Three Powerful Lessons About Love

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When Daniel Jones started the Modern Love column in 2004, he opened the call for submissions and hoped the idea would catch on. Twenty years later, over a thousand Modern Love essays have been published in The New York Times, and the column is a trove of real-life love stories. Dan has put so much of himself into editing the column over the years, but as he tells our host, Anna Martin, the column has influenced him, too. Today, Dan shares three Modern Love essays that have changed the way he thinks about love and relationships in his own life. Also, Anna announces the beginning of a special series of episodes celebrating Modern Love’s 20th anniversary.

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0:00.0	Love now and
0:04.0	stronger than anything.
0:08.0	And I love it. And I love you more than anything.
0:11.0	They're still love.
0:13.0	From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:18.0	This is Modern Love.
0:20.0	This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Modern Love Column.
0:24.0	20 years, can you believe that?
0:26.0	Two decades of essays that have made us laugh,
0:29.0	made us gasp, broken our hearts,
0:31.0	reminded us of the fundamental goodness of people, and let's be
0:35.0	honest, a lot of these essays should come with tissues. It's kind of our thing here
0:40.1	making you cry. To mark this big anniversary we've got a conversation with Modern Love
0:45.1	founder Daniel Jones. Dan has edited around a thousand essays since the
0:49.7	first one ran back in 2004 and when you spend all your professional time contemplating
0:55.2	human connection, that work doesn't stay at the office. It impacts you in
0:59.7	profound ways. So today, Dan shares the three essays that have changed the way he
1:05.5	approaches love and relationships in his own life. And at the end of the show,
1:09.9	stay tuned for a very exciting announcement about the rest of our season. So it feels strange to say what I say to guess on the show which is welcome
1:27.4	because really you welcomed me into this universe so instead of saying
1:32.3	welcome I'm gonna say Dan Jones,
1:34.7	hello, and thank you so much.
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