2020-03-19
18 分钟Ali Fazal ("Victoria and Abul") tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a man and his elderly neighbor. This is an encore presentation.
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This is modern love
stories of love, loss and and redemption.
I'm your host, Meghna Chakrabarti.
Last week we released an episode featuring actress Gugu Mbata ra reading Oliver Radcliffe's essay, recognizing what they had 20 years too late.
In that episode, Oliver talked about being inspired by another modern love podcast episode, the one where actor Ollie fuzzle read Victor Lodato's essay, when your greatest romance is a friendship.
We wanted to revisit that episode this week, and here it is.
Is this your grandson?
People sometimes ask Austin when she's out with me.
I love watching her vanity prick up, the way she tilts her small white head and brings out her southern accent to correct them.
No, honey, he's my friend.
At this point, folks usually smile tightly and turn away, perhaps worried there is more than friendship going on between the old lady and
the younger man seated at the bar or strolling through the supermarket giggling like teenagers.
Why we're giggling, I couldn't tell you.
Often our mirth seems fueled by some deep delight at being together.
Friendship, like its flashier cousin love, can be wildly chemical and, like love, can happen in an instant.