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This is Love

The Photograph

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.79.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Bob Brigham always knew he was adopted, but growing up, he didn’t know anything about his biological parents. When he was seven years old, a social worker came for a visit and Bob heard her whisper something to his mother – something about the Vietnam War. “Within a nanosecond, I created a story in my head.” Bob Brigham's book is This Is a True War Story. My Improbable History with Vietnam. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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My earliest childhood memory is of Kennedy being assassinated, and then shortly after, it's of me starting to pester my mother about my adoption.

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This is Bob Brigham.

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He's a history professor at Vassar College. He grew up in a small town in

1:30.2

New York, called Cambridge, near the Vermont border. Bob says growing up, he always knew he was

1:36.9

adopted. His parents, Marge and Al, never kept that a secret. His younger sister, Jane, was also

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