Introducing... Rylan: How to Be in Love featuring Louis Theroux

Grounded with Louis Theroux

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In a preview of the final episode of How to Be in Love, Rylan is joined by documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux. Louis discusses how the subjects of his documentaries have challenged and changed the way he thinks about love and also tells Rylan the story of how he fell in love with his wife.

With Louis’s help, Rylan reflects on the advice and knowledge shared by the previous guests of the series. Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds.

How to Be in Love – Rylan has loved passionately, lost messily, and is now ready to rediscover what ‘love’ is. But does he need to look at love differently before he can find it again?

Host: Rylan Assistant Producer: Ben Johns Producer: Katie Grant Production Manager: Francesca Bassett Executive Producer: Arron Fellows Music: Miguel d'Oliveira Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts A Mindhouse production for BBC Sounds

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:11.5	Hello, grounded listeners, it's Ryland here.
0:15.0	Now, cast your mind back to December 2020.
0:17.9	You might remember I was interviewed by Louis Theroux for the grounded podcast.
0:22.6	Well, a lot's happened since then and now.
0:25.6	I've had the chance to turn the table on Louis and interview him for my very own podcast, How to Be in Love.
0:31.6	In the podcast, I embark on a mission to find love.
0:34.6	How can we find it and make it last?
0:36.6	I chat to a mix of experts and celebrities to help me in my own to find love. How can we find it and make it last? I chat to a mix of experts
0:39.3	and celebrities to help me in my own quest for love. People like Stephen Frye, Philippa Perry,
0:44.9	Matt and Emma Willis, and many more. If you'd like to listen or watch the rest of this episode,
0:50.3	plus the others in the series, just search for Ryland How to Be in Love on the IPlayer or BBC Sounds.
1:09.0	Louie.
1:09.9	Hello.
1:10.5	How are you? Good. How are you? I'm a bit nervous. Come on. I feel very relaxed, which I think is perhaps a testament to your skill at putting me at my ease.
1:20.9	Lou, I want to start by asking you a question and ask everyone that comes on here. What is love? And how would you describe it?
1:29.0	Well, D.H. Lawrence said...
1:31.3	No, don't give me that.
1:32.1	Oh, Jesus.
1:34.8	Love is the ultimate, isn't it?
1:37.4	Of emotion, of connection.
1:39.4	It's an almost supernatural feeling of connection.
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