This is Love

21/08/2024

When Patrick Makuakāne left his job as a professional hula dancer in Hawaiʻi and moved to San Francisco to be with his boyfriend, they were only planning to stay for a year. “But after about two or three months, I thought – wait a minute. Here I am, a young gay guy living in San Francisco. I think I want to stay here a little longer.” https://buff.ly/3WWUPU8

21/08/2024

One Saturday night in the 90s, Patrick Makuakāne and about 15 other hula dancers showed up to a club in San Francisco they called Old Dreamland. “It didn’t feel like taking risks. Because no one was there to tell me ’what the hell are you doing?’” New today! https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

08/08/2024

Sometimes, during BokHee An’s shifts at a hospital in Los Angeles, some patients would ask her if she’d ever been on TV. They recognized her. She’d just smile. https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

07/08/2024

BokHee An has been in all 20 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy – 265 episodes. That’s more than Patrick Dempsey, who played McDreamy, and Sandra Oh, who was Dr. Cristina Yang. https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

07/08/2024

Nurse BokHee is in the background of every season of Grey’s Anatomy. She’s become one of the show’s most beloved characters – but she's only had a few lines. New today: https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

25/07/2024

“Death work is ancient work, and if you look back, it is a lot of women. Women are the ones that, in their communities, really showed up for death and for grief.” Listen to our latest - about a woman who works in the crematory at Green-Wood Cemetery - from the podcast Finally! A Show. buff.ly/3zPxnjC

24/07/2024

“I realized working with the burial orders and cremation orders and helping out in the crematory, that I was doing something really purposeful.” Today - we listen as one crematory worker prepares for Green-Wood Cemetery’s 97,323rd cremation. https://buff.ly/3zPxnjC

Photos from the Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. (1955)

24/07/2024

Gabrielle Gatto is a crematorium worker at one of the most famous cemeteries in the country. Today, we’re sharing a day in her life, courtesy of the podcast Finally! A Show. https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

11/07/2024

Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan of Switched on Pop tell Phoebe why Wendy Carlos is “the most significant figure in 20th century music that the least people know about.” https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Getty Images)

10/07/2024

The synthesizer was invented in the 1890s. But for people to really start using it, it took half a century, a musician named Wendy Carlos, an engineer named Bob Moog, and an album called Switched-On Bach. Listen to our latest: https://buff.ly/3LyrYPS

03/07/2024

We’ve updated our playlist of family-friendly episodes — safe travels and enjoy the holiday!

Family-Friendly Criminal and This is Love Episodes · Playlist · 47 songs · 322 likes

20/06/2024

Most migrating birds in North America fly at night. They use the stars for navigation. During migration season, there could be hundreds of millions in the night sky. Writer Paul Bogard told us: “If we could see nocturnal bird migration, it would be the greatest wildlife spectacle on the planet.” https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

19/06/2024

The night sky is getting brighter almost everywhere in the world. We visit a place that is trying to stay dark, new today: https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

Photo credit: Sue Daly

06/06/2024

“If you love someone, write something -- short or long -- and you can always write it to someone else’s tune. Just write something wonderful, either a poem or a sentence to the person that you love.” https://buff.ly/4e9VaKQ

05/06/2024

There’s a famous love song – called “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – about folk singer Peggy Seeger. Peggy told us: “If you’ve never been in love before – uncontrollably in love – I advise you, for an easy life, stay away from it.” New today: https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

15/05/2024

McGillin's Olde Ale House is the oldest bar in Philadelphia, and it also claims to be the most romantic place in the city. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: “McGillin’s has matchmaking magic.” New today: https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

10/05/2024

Thanks to our friends at Snap Judgment for sharing our story about Spirit and Oppy!

‎Show Snap Judgment, Ep Tau = 10.8 from This is Love - May 9, 2024

02/05/2024

“There’ll be times when I sit at the drawing board and I’m looking at that blank piece of paper and I say, ‘Okay, Barry, come on to work. What are you going to do today?’ And I just think about them for a while. And believe it or not, they show up for work.” https://buff.ly/3UGOWuc

01/05/2024

Ray Billingsley had a dream one night about a pair of cartoon characters. He woke up in the middle of the night and drew them, without even turning on the light. “When I arose that next morning, I looked at the sketches and there was Curtis and Barry.” https://buff.ly/3UGOWuc

01/05/2024

Curtis was one of the first nationally-syndicated comic strips with a mostly-Black cast of characters. Ray Billingsley has been drawing it for newspapers every day for the past 35 years. New today: https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

17/04/2024

“My dream would be to play my mom in a TV show. That would be lovely. She was a good lady.” Comic Maria Bamford on growing up in Duluth, Minnesota, and doing impersonations of her parents. Listen to our latest, “I’m Alright.” https://buff.ly/3Q5HeXL

17/04/2024

When comic Maria Bamford made her OkCupid profile with the username Hogbook, she says Scott Marvel Cassidy was one of the only people who contacted her. His username was Lazer Eyes. New episode: “I’m Alright.” https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN
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04/04/2024

Kyo’s mother now lives in a retirement home. She dyed her hair pink, and in art classes, she always finishes her paintings by declaring “finito!" https://buff.ly/3xe6uVd

03/04/2024

After Kyo got her DNA results, she knew she needed to talk to her mother. But she didn’t know how to start. “I knew that I had to find her at the right moment. Even without knowing the story, I knew this was potentially charged information.” https://buff.ly/3xe6uVd

03/04/2024

When Kyo Maclear took a DNA test, the kit came with a piece of paper with terms and conditions that read, “You may discover unanticipated facts about yourself or your family when using our services that you may not have the ability to change.” https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

21/03/2024

While actor Charlotte Cushman and sculptor Emma Stebbins lived together in Rome, Emma worked on her sculpture Angel of the Waters for New York’s Central Park. Some people have pointed out that the angel looks like Charlotte Cushman. https://buff.ly/3vhaROT

20/03/2024

Charlotte Cushman’s first love was a woman named Rosalie. They spent a lot of time together – Rosalie’s father was painting Charlotte's portrait. But eventually Rosalie stopped responding to Charlotte's letters. The portrait was never finished. https://buff.ly/3vhaROT

20/03/2024

Charlotte Cushman became famous for playing Shakespeare’s Romeo. People loved her. “Women fell in love with her as Romeo, brought her flowers. One fan called her ‘a very dangerous young man.’” New today: https://buff.ly/3y0ZJDN

07/03/2024

Jeremy the left-coiling snail died in 2017. Dr. Angus Davison keeps his shell on his desk. “Jeremy…did have a big impact upon my life.” https://buff.ly/49WKDjh