My Best Break-Up

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 ...

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 popu...

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? Wh...

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 D...

“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...

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 dropp...

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....

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...

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 ...

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, turn...

Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney knows what it’s like to strive for someone else’s idea of perfection. For a long time she tried to be the person she felt the niche design blog world wanted...

For a long time, comedian Karolena Theresa thought a perfect body was something she should strive for. But eventually that mindset started interfering with all the other things she cared abou...

Relationship expert Tracy McMillan faced the toughest break-up of her life when her son turned 18 and went away to college. She’d overcome her own difficult childhood and vowed to be the best...

Arianna Margulis got dumped in the middle of Central Park. By a guy who claimed she “interfered with his meditation schedule.” (Really? Really.) Luckily for all of us, Arianna channeled her h...

Sometimes, the best beginnings start with an ending. Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine bring you this warm and funny show - My Best Break-Up - hosted by the charming Maeve Higgins and fea...