Modern.
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From the New York Times and WBUR Boston.
This is modern love stories of love, loss and redemption.
I'm your host, Magna Chakrabarti.
Let's face it, dating can be terrible.
There's awkward small talk, mixed signals, getting ghosted.
Sarah Moses writes about it in her essay single Woman Seeking Man Witch.
It's read by actor and rapper Awkwafina.
She stars in crazy rich Asians and.
Oceans eight I almost gave up on dating when a sandwich rejected me.
I got a message on OkCupid that said, what's shakin bacon?
And the only profile pictures were of actual sandwiches.
Delicious looking sandwiches, but sandwiches nonetheless.
Since I was feeling hungry and lonely, I decided to reply.
A lot of bready puns ensued.
The bacon, egg and cheese sandwich told me he needed me, and I told him I hoped I could rise to the occasion.
He told me I was on a roll and assured me that my jokes weren't stale.
He then said I was baking him crazy and asked me to be his bagel.
I wrote, I'd love to be your bagel.