The Phone Booth

Love Letters

The Boston Globe

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In February, Meredith unveiled a Love Letters Tell-A-Booth at The Boston Public Library.More than 1,000 calls have come in already … mostly from locals – and many tourists – who stop in, enter the booth, and leave a question on an old-school payphone.What can we learn from an anonymous phone booth where people can ask anything? Meredith explains by sharing messages from the booth, and by processing the experience with public library staffer Bailey Watroba, who has thoughts about why young people love old technology.Remember, Love Letters is also an advice column. Send a question about romance, friendships, marriage, breakups, dating fatigue to loveletters@boston.com.You can also submit your own stories to the podcast at that address. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, Meredith.
0:03.7	Hi, Meredith.
0:04.4	Hi, Meredith.
0:05.2	Hi, Meredith.
0:06.9	Hi, Meredith.
0:07.5	Hi, Meredith.
0:07.5	Hi, Meredith.
0:07.5	Two years ago, I was walking around my neighborhood.
0:12.6	I think I was high on good weather.
0:14.7	It was one of those first beautiful days after a very long winter.
0:18.9	I thought to myself, you know what would be so cool
0:22.0	if the Love Letters Podcast and Advice Column
0:25.1	had its own phone booth.
0:28.1	As in a phone booth where you could go in,
0:30.6	pick up the phone,
0:31.5	and it would magically dial love letters.
0:35.0	And I would get the message no matter what.
0:37.1	Hey there, I'm Meredith Goldstein. Longtime advice columnist and podcast.
0:42.0	A magic phone booth. What a great idea.
0:46.3	Where do I find good men in Boston?
0:49.2	How can I become a better person from my girlfriend?
0:53.3	How do I cope with the fact that I have to move back home?
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