Rallying To Keep The Game Alive | Live At CitySpace

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, Ann Leary wrote an essay about a rough patch in her marriage. We turned it into an episode of the Modern Love Podcast. And now, Ann's story been adapted for television. In this episode, we revisit actress Connie Nielsen's performance of Ann's essay. Then, we'll hear a live conversation between Ann, Modern Love editor Daniel Jones, and podcast producer Caitlin O'Keefe. They talk about what happened next for Ann and her husband, and what it was like for Ann to have her essay adapted for the Modern Love television show.

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by...
0:05.0	Produced by the Island at WBUR Boston.
0:19.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:24.0	The New York Times and WBUR Boston.
0:28.0	Stories of Love, Loss and Redemption.
0:32.0	I'm your host, Magna Chacrabardi.
0:42.0	In 2013, Anne Leary wrote an essay called Rallying to Keep the Game Alive.
0:47.0	It was about a rough patch in her marriage.
0:49.0	We turned that essay into a Modern Love podcast.
0:52.0	And now Anne's story has been adapted for television.
0:56.0	On Friday, October 18th, you can see Tina Fey play Anne in the New Modern Love Amazon TV show.
1:03.0	Actress Connie Nielsen, who stars in Wonder Woman, read Anne's essay for the podcast,
1:09.0	will revisit her performance today.
1:11.0	Then, we'll hear a conversation that Anne had with editor Daniel Jones and podcast producer,
1:16.0	Caitlin O'Keefe, after a screening of the television episode based on Anne's essay.
1:21.0	They talked at WBUR City Space.
1:28.0	When I took up tennis, my husband was happy to play with our two children and me,
1:33.0	as long as we didn't have to play by the rules.
1:36.0	As Dennis repeatedly explained to us, playing by the rules placed him at an unfair disadvantage
1:42.0	because he didn't know the rules and he didn't know how to serve.
1:46.0	Instead of learning the rules, he wanted to play a variation of tennis he had in his life.
1:50.0	This was a variation of tennis he had invented with a friend of his.
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