35.7	From The New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:37.7	This is Modern Love.
0:39.7	And today, we're dropping two episodes with the author Samantha Joseph about her modern love essay.
0:45.7	I had to stop asking why.
0:48.7	In this episode, you'll hear Samantha read her full Modern Love essay.
0:53.7	And then, for the last episode of our season, I have a conversation with Samantha about her story
0:58.7	and about how the actor David Schwimmer helped her in a way she'd literally dreamt about for years.
1:05.7	You can find that interview episode up next in our feed.
1:09.7	Now, here's Samantha reading her essay.
1:16.7	For years, I have been having a conversation in my head with David Schwimmer.
1:21.7	It's because of my aunt Gail.
1:24.7	She was a comedy division manager at NBC in the 1990s.
1:28.7	And she worked on shows like Friends and Will and Grace and Blossom.
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