

Love Letters
The Boston Globe
Love stories. Dating stories. Relationship stories. Stories about romance, marriage, partnership, sex, loss, and the human heart. Served with a side of advice. Hosted by Boston Globe advice columnist Meredith Goldstein.
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Oct 28, 2025 • 25min
Akela Cooper on Horror and Love
Akela Cooper knows dating can be scary. Cooper, a screenwriter known for “M3GAN,” sits down with Meredith to talk about the horror of vulnerability – and opening yourself up to love.
Enjoy this episode filled with pop culture references, advice, and thoughts about how sometimes it’s difficult to know whether you’re in a horror story … or just a bad romantic comedy.
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Oct 21, 2025 • 33min
It's Scary Out There
Rory Uphold was in a literal haunted house when she realized her date for the night... might be the real monster.
Is she just a "final girl" in love?
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Oct 7, 2025 • 45min
Moving Day
Moving is STRESSFUL and movers... are sometimes de facto relationship experts. They help people through their most stressful moments!
In this new episode, Meredith talks to a professional mover who has seen it ALL - from makeups to breakups and even a mover fantasy? She also gets real with author Adam Sass who has moved (with his husband) 12 times in 10 years!
Is feeling “settled” is ever really possible?
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Sep 23, 2025 • 32min
Single Mom By Choice
Meet an aspiring Single Mother By Choice. An SMBC, if you will.
Kristy has made the decision to go it alone as she tries for her second child.
What does it mean to choose children over romance – and why does it seem to matter so much to everyone else?
Kristy joins Meredith to tell a story about controlling your own timeline in love and family planning.
Meredith's favorite character in this one: Kristy's daughter.
Love Letters is also an advice column. Send your question about your relationships (romance, friendship, family, etc.) to loveletters@boston.com.
Sign up for Meredith’s newsletter – with behind-the-scenes pics, giveaways, and other extras – at boston.com/meredith (all lowercase). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 9, 2025 • 33min
Jeff Hiller’s Big Breakup Speech
Jeff Hiller, a 2025 Emmy nominee for “Somebody Somewhere” – is a very funny man. A dramatic man. A theater man. A man with many feelings.
What do thoughtful performers do when they get dumped? They make a screen-worthy speech. A proclamation. Like Julia Roberts saying “Choose me!” in “My Best Friend’s Wedding.” Or Conrad saying “I still love you” on “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
In this new episode, Jeff shares a hilarious and intimate story about a breakup in his 20s – and the short speech that followed. He and Meredith discuss the pros and cons of making big proclamations, especially if you’re talking to someone who doesn’t even reciprocate. Expect laughter, lessons, and DRAMA.
Love Letters is also an advice column.
Send your question about your relationships (romance, friendship, family, etc.) to loveletters@boston.com. You can also tell Meredith about a speech you made – and how it was received!
Sign up for Meredith’s newsletter – with behind-the-scenes pics, giveaways, and other extras – at boston.com/meredith .
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Aug 26, 2025 • 49min
So Much Gratitude
Back in the day, Meredith was kind of … married to her mother. It was “Gilmore Girls”-esque – for better and worse.
That’s why Meredith brought her friend Kumar on Love Letters in 2022 – to talk about how having a partnership with a parent can change your love life.
Kumar was kind of married to his mom, too.
This is a classic Love Letters episode – with an update from Kumar about how how grief looks over time, and how being on the podcast might have helped him find a new kind of love. Listen and enjoy.
Love Letters is also an advice column! Send your questions (we’ll keep them anonymous) to loveletters@boston.com.
Get behind-the-scenes podcast news, giveaways, and more by signing up for the Love Letters newsletter at boston.com/Meredith (all lowercase). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 19, 2025 • 2min
Season 11 Trailer: Moments Of Clarity
Love Letters is back with new episodes Sept. 9!
You’ll hear guests tell REAL stories about finding love … dating more honestly … planning for a family … navigating big moves with a spouse … getting over breakups (with lots of laughter) … and the importance of family and friends.
Get ready to feel your feelings. (Don’t be scared – we’ll be there with you.)
Find Love Letters wherever you get podcasts. To get all the news, giveaways, and behind-the-scenes scoop, sign up for the Love Letters newsletter at boston.com/meredith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 12, 2025 • 26min
Those Summer Nights
Summer camp love is for kids.
Unless you reach out to your camp crush as an adult and fall in love with them all over again.
Today, hear a classic Love Letters podcast episode about two people who reconnected after decades.
Find out where they are now – with new commentary from the original storyteller.
Maybe you'll realize the love you've been searching for ... is in your sleep-away camp directory.
Remember, Love Letters is also an advice column! Send your anonymous questions about single life, married life, breakup life, and friendship life to loveletters@boston.com OR by visiting Boston.com/loveletters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 2025 • 30min
Inspired by Coldplay
Earlier this month, two executives were caught cheating – exposed via Jumbotron! – at a Coldplay concert.
It happened at Gillette Stadium, about 40 minutes from Meredith’s house.
The incident – and its viral aftermath – reminded Meredith of a classic episode of Love Letters … the one about a workplace romance that involved a woman in HR falling for an employee.
Join Meredith for a new take on the story – with thoughts on Coldplaygate.
Remember, Love Letters is also an advice column. If you want Meredith to answer a question about relationships (anonymously!), email loveletters@boston.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 2025 • 27min
Quarantine, Revisited
Five years ago, in the summer of 2020, Meredith Goldstein and the Love Letters team were in lockdown because of the pandemic, making the podcast from separate closets and basements.
In their personal lives, they were asking: how can we remain isolated without losing support from community?
How can live with loved ones …. without getting sick of them?
They found answers by interviewing two people who were already experts in being alone, together: Glenn and Kim Schryver, who fell in love and chose an remote life as caretakers of the Grizzly Reservoir.
Meredith revisits this episode and its meaning, five years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


