Modern.
The podcast is supported by produced by the Ilab at WBUR Boston from the New York Times and WBUR Boston.
This is modern love stories of love, loss, and redemption.
I'm your host, Meghna Chakrabarti.
I'm always living in fear around losing another part of myself.
In that moment, I felt like someone was there, like someone understood what I had gone through.
The psychic told her that her purpose in this life was love.
I sat down and I cried.
Welcome to the 100th episode of Modern the podcast.
To celebrate, we wanted to hear from you.
A few months ago, we asked you to send in voice recordings about moments from past episodes that moved you, and we were blown away by your stories, starting with Sandra.
Here's what she sent in.
Every time I listen, I think I'm going to be moved by a story about loneliness or about romance or something.
Something like that.
But I was completely unprepared for the modern love episode that broke me down.
Sandra's talking about Brooke Reinhardt's essay sharing the Shame after my arrest.
In that piece, Brooke's new marriage is shattered when she and her husband are both arrested for crimes that he committed.
Anna Chlumsky read that piece for us.
She's from HBO's Veep and the AMC show halt and catch fire.
Here's a bit of the essay.