Broken, Not Bound | With America Ferrera

破碎,未束缚|与美国·费雷拉

Modern Love

社会与文化

2016-03-31

19 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

America Ferrera reads the story of an African aid worker, and an event that drastically shifted her perspective.
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • Modern love.

  • The podcast is made possible with support from living proof.

  • Everyone's hair is unique.

  • Find your best hair@livingproof.com by taking a quiz to get your perfect mix of product.

  • Use the code love@livingproof.com for a free travel size dry shampoo with your $20 order.

  • We are the science.

  • You are the living proof.

  • And by Squarespace, providing tools that help people showcase their passions with a customized landing page, website or online store.

  • Also offering domains, hosting and 24/7 support.

  • Get your free trial@squarespace.com modernlove.

  • You should squarespace.

  • From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is modern love stories of love, loss and redemption.

  • I'm your host, Meghna Chakrabarti.

  • A moment in time sometimes that's all it takes to shift a relationship, change a perspective, alter a future.

  • In this week's episode, we relive one of those moments with Golden Globe and Emmy award winning actress America Ferreira, known for ABC's Ugly Betty and NBC's Superstore.

  • Fasten your seatbelts as she reads Mara Gordon's modern love essay, broken, not bound.

  • By an intimate tie, this guy wasn't right for me.

  • He smoked cigarettes, his teeth were stained, his hair always looked a little dirty, and he had a propensity for heavy drinking and afrikaans cursing.

  • Yet there I was, my calf touching his in the sticky heat.

  • As the bus hurtled through the tanzanian countryside, I told myself this was my adventure, the kind of story I could someday tell my children to prove I once was brave and interesting.