Best Kate Bassett Podcasts (2024)

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Peter Gallagher’s Marriage Advice? Don’t Get Divorced. 29:56

1M ago29:56

29:56

Actor Peter Gallagher (Sex, Lies, & Videotape and The O.C.) met his wife, Paula Harwood, over forty years ago in college in a stairwell meet-cute. Since then, they’ve maintained a loving marriage and managed to raise a family while navigating the world of show business. We talked to Peter on his 41st wedding anniversary, and he read us the Modern L…

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Liza Colón-Zayas, of ‘The Bear,’ on Loving Someone Who’s in the Fight of Their Life 30:45

2M ago30:45

30:45

On the Emmy- and Peabody-winning series “The Bear,” Liza Colón-Zayas plays Tina Marrero, a cook at the Chicago restaurant at the center of the story. Tina and her fellow workers are in a constant struggle for the survival of their restaurant, and they fight just as fiercely with one another. Only at rare moments do we see them drop the tough exteri…

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¡Hola Papi!, Does My Grandmother Need to Know I’m Gay? 25:42

2M ago25:42

25:42

John Paul Brammer writes the “¡Hola Papi!” advice column for The Cut at New York magazine, answering questions like, “Why am I dreaming about sex with a man when I’m a lesbian?” Or, “What if my partner judges me for writing smut?” This candor has given John Paul an intimate connection with his readers. However, as today’s episode reveals, he doesn’…

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Emily Ratajkowski Can Take Care of Herself, but a Little Help Would Be Nice 30:04

2M ago30:04

30:04

Emily Ratajkowski is doing a balancing act many famously beautiful women have to perform. In her 2021 book “My Body,” she reflects on what it’s been like to build a career based on her public image, and her struggle to control that image in an industry largely run by men. Since getting divorced a few years ago, she’s been thinking a lot about gende…

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Laufey, Gen Z’s Pop Jazz Icon, Sings for the Anxious Generation 26:50

2M ago26:50

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Laufey, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter, has risen to prominence by taking the trials of today’s dating world — casual relationships, no labels and seemingly endless swiping on apps — and turning them into timeless love songs. Today, Laufey reads Coco Mellors’s essay, “An Anxious Person Tries to Be Chill,” which is about a woman trying to work th…

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Why John Magaro of ‘Past Lives’ Could Never Love a Picky Eater 34:37

3M ago34:37

34:37

The actor John Magaro is picky about whom he goes to dinner with. Magaro is an adventurous eater. So whether he’s buying offal from the butcher, making stews from the 1800s or falling in love over a plate of rabbit, he says it’s important to him that the people he shares a meal with are willing to be curious. For Magaro, it’s about more than person…

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Esther Perel on What the Other Woman Knows 28:01

3M ago28:01

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Over the last two decades, Esther Perel has become a world-famous couples therapist by persistently advocating frank conversations about infidelity, sex and intimacy. Today, Perel reads one of the most provocative Modern Love essays ever published: “What Sleeping With Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity,” by Karin Jones. In her 2018 essay, Jones…

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The Second Best Way to Get Divorced, According to Maya Hawke 25:25

3M ago25:25

25:25

When Maya Hawke’s famous parents got divorced, she was just a little kid trying to navigate their newly separate worlds. Paparazzi aside, Maya’s experience of shuttling between two homes was still more common than the arrangement described in the essay Maya reads: “Our Kinder, Gentler, Nobody-Moves-Out Divorce,” by Jordana Jacobs. By staying under …

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How to Be Real With Your Kids 30:37

3M ago30:37

30:37

Penn Badgley has made a career out of playing deeply troubled characters. From his role as Joe Goldberg on the Netflix series “You” to Dan Humphrey on “Gossip Girl,” Badgley has shown many times over how obsession and delusion can destroy love. In his personal life, though, Badgley says he’s not doing too much brooding. He’s a father and a stepfath…

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Why Samin Nosrat Is Now ‘Fully YOLO’ 30:05

4M ago30:05

30:05

The chef Samin Nosrat lives by the idea that food is love. Her Netflix series, “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,” and the James Beard Award-winning cookbook that inspired it, were about using food to build community and forge connections. Since then, all of her creative projects and collaborations have focused on inspiring people to cook, and eat, with their…

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Brittany Howard Sings Through the Pangs of New Love 30:23

4M ago30:23

30:23

Brittany Howard, the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, makes vibrant, dynamic music about love. As the frontwoman of the band Alabama Shakes, she was celebrated for the power and emotionality of her voice. When she began her solo career in 2019 with “Jaime,” an album named after and dedicated to her older sister, who died at 13, Howard reveale…

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Novelist Celeste Ng on the Big Power of Little Things 31:46

4M ago31:46

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Before Celeste Ng became a best-selling author, she had a side hustle selling miniatures on eBay — dollhouse-size recreations of food were her specialty. Even after the publication of “Little Fires Everywhere,” “Everything I Never Told You,” and, most recently, “Our Missing Hearts,” Celeste still makes tiny things — now, as a hobby. She’s come to r…

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Three Powerful Lessons About Love 35:36

4M ago35:36

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When Daniel Jones started the Modern Love column in 2004, he opened the call for submissions and hoped the idea would catch on. Twenty years later, over a thousand Modern Love essays have been published in The New York Times, and the column is a trove of real-life love stories. Dan has put so much of himself into editing the column over the years, …

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Modern Love at the Movies: Our Favorite Oscar-Worthy Love Stories 31:35

4M ago31:35

31:35

The New York Times’s film critic Alissa Wilkinson has a theory about movies: They’re all about relationships. No matter how big the action, the suspense and tension we experience when watching a film is often really about the feelings between the characters. But romantic relationships often fall back on old tropes, like the long-suffering wife of a…

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A Politics Reporter Walks Into a Singles Mixer 23:07

4M ago23:07

23:07

The New York Times political reporter Astead Herndon went speed dating in a swing state to ask daters fun questions like: How early do you tell a prospective date whether you lean red or blue? When do you talk about your stances on issues like abortion or gender equality? It’s hard enough to find someone you click with. Then add election-year tensi…

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Author Read: Un-Marry Me! 8:55

5M ago8:55

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Dave Finch reads his Modern Love essay, “On the Path to Empathy, Some Forks in the Road." To hear our conversation with Dave, listen to the episode: “Un-Marry Me!”By The New York Times

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Un-Marry Me! 27:05

5M ago27:05

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We’re kicking off our new season this Valentine’s Day with a story from a Modern Love veteran. David Finch has written three Modern Love essays about how hard he has worked to be a good husband to his beloved wife, Kristen. As a man with autism who married a neurotypical woman, he found it especially challenging to navigate being a partner and fath…

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I Married My Subway Crush 28:12

7M ago28:12

28:12

Zoe Fishman couldn’t stop thinking about the man she called her “subway crush.” For years, she saw Ronen on the train and admired him from afar. When they finally connected, it turned out Ronen felt the same, and they began a blissful life together. But when their story took a devastating turn, Zoe had to grapple with longing for Ronen at a distanc…

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Author Read: I Married My Subway Crush 12:39

7M ago12:39

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Zoe Fishman reads her Modern Love essay, “The Subway Crush Who Crushed Me." To hear our conversation with Zoe, listen to the episode: “I Married My Subway Crush.” Zoe Fishman is the author of several novels, most recently “The Fun Widow’s Book Tour.”By The New York Times

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Author Read: Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did 13:13

7M ago13:13

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Sonja Falck reads her Modern Love essay, “Our 34-Year Age Gap Was Showing." To hear our conversation with Sonja, listen to the episode: “Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did.”By The New York Times

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Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did 32:50

7M ago32:50

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Sonja Falck was immediately attracted to Colin, the professor who was renting her a room. He was intellectual and lively, with bright eyes that drew her in. It was only after they were already dating that Sonja found out Colin’s age: He was 34 years older than her. Their age gap didn’t give them pause. Sonja and Colin got married, had kids and buil…

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Author Read: Two Boys on Bikes, Falling in Love 10:58

7M ago10:58

10:58

Eric Darnell Pritchard reads their Modern Love essay, “Two Boys on Bicycles, Falling in Love." To hear our conversation with Eric, listen to the episode: “Two Boys on Bicycles, Falling in Love.”By The New York Times

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Two Boys on Bikes, Falling in Love 23:31

7M ago23:31

23:31

Eleven-year-old Eric Darnell Pritchard was a solitary kid. They preferred reading romance novels to playing sports, and watching soap operas to hanging out with the neighborhood kids. Although they were obsessed with love, they felt too different to find a romantic connection of their own. Then, a cute boy moved in across the street. To Eric’s surp…

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Author Read: He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him 12:03

8M ago12:03

12:03

Jessica Slice reads her Modern Love essay, “He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him." To hear our conversation with Jessica, listen to the episode: “He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him.”By The New York Times

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He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him 29:51

8M ago29:51

29:51

When Jessica Slice started dating a man named David, there was a lot to like about him. They could nerd out about books and board games, he was thoughtful and kind. But Jessica had a problem. The more caring David was, the more she recoiled. "He’s the greatest!" She texted her sister. "But I doubt I’ll go out with him again." This wasn’t the first …

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Kate Bassett Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Modern Love

The New York Times

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Tactical Toolbelt

Fifth Wall

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Fly on the Wall

Fifth Wall

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Building to Zero

Fifth Wall

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Peter Gallagher’s Marriage Advice? Don’t Get Divorced. 29:56

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Liza Colón-Zayas, of ‘The Bear,’ on Loving Someone Who’s in the Fight of Their Life 30:45

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¡Hola Papi!, Does My Grandmother Need to Know I’m Gay? 25:42

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Emily Ratajkowski Can Take Care of Herself, but a Little Help Would Be Nice 30:04

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Laufey, Gen Z’s Pop Jazz Icon, Sings for the Anxious Generation 26:50

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Why John Magaro of ‘Past Lives’ Could Never Love a Picky Eater 34:37

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Esther Perel on What the Other Woman Knows 28:01

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The Second Best Way to Get Divorced, According to Maya Hawke 25:25

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How to Be Real With Your Kids 30:37

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Why Samin Nosrat Is Now ‘Fully YOLO’ 30:05

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Brittany Howard Sings Through the Pangs of New Love 30:23

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Novelist Celeste Ng on the Big Power of Little Things 31:46

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Three Powerful Lessons About Love 35:36

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Modern Love at the Movies: Our Favorite Oscar-Worthy Love Stories 31:35

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A Politics Reporter Walks Into a Singles Mixer 23:07

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Author Read: Un-Marry Me! 8:55

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Un-Marry Me! 27:05

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I Married My Subway Crush 28:12

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Author Read: I Married My Subway Crush 12:39

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Author Read: Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did 13:13

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Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did 32:50

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Author Read: Two Boys on Bikes, Falling in Love 10:58

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Two Boys on Bikes, Falling in Love 23:31

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Author Read: He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him 12:03

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He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him 29:51

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