The Wisdom Of The Moving Man | With Lake Bell
Modern Love
The New York Times
4.3 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Modern Love The Podcast is supported by... |
| 0:05.0 | Produced by the Island at WBUR Boston. |
| 0:18.0 | From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love. |
| 0:23.0 | The New York Times and WBUR Boston. |
| 0:27.0 | Stories of Love, Laws and Redemption. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm your host, Megna Chacrabardi. |
| 0:42.0 | When we take stock of the people who matter most to us, |
| 0:45.0 | there are the spouses, the family members, the best friends, the partners. |
| 0:50.0 | And then there are the people who aren't any of those things, |
| 0:54.0 | but who change our lives anyway. |
| 0:57.0 | Emily Robito's essay is about one of those people. |
| 1:00.0 | It's read by Lake Bell, who has starred in its complicated, in a world, |
| 1:04.0 | and wet hot American summer. |
| 1:06.0 | You can see her now in blessed-us-mess on ABC. |
| 1:11.0 | No one goes into a move expecting to fall for her mover. |
| 1:15.0 | I was no exception. |
| 1:18.0 | This was back in October 2001, |
| 1:20.0 | when people advertise their services by taping flyers to lamp posts |
| 1:25.0 | among signs for the 9-11 missing. |
| 1:30.0 | That's where I found Derek's number, |
| 1:32.0 | which I called in secret while my boyfriend was getting sloshed |
| 1:36.0 | at whatever Brooklyn dive sold the cheapest drinks. |
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