We’re back for a whole new season of stories. In today’s premiere, we introduce our new host, Anna Martin, who has a question for listeners: What’s the one song that taught you about love when you were a teenager? We listen to “What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love,” an essay about a young woman’s summer romance with a floppy-haired “rocker kid” and the records they would spin. Then, we hear from Times staff members about the songs they were obsessed with in their youth, and the memories — funny, empowering, nostalgic — that they carry with them.
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Daniel Jones: From The New York Times,
this is the Modern Love podcast.
I'm Dan Jones.
Miya Lee: And I'm Miya Lee.
And we'd like to introduce you to someone.
Anna Martin: Hey. I'm Anna Martin.
Daniel Jones: It's Anna Martin, our new host of the Modern Love podcast.
Miya Lee: Welcome, Anna.
Anna Martin: Thanks. I'm thrilled to be here.
Miya Lee: Dan and I have a lot going on in Modern Love land.
So we're very excited that Anna will be the new host.
Daniel Jones: We're going to be involved in TV projects that we're working on,
and live events that we're hoping to plan coming up,
as well as our work on the Modern Love column and Tiny Love Stories.
But we will be back from time to time on the podcast,
and are so excited to work with Anna on it.
Anna Martin: I really can't wait.
And actually, I have a,
I have a question that I want to ask both of you,