I See My Superhero | With Sarah Silverman

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Silverman brings us a story of unconditional love ... with a few conditions.

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0:50.6	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
1:00.5	Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption.
1:04.2	I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.
1:14.0	Love is generosity.
1:16.5	But just how much of yourself, your physical flesh and blood, would you give to the person
1:22.0	you love?
1:23.6	Here's comedian Sarah Silverman, reading Angela Balsita's Modern Love essay, Beneath
1:29.0	the Modest Alter Ego, I See My Superhero.
1:33.8	I was just 17.
1:36.1	A typical college freshman concerned primarily with exploring my newfound freedom, my drinking
1:41.7	skills, and the boys in the dorm next door.
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