I'm Helene Cooper.
I cover the US military for the New York Times.
So I'm sitting in my car in a parking lot outside the Pentagon.
I had a cubicle with a desk inside the building for years,
but the Trump administration has taken that away.
People in power have always made it difficult for journalists.
It hasn't stopped us in the past.
It's not going to stop us now.
I will keep working to get you the facts.
This work doesn't happen without subscribers to The New York Times.
From The New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
This is Modern Love.
So summer is coming soon.
It's getting warmer.
I'm spending more time outside.
And just like every year when the weather gets like this, I find myself feeling nostalgic.
For summer flings, for vacation romances, for first loves.
It all makes me think about the modern love essay,
What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love, by the writer Lisa Selin Davis.
We made an episode about this essay back in 2022.