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‘Grief and catharsis can take surprising forms. I hadn’t expected a sofa to play such a starring role in mine.’
When Mike Rucker and his partner, John, moved in together, they purchased a sofa they affectionately named Miss Bee. “I didn’t just feel grown up buying this sofa, I felt sophisticated,” Mike wrote in his Modern Love essay. Miss Bee had low arms, wooden legs with brass wheels and a white denim slipcover.
Miss Bee was not only a provider of comfort, but also the anchor of Mike and John’s home life. Over the years, she was refreshed and reupholstered, updating to a “stunning” natural-colored linen from the white denim.
For our season premiere, we listen to Mike’s story about the emotional and physical process of saying goodbye to Miss Bee — and the role she played for him in grieving John’s death. Then, Mike joins the host of Modern Love, Anna Martin, in the studio. Mike reflects on some of the other physical objects that continue to keep John alive for him.
Modern Love is back for the summer
We have exciting news: The podcast is back for a whole new season! For the next 10 weeks, we’ll be releasing episodes about love in all its messy, complicated forms — including stories about star-crossed lovers in their 60s, the best nanny in all of New York City and an adoptee who overturns her assumptions about her mother. You’ll hear an essay by one of the oldest Modern Love authors ever, and you’ll also hear from an older woman and a younger man who won’t let age keep them apart.
New episodes drop on Wednesday afternoons. We hope you’ll join us.
Hosted by: Anna Martin
Produced by: Julia Botero and Hans Buetow
Edited by: Sara Sarasohn
Executive Producer: Wendy Dorr
Engineered by: Elisheba Ittoop
Theme Music: Dan Powell
Original Music: Hans Buetow and Chelsea Daniel
Essay by: Mike Rucker
Read by: MacLeod Andrews
Additional Voices by: Elisheba Ittoop and Phyllis Fletcher
Founder, Modern Love: Daniel Jones
Editor, Modern Love Projects: Miya Lee
Special thanks: Mahima Chablani, Renan Borelli, Jeffrey Miranda, Julia Simon, Lisa Tobin, Sam Dolnick, and Ryan Wegner and Anna Diamond at Audm.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/podcasts/modern-love-season-premiere-trash.html
2022-06-01 20:01:02Z
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