This is Love

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What's This is Love about?

From the makers of the award-winning podcast Criminal, This is Love investigates life’s most persistent mystery. Stories of sacrifice, obsession, and the ways in which we bet everything on each other.

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Episode 18: The Memory Artist

07.10.2019

One day Franco Magnani picked up a paintbrush. You can see some of Franco’s paintings on his website. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review ...

This is Love episodes:

07.10.2019 Episode 18: The Memory Artist One day Franco Magnani picked up a paintbrush. You can see some of Franco’s paintings on his website. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review ...
06.26.2019 Episode 17: Anna and Massimo At 43, Anna Bonavita had given up on finding love. But sometimes it’s worth the wait. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on ...
06.12.2019 Episode 16: Everything Floats We visit a place where the “black sheep” of the Guggenheim family went to be free. Francine Prose’s book is Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you ...
05.29.2019 Episode 15: Silvia and the Cats We visit an ancient place where cats have taken over. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Say hello on Twitter, ...
05.15.2019 Episode 14: The Town That Stayed Quiet We visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us ...
05.01.2019 Episode 13: Ugly Club We visit a place where it's good to be ugly. With Club dei Brutti's permission, we've created an Ugly Club pin for This is Love listeners. Get yours here (https://cottonbureau.com/products/ugly-club-pin) or pick one up at the club's HQ in Piobbico. ...
04.17.2019 Andiamo! We have news. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Artwork by Julienne Alexander.
12.19.2018 Episode 12: How to Be Alone More than 40 years ago, a man moved to an abandoned mining town to be alone. He says that there are days in the winter "when it's so quiet that the noisiest thing is the snow hitting your jacket." We ...
12.12.2018 Episode 11: Nothing Compares to You In 1983, Susan Rogers moved thousands of miles from home to work with her favorite artist in the world: Prince. "He was unlike any human I'd ever known,” she says. A story about making remarkable things, together. We have new ...
12.05.2018 Episode 10: Blue The story of a color marked by effort and desire. For more, check out Carol Mavor's book, Blue Mythologies. We have new This is Love stickers, as well as Criminal totes, t-shirts, and other gifts in our shop. This Is ...
11.28.2018 Episode 9: One in a Million A story about moving at your own pace. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and ...
11.21.2018 Episode 8: Message in a Bottle A woman finds a mysterious message in a bottle, and becomes consumed with finding out who wrote it and why. Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an ...
11.14.2018 Episode 7: How to Live Forever An experiment in living together, forever. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Artwork ...
10.17.2018 We're Back We're very excited to announce that Season Two is coming November 14th! Here’s a sneak peek…
03.21.2018 Episode 6: What Are We Going To Do "People wanted to put him up for sainthood because he married me, like he'd made the ultimate sacrifice." Special thanks to Pop Up Magazine. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please ...
03.14.2018 Episode 5: A Private Life Nino and Drew kept their relationship a secret for more than 40 years. And then, they decided to do something that forced them into the spotlight. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't ...
03.07.2018 Episode 4: Eight Thousand Miles A story about finding your way home. This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. ...
02.28.2018 Episode 3: Always Tomorrow A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance. This episode contains adult material. Selected books by Brenda Jackson: Tonight and Forever (formerly Always Tomorrow) Cupid’s Bow Strictly Business Fire and Desire Slow Burn This ...
02.21.2018 Episode 2: Something Large and Wild An unconventional love story about a teenager, the Pacific Ocean, and an encounter with something wild. Grayson, by Lynne Cox Lynne's latest is Swimming in the Sink You can find more about Lynne at her website: http://www.lynnecox.com/ This Is Love ...
02.14.2018 Episode 1: The Run In 1971, David Alexander went for a run in Central Park and started talking to a stranger. For our first episode of This Is Love, a story about what's possible when we bet everything on each other. This Is Love ...
01.23.2018 This Is Love Some spiders eat their young, and some eat their parents … love is never simple. From the makers of the award-winning podcast Criminal, This is Love investigates life’s most persistent mystery. Stories of sacrifice, obsession, and the ways in which ...

This is Love

What's This is Love about?

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This is Love episodes:

Episode 18: The Memory Artist

Episode 17: Anna and Massimo

Episode 16: Everything Floats

Episode 15: Silvia and the Cats

Episode 14: The Town That Stayed Quiet

Episode 13: Ugly Club

Andiamo!

Episode 12: How to Be Alone

Episode 11: Nothing Compares to You

Episode 10: Blue

Episode 9: One in a Million

Episode 8: Message in a Bottle

Episode 7: How to Live Forever

We're Back

Episode 6: What Are We Going To Do

Episode 5: A Private Life

Episode 4: Eight Thousand Miles

Episode 3: Always Tomorrow

Episode 2: Something Large and Wild

Episode 1: The Run

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