Can people change? Thatâs the big question the new season of the Love Letters podcast will attempt to answer.
Season 10 arrives January 14th. Youâll hear host and advice columnist @MeredithGoldstein explore whether people can change in life, love and relationships. Can old dogs learn new tricks? Can a troubled relationship improve over time? Can we be better to each other and ourselves?
We can wait for you to listen. Catch up on episodes and listen to the @bostonglobeâs
Love Letters podcast wherever you get your podcasts, or at the link in our bio.
State of the Union(s)
Have you ever heard of the term âBoston Marriageâ ? Hereâs a quick history lesson.
Recently, at the @BostonGlobeâs third annual #GlobeSummit, Love Letters host @meredithgoldstein was joined by experts and policymakers who were involved in establishing the 2020 Somerville ordinance that was first in the nation to recognize polyamorous structures. Goldstein sat down with Kimberly M. Rhoten, co-founder of Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition; Alexander L. Chen, founding director of LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at Harvard Law School; and Willie Burnley Jr., Somerville City Councilor At-Large.
Together, they discussed what polyamory looks like, how it intersects healthcare and policy issues, and the impacts of the ordinance. Listen to their full conversation on changing family structures on the Love Letters podcast linked in our bio, or wherever you get your podcasts. #BostonMarriage #LoveLetters #Somerville #Polyamory #BostonHistory
The theme of Season 9 was âThanks For The Helpâ and we heard stories all season long about how people help each other in sometimes unexpected ways.
We heard from Sofia, who got out of an abusive marriage. She told us that help doesnât have to be reciprocal. It is not a points system. And sex therapist Krista, about how doing that work professionally changed a part of her life that has nothing to do with sex. We learned that sometimes weâre the exact people who are not taking our own advice. Oh and Ray, our season premiere. Hearing from Ray â and their mentor, Maria â taught us things about how to be a better helper to the younger people in my life.
A surprise to @meredithgoldstein, was that we couldnât end the season without a moment to acknowledge the ways the advice columnist has helped so many people near and far. Behind her back, the Love Letters team asked friends, family, and colleagues to share stories of Meredithâs help. If she knew this was happening, sheâd never allow it, because hearing compliments can be mortifying. But hereâs a self-indulgent moment to end the season on a wholesome note: Thanks For The Help, Meredith. đ€
Catch up on all this seasonâs episodes of Love Letters wherever you get your podcasts, or at the link in our bio.
Some of the best life lessons are between the lines in fiction. Thatâs why the cheapest form of help can be a library card, says Love Letters columnist and host, @meredithgoldstein.
The experts on the latest episode of the Love Letters podcast are students affiliated with @826boston, a writing center for kids in Roxbury. The young people there recently published a book â âWhat If The World Needs You? Advice and Life Lessons from 826 Boston Students.â
On this very special episode, three young students involved with the 826 book chat with Meredith about how to find advice in stories, and how reading can help a person decode the world. đ
Listen to âThe Power of Storyâ wherever you get your podcasts, or at the link in our bio.
âThereâs not even a cat this time. Itâs just me.â Globe travel writer @chris_muther shares what helped him feel less alone on solo trips to some of the most beautiful destinations in the world.
It all started with a comforting revelation in Chicago (where people do talk to you at the bar unlike *some* places.)
Listen to Love Letters, wherever you get your podcasts.
This weekâs Love Letters guest is
@BostonGlobe travel writer Christopher Muther (@chris_muther.) He explains how traveling isnât necessarily an âEat, Pray, Loveâ situation for everyone ... where you find yourself â and love! â along the way.
Sometimes itâs about sitting in St. Bartâs, alone ... with a strange cat ... being miserable ... and then figuring it out when you get home.
Chris tells his story about breakups, dating, travel, and how to learn to be independent *anywhere* ... on an episode weâre calling Fly Me to the Moon.
Find Love Letters wherever you get your podcasts, or at the link in our bio.
One day in June of 2014, at the height of the Syrian civil war, Rami made a daring escape from an ISIS militia. But that meant he had to leave his home country, maybe forever. His journey from that moment â into Turkey, then to California, and then to Rhode Island â was something he never could have imagined. Neither was the love story that came out of it.
Sometimes all roads lead to the same place. Sometimes that place is Rhode Island.
Hear our guests, Rami and Kait, tell an emotional, complicated, difficult, and joyful story. Listen to the episode âFeels Like Homeâ wherever you get your podcasts, or at the link in our bio.
Krista Nabar (@dr.sexyfat) got pretty good at talking about intimate, uncomfortable things. One, she was raised in a household where open dialogue was encouraged. Two, she became a sex therapist. But when it came to confronting things in her own life? Well, that was a different story.
This episode is for anyone who feels like they put their own needs aside for others. If youâre a people-pleaser, it can be easy to ignore what you actually want. Youâll learn youâre not alone. đ
Listen to Love Letters wherever you get your podcasts, or at the link in our bio.
New Love Letters episode alert!
Years ago, researcher Meghan Martin was part of a team trying to get endangered giant pandas to mate. It wasnât working. The female was NOT interested.
Then it occurred to Meghan: maybe this one female panda needed more options. Makes sense to us. Who would join Hinge if there was only one other person there?
Meghan's instinct was right. Once a second male panda was introduced, the female chose between them.
Many years later, Meghan â a mate-choice expert â is using her many years of research about animal courtship to help her as she navigates her own dating life. What can we learn from the animal kingdom when it comes to partnership? Are we meant to mate for life, and if not, how to we cope? Meghan explains in this new episode, which also features cats, dogs, crickets, horses, and penguins. Listen here: https://trib.al/IqEgDpq
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey uses music to center herself, especially at hard moments.
Healey and her partner, Joanna Lydgate, sat down with Meredith Goldstein to talk about how music helps them in their lives and in their relationship.
đ Listen to Love Letters wherever you get your podcasts, or right here: https://trib.al/r3osjxY
When it came time for Sophia to leave a difficult relationship, she knew she couldnât do it alone. So, she assembled a first-rate team, made up of friends, acquaintances, family members, and therapists.
Hear "Avengers, Assemble!" on the Love Letters podcast: https://trib.al/Tbji8Uk
Would you let your ex set you up?
No, really. Think about it. They know your preferences, your quirks, and exactly what it's like to date you.
Hear it from Alessandra and Michael in today's episode of Love Letters.
Listen to "The Puppetmaster": https://trib.al/aIhoFqy
