My Best Break-Up

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2018-12-28

  Ashley C. Ford Breaks Up With The Man She Married

In this special episode recorded live at The Greene Space in New York City, writer Ashley C. Ford explains how she broke up with her college boyfriend, Kelly, so they could figure themselves out and grow as individuals. After two years of being just fr...
2018-12-26

  Shan Boodram Breaks Up With Her High School Crush

We’ve all fantasized about reconnecting with a high school crush, but sometimes reality isn’t so dreamy. As an awkward teen in Toronto, Shan Boodram was one of many girls who pined for a popular basketball player. A decade later, he finally asked her o...
2018-12-21

  Bonus Break-Ups: Courtney Perkins (Not All Geminis) Sees The Signs

We asked Courtney Perkins, creator of the hilariously accurate @NotAllGeminis Instagram account, to answer our questions about astrology and relationships. Which signs are most compatible? Which pairings will have the worst breakups? What’s the differe...
2018-12-19

  Gaelynn Lea Breaks Up With "Home"

Folk singer and violinist Gaelynn Lea didn’t just grow up in Duluth, Minnesota—she was rooted in it, from the icy landscape to the thriving local music scene. But in 2016 she won NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, which opened up a world of touring opportunities...
2018-12-14

  Bonus Break-Ups: Phoebe Judge Is Redefining Love Stories

“Criminal” host Phoebe Judge’s latest podcast, “This Is Love,” explores love stories that don’t always seem like love stories—from an episode about a whale to one about the color blue. Phoebe explains how she’s gained a sense of certainty about love, a...
2018-12-12

  Jenny Han Breaks Up With Her Dentist

Behind author Jenny Han’s smile is the story of a breakup. Eight years ago, she met a dream dentist—gentle, caring, warm—and fell into a routine of blissful cleanings. Then, her dentist dropped a bombshell: She thought Jenny should get braces and jaw s...
2018-12-05

  Kelli Dunham Breaks Up With Jesus

Comedian Kelli Dunham was raised Evangelical, not Catholic, but she always knew she loved Jesus. So, at age 19, she decided become a nun, offering herself up in service to God and the Church. She tried to be obedient, following her strict order’s rules...
2018-11-30

  Bonus Break-Ups: Stories of Love Gone Very, Very Wrong

We asked you to share your best break-up stories, and wow, did you deliver. We’ll hear about a woman who discovered she’d been shopping for her boyfriend’s other girlfriends, a man who took a bribe to dump his fiancée, a fool who thought he could lie t...
2018-11-28

  Connie Lim, aka MILCK, Breaks Up With Cigarettes

Connie Lim (aka MILCK) had a long love affair with cigarettes, even though she knew it was unhealthy—and a serious risk to her career as a singer. And like so many bad relationships, when it came time to break up, she found she couldn’t do it cleanly. ...
2018-11-19

  Hannah Gadsby Breaks Up With Self-Deprecation

Lots of comedians poke fun at themselves for laughs. And as Hannah Gadsby explains, her deep unease with success, coupled with the invisibility she often felt as a queer, autistic woman, turned self-deprecation into an automatic response on stage and o...