This is Love Hurts. Joe Minchik is an actor, writer, and storyteller living in Queens. For years, Joe desperately wanted to find someone worth settling down with. When he finally did, it turned out they...

This is Love Hurts. Jana Fisher is a writer and storytelling living in Los Angeles. Jana talks with me about her purity pledge: a pact she made at age of 12 to not kiss anyone...

This is Love Hurts. Mark Lamb is a storyteller and dancer living in New York City. Mark talks with me about growing up in rural Kentucky in the 70s and suspecting he was gay from...

This is Love Hurts. Alicia Lutes is a writer living in Los Angeles. Alicia gives an in depth look into her childhood, which featured divorce, abuse, and Alicia feeling like an outcast for having emotions....

This is Love Hurts. Jolenta Greenberg is a comedian and podcaster living in Brooklyn. Jolenta comes on the show to talk doomed hookups — specifically the story of hooking up with her coworker one night...

This is Love Hurts. Jay Malsky is a writer and performer living in New York City. A few years ago, Jay noticed a trend in their life of developing crushes on men who had girlfriends. Having grappled with those feelings to the point of writing an entire musical sketch show about it, they came out on the other side looking to avoid those mistakes again and find real love.

This is Love Hurts. Mimi Hayes is an author and comedian living in New York City. Right after graduating college, Mimi got dumped by her boyfriend of five years and a few months later found...

This is Love Hurts. Courtney Antonioli is a writer and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Courtney talks about the marriage and divorce she had with man 27 years older than her. Not only did she have...

This is Love Hurts. Matt Shafeek is a writer and performer living in New York City. Matt talks about falling for a friend in college who had a boyfriend, and 6 years later he still...

This is Love Hurts. Christine Gentry is a storyteller and educator living in Los Angeles. Christine talks to me about growing up an outcast from her conservative, gun-loving family. When she shares a childhood gun...