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039: we live in time / modern love: when the doorman is your main man


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Arns finds beauty in every moment of the film We Live in Time starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. Nins opens the door to platonic love in her watch of Modern Love's "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man".

0:00 - Preview
0:30 - Intro
0:53 - Welcome to our new studio!
3:12 - Viral on TikTok
5:48 - Arns: We Live in Time
30:19 - Nins: Modern Love doorman story
57:16 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

  • Film We Live in Time (2024)
  • Original essay "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man" by Julie Margaret (2015)
  • The Modern Love TV show (aired in 2019)

Two NYT articles by David Jones, the editor of modern Love: 

  • To her He was More than a Doorman” (2019)
  • “Where Did Modern Love Come From?” (2024)

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