Modern Love

I miss when the essays where read aloud by the author. I’m not interested in all the side interviews that happen. It’s the thought provoking essays that touched my heart before. Please bring that part of the show back for every episode.

The older episodes where the essays are read is sorely missed by me. The interviews are painful to listen to and Anna Martin’s questions are shallow and not thought productive. Please bring back the old format where celebrities read essays and that was the main focus of the show. The length of the episodes should also be closer to 20 to 30 minutes long. 1 hour long episodes makes it too long winded.

It’s nice that NYT subscribers get bonus episodes. What’s not nice is that the titles are all the same. What that means (at least on Apple’s default podcast app) is that one cannot tell if you’ve previously played an episode (both because the titles are all the same and because, on this app, the “Bonus - Subscriber exclusive” portion overwrites the area where the played indicator is normally (at least on this app, the default). So you begin listening, realize you’ve previously played, stop whatever you’re doing (driving, running etc) and skip to next. Of course it would be nice if this app did what it’s supposed to and ignored previously played episodes but this app too is a piece of junk and the app developers haven’t addressed this defect for forever, so get your act together NYT!!!!

Host needs to calm down, listen and let the guest talk. Martin repeatedly cuts off her guests, finishing their sentences. It’s uncomfortable to hear and disrespectful.