Love Letters

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Melanie Maimon: We Belong Together (The Fall Out Boy Remix)

In our last episode, we learned how loving a boy band can help us love each other.We told the story of Theresa, a 50-something New Kids on the Block fan, who got a life-s

Sep 22
36 min

Introducing Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

We at Love Letters want you to know about Kelly Ripa's podcast called Let's Talk Off Camera. On the show, Kelly dives deep into her life, candidly discussing her marriage

Sep 22
1 min

New Kids on the Block saved my life

Can boy bands fans save the world? Maybe. They can certainly save each other. In this episode, we meet Theresa Crockett, of California, who needed a kidney and found hope

Sep 15
48 min

The Mother-In-Law Episode

Meredith has wondered: why do so many people despise their in-laws? Specifically … their mother-in-laws?To explore the topic, Meredith welcomes Janice Page, who tells a s

Sep 1
48 min

Be sad about loss, but not all the time

Margo Howard, daughter of advice columnist Ann Landers and noted advice columnist in her own right, died recently at the age of 86.Meredith had the pleasure of knowing Ma

Aug 18
25 min

Turning 80, getting a divorce

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Aug 4
47 min

My high school boyfriend is better than yours

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Jul 21
32 min

How (not) to break up with your high school girlfriend

Join our Friends With Benefits club for an ad-free experience, a monthly bonus episode, and more. For details, visit Globe.com/loveletters/friendswithbenefits. In this

Jul 7
41 min

A Special Announcement

Hey everybody, it's Meredith. I'm here with a big announcement. We are starting a club. We are calling it Friends with Benefits. We're doing this for two reasons. One is

Jun 29
2 min

Olivia Wilde on awkward relationships, marriage, and Esther Perel

She directed and co-stars in “The Invite,” a film about two couples who have a fairly monumental, impromptu dinner. It’s a comedy that turns into a drama … and then back

Jun 23
41 min

When to get off that train, with Drag Queen Jujubee

Jujubee, the boisterous drag queen and fan favorite on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” is the alter-ego of Airline Inthyrath, a relatively introverted homebody from Massachusetts.

Jun 9
36 min

Ruhama Wolle on bridesmaids and ‘bestie inflation’

Welcome to summer wedding season.To celebrate, Meredith interviews Ruhama Wolle, the author of “I Hope You Elope: A Bridesmaid Survival Guide.”Ruhama says too may people

May 26
39 min

Introducing Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

We at Love Letters want you to know about Kelly Ripa's podcast called Let's Talk Off Camera. On the show, Kelly dives deep into her life, candidly discussing her marriage

May 26
1 min

What's wrong with having a type?

When Jordan was young, he saw actress Janeane Garofalo on television. Since then, he’s had a type: smart, creative, sardonic, sarcastic, brunette, glasses-wearing women.

May 12
34 min

The Phone Booth

Come by the Boston Public Library June 30th at 6pm for a celebration of the Tell-a-booth! https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a0f3efffab4ff0f649aaf51 In February, Mere

Apr 28
36 min

Why Don't Men Ask Questions?

Really? What’s up with that?Simone, a single mom in her 40s, wrote to the Love Letters advice column asking, “Why don’t men on dating apps ask me any questions?” Simone s

Apr 14
32 min

Meredith and Margaret on Lindy West and “Adult Braces”

Meredith talks to former Love Letters guest Margaret H. Willison about “Adult Braces,” a new memoir by feminist writer Lindy West that has sparked big debate about West’s

Apr 7
1 h 06 min

"Gettin' After It Together"

We get a big update from Nicole, a guest who once explained an era of her life when she took a zillion classes – and signed up for countless activities (dragon boat racin

Mar 31
41 min

‘I’m sorry I hid you’

Yowei Shaw, host of the podcast “Proxy” – and former host of NPR’s “Invisibilia” – joins Love Letters to tell a story about the time she was embarrassed of her partner …

Mar 17
39 min

Are boyfriends embarrassing now? Some answers.

Last fall, Chanté Joseph wrote an essay with the headline: “Is it embarrassing to have a boyfriend now?” The piece – about the politics of showing off heterosexual relati

Mar 10
31 min

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Chart positions

Where Love Letters ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 22, 2026).

#87 ▼ 27 Relationships US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I appreciated the storytelling around Sharlene and Blake’s story, but I felt it lacked a full integrity without addressing what was going on with Sharlene’s daughter. We learned she was a young child; we learned about Sharlene’s addiction; we learned that Sharlene was spending pretty much all day, every day with Blake at the prison for years. And I just kept wondering: who was taking care of this child, and does she find this story quite as sweet as we’re supposed to?

Cleo423 · Oct 2023

This conversation with Susan (Pebbles) resonated so deeply with me. It really gets tiresome having to put others at ease, to entertain the platitudes you referred to, or to explain my rationale for choosing to be single and being true to what I want. I hope to travel once my kids are older and in college and explore the freedom that comes in knowing myself best. Thank you for shining a light on this part of a middle aged woman’s journey when the path ended up being different than she’d imagined. I’m grateful.

mommamindful · Dec 2022

I love this podcast and have been listening since the beginning. Each season makes me think critically about love and relationships. I really like Meredith’s interview style and the episodes are a good length. Producing is great - show flows pretty flawlessly and the ads don’t take up too much time. Relationships are all so different and I love how this show explores such variety. The new “sidebar” episodes are peaking my interest so far; I like that they’re short and answer letter writer questions and I’ll be interested to see how they progress. Thank you Meredith, Kaitlyn, and love letters team!

happylistener2009 · Sep 2022

This review is long overdue. This podcast is amazing. I stumbled on it when I was going through some dark times in my life after my breakup. It taught me to keep going and that things get better. My favorite episode is Coffee in Paris. I still go back and listen to season 1 when I’m going through a tough patch in my love life. M has put me on some great vampire shows! Keep it up! -Twitter girl 125

TwitterGirl125 · Mar 2022

I use to absolutely love this pod. Never missed an episode. But they’ve completely lost their way. The pod is far less captivating than it use to be, the stories featured are redundant, lack relatability, or are just simply not what originally drew me to this pod. As of late, I’ve completely stopped listening. I’ve tried tuning in and end up turning it off. The last two seasons were truly disappointing.

Elle Kris · Jul 2025

I like the host of this show and really want to like the show itself, but every time I tune into an episode I find myself getting aggravated. Mainly the problem is the show can’t decide if it’s for people who are dating who want to hear how it’s going for other people, or voyeurs in long-term relationships. I’m in the former category and resent the curiosity of the latter. So when the host does things like pause to explain what “Bumble” is, or how it works, to all the shut-ins listening I tune out. Also it seems like, in trying to be middle of the road and “for everybody!” The topics can be just…uninteresting. Take, at this writing, the first episode of a season supposedly about rule breaking. The whole episode is about a journalist friend getting married and (gasp!)taking her husband’s last name. Not what her friends (the host included) expected. That’s rule breaking? That’s like having a podcast about your friend’s new haircut. Not tweet-worthy much less podcast-worthy.

Ewayland · Nov 2021

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