Samantha Joseph reads her Modern Love essay, “I Had to Stop Asking Why.” You can listen to Anna’s interview with Samantha in the “Modern Love” podcast feed - the episode is called “I Needed David Schwimmer’s Help:.
Before we start the show, a brief note that today's episode deals with suicide.
If you or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide, call the national suicide prevention Lifeline at 1802 738255.
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Seven three.
Talk love now.
And love was stronger than anything.
And I love you more than anything.
There's too much love.
From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
This is modern love.
And today we're dropping two episodes with the author Samantha Joseph about her modern love essay.
I had to stop asking why.
In this episode, you'll hear Samantha read her full modern love essay.
And then for the last episode of our season, I have a conversation with Samantha about her story and about how the actor David Schwimmer helped her in a way she'd literally dreamt about for years.
You can find that interview episode up next in our feed.
Now here's Samantha reading her essay.
For years, I have been having a conversation in my head with David Schwimmer.
It's because of my aunt Gail.
She was a comedy division manager at NBC in the 1990s, and she worked on shows like friends and Will and Grace and Blossom.
She died by suicide at 39 in November of 1999, and after her death, an episode of Friends was dedicated to her.