Love Hurts

#148: Yola Lu - Toxic Productivity

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:54:15 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Yola Lu is a comedian living in Austin. Yola’s first big relationship led to her getting married, but it never felt like the right fit. She did her best to navigate it but it eventually ended and she found herself getting excited for a new relationship. When that failed, she took that period of her life and turned it into art, helping her process the ups and downs of the journey.

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#147: Carly Ann Filbin - Runaway Bride

Wed, 14 May 2025 10:06:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Carly Ann Filbin is a writer and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Carly had an experience with love at a young age that’s stayed with her into adulthood. Her story was very similar to a story from my childhood, so we looked at how those stories shaped our views on love today and what it’s like navigating dating as we get older.

Carly teaches writing and storytelling classes through Written in Brooklyn.

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#146: Jenna Dioguardi - Don't Be a Cool Girl

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:24:08 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jenna Dioguardi is a performer and video editor living in Brooklyn. In her mid-20s Jenna found herself in a long distance relationship that wasn’t giving her everything she wanted. When she moved across the country to be with him, a breast cancer diagnosis threw another curveball into their relationship and Jenna had to find a way to navigate all of it.

Today marks 6 years of Love Hurts. Thank you all for being on the journey.

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#145: Connell Barrett - Rejection Reversal

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 04:47:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Connell Barrett is a dating coach living in New York City. Connell shares the story of his first big rejection when it came to love, and how it started this narrative in his mind of expecting rejection from women. Connell talks about how dating coaches and improv comedy helped him break down that mental barrier and how it led to him becoming a dating coach to help others through their own mental barriers.

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#144: Jude Treder-Wolff - We Belong Together

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:03:13 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jude Treder-Wolff is a storyteller and performer living on Long Island. When Jude was in her early 20s, she had a whirlwind romance with a man from Australia while he was on vacation in the US. What was supposed to be a month-long fling turned into Jude traveling across the world to be with him, only to realize the initial spark they had didn’t hold up once things became real.

Jude hosts a storytelling show that I will be a guest on this Saturday Feb 1st. Buy tickets here!

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#143: Hannah Platt - Along For The Ride

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:39:30 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Hannah Platt is a comedian living in Manchester, England. When Hannah was first getting into comedy she got offered a gig at a cricket club. What already felt outside her comfort zone turned into a nightmare scenario, but she kept doing comedy out of the love for it and eventually found her audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Hannah is touring her show in the UK in February and March -- find shows here.

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#142: Kenice Mobley - Dating Crutch

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:39:46 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Kenice Mobley is a comedian living in Brooklyn. Two years ago, Kenice had a stroke, and because of that she doesn’t drink anymore. We talk about how that and other elements have changed her approach to dating, and we look at the way we both date differently in our 30s vs our 20s, and how those changes have led Kenice to being better at dating.

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#141: Bella Humphries - Endless Cycle

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:34:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Bella Humphries is a comedian living in Wales. For the last 16 years, Bella has lived with PMDD, but she only learned what it was and got diagnosed a few years ago. Since then, she’s continued to juggle living her life doing comedy, working, and looking for love, all while becoming a voice that spreads awareness for PMDD, even as her own symptoms have gotten worse.

If you’re in the UK you can see Bella’s hour long show on PMDD and more in Brighton on 24/11!

This episode talks about suicidal thoughts. Take care when listening to this episode, and if you ever need help or someone to talk to you can dial 988 in the US or text SHOUT to 85258 UK.

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#140: Bess Stillman - Nothing Left Unsaid

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:31:45 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Bess Stillman is a doctor and storyteller living in Arizona. Bess spent the majority of her adult life with her husband Jake, but right as they were ready to start a new chapter in their lives together he was diagnosed with cancer. Bess and Jake worked together to battle the cancer and find a path together while trying to start a family, only to lose Jake so close to the birth of their daughter.

To read more about Bess and Jake’s journey you can follow her writing here and Jake’s writing here. If you need help finding a clinical trial you can go here.

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#139: Olivia Levine - Intrusive Thoughts

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:09:36 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Olivia Levine is an actor and comedian living in Brooklyn. While Olivia had OCD tendencies from a young age, she didn’t get formally diagnosed until college partially because of an obsession with a crush. Olivia talks to me about navigating OCD in romantic relationships and finding the right personality dynamics for a successful partnership.

Olivia is doing her solo show about her relationship with OCD at Caveat on October 5th. Get tickets here!

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#138: Bailey Swilley - 30 Before 30

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:09:57 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Bailey Swilley is a storyteller living in Brooklyn. Shortly after moving to New York City, Bailey found herself in a relationship that started not to feel right. She had never broken up with anyone, but decided she had to work up the courage to end things. Before she could, a family emergency involving her dad totally shifted her priorities and gave her a new outlook on love.

Bailey is performing her solo show, Gimme a Sign, which talks about some of the content in this episode, on September 10th in Brooklyn. Get tickets here!

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#137: Blair Dawson - You're Okay

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 23:04:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Blair Dawson is a comedian living in Brooklyn. Blair suddenly had a two year relationship end that was punctuated by a series of other unfortunate events. Instead of letting it get her down, Blair embraced the chaos, and it led positive new changes in her in how she thought about her career and body as well as sending her on a spiritual journey.

Blair’s co-hosting a stand-up showcase at the Edinbrugh Fringe Festival called Bodega Bonnies. You can also check out my solo show about my love/hate relationship with running!

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#136: Shosh Brodman - Some of You

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:04:43 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Shosh Brodman is a comedian living in Brooklyn. After a failed pandemic relationship, Shosh was excited for single life and exploring her sexuality. Instead she met a man almost instantly, but didn’t want that getting in the way of her exploration – and then everything crashed into each other and she had to comfort her feelings head on.

This August I’m going to be at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival performing my solo show on my love/hate relationship with running. If you or a friend is going to be there you can buy tickets here!

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#135: Nick Hornedo - Almost, Maine

Thu, 23 May 2024 03:54:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Nick Hornedo is a comedian living in Brooklyn. When he was in high school Nick fell in love for the first time, but he found himself fixated on the idea of performing your love. As he got closer to leaving for college, he felt like he was supposed to do something big, but wasn’t sure if they would stay together or not.

Nick’s performing a 30-minute show that explores some of this story on May 28th in NYC. Buy tickets here!

I'll be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 1st-11th. Buy tickets here!

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#134: Danielle Solof - Replace Him

Thu, 02 May 2024 03:25:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Danielle Solof is a comedy writer and performer who is a digital nomad. While stuck in her hometown, Danielle met a guy on Bumble that led to a series of strange coincidences. She dove into those coincidences head on, and was left with a newfound appreciation for spirituality and how she saw the world around her.

Danielle is performing a solo show based on this story at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. Buy tickets here!

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#133: Taylor Lindsay Winter - God & The World

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 02:41:20 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Taylor Lindsay Winter is a storyteller and programmer living in New York City. Taylor had a quintessential meet-cute happen to her with a guy who ended up living in a completely different country. They stayed in touch and got closer, but then the world was hit with a global pandemic that totally shifted their dynamic.

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#132: Dawn Harris - Your One and Only

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:19:21 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Dawn Harris is a storyteller living in New York City. In her 20s, Dawn found herself in a situationship with someone she met through improv. Dawn tried to navigate her feelings while trying to understand what their dynamic was, but continued to be left unfulfilled until she started advocating for what she wanted.

Dawn is performing with Story Collider this Friday. If you’re in New York City it’s a great show you should check out!

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#131: Stuart Laws - Missed Signs

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Stuart Laws is a comedian living in London. Stuart was recently diagnosed as autistic, and that knowledge has helped him go back and better understand some of the ways he tried to navigate romantic relationships in the past. We also talk about mental health and honesty in the context of balancing and maintaining friendships.

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#130: Peter Jones - Reality TV Drama

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:49:26 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Peter Jones is a storyteller living in Washington DC. In his second half of high school, Peter went to an international school in Costa Rica and started a fling with another student. While Peter wanted to be with him, he was also trying to navigate high school, coming out, and what it meant to be in a relationship, and found himself unsure of how to keep the thing he wanted.

If you want more reality TV drama from Peter, you can follow his rewatch of ANTM.

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#129: Chloe Radcliffe - Everything Ends

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:22:17 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Chloe Radcliffe is a comedian living in New York City. Chloe has a habit of cheating in her relationships, so much so that she wrote an entire hour long show about it. In our conversation she looks back at how the pattern started, what made it so easy, and why she kept doing it.

Chloe is performing her show, Cheat, which shares much more about what we talked about here, in LA on Feb 19th. Get tickets!

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#128: Nick Pupo - Broken Promises

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:01:22 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Nick Pupo is a comedian and actor living in Brooklyn. From a young age Nick had a best friend who loved making promises about their future together. As Nick grew up they became different people and drifted further from each other, but one moment brought them back together in a way that changed their dynamic from then on.

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#127: Jen Anderson - Cast Away

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:05:41 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jen Anderson is a storyteller living on Long Island. In her 20s, Jen was in a production of Grease in a small town in Tennessee. After getting in an accident she probably should have left the musical, but decided to stay on because of a crush she had on one of the other actors, and didn’t want to leave before shooting her shot.

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#126: Myq Kaplan - Violin Plus Time

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:48:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Myq Kaplan is a comedian living in New York City. Growing up, Myq’s mom strongly encouraged him to play the violin. It was something that quickly took over his life and always felt like a chore, but he talks about how he developed a passion for the arts in general that led him to become the person he is today.

Myq has a lot going on! You can find his most recent standup special here, his book here, and his podcasts here.

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#125: Paul Heery - Four Rules

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:07:39 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Paul Heery is a storyteller living in Connecticut. Years ago, Paul met his wife at a time where his life was in a state of uncertainty. After 44 years together, Paul lost his wife to a battle with cancer, but he shares the four rules she left him with and how he’s worked to embody those rules and enrich his life in the process.

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#124: JD Stephans - Uncondishtional

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:27:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. JD Stephans is a comedian and voice actor living in California. In 2017, JD lost her dad and it had an immense effect on her life. JD knew the two of them loved each other no matter what, and losing him sent her into a spiral of trying to cope with the loss while also measuring every relationship against what they had together.

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#123: Matt Storrs - Avenues and Alleyways

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:35:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Matt Storrs is a comedian and storyteller living in Queens. Matt graduated college during the recession and was desperate to find a job. After getting his law degree, Matt did his best to adapt to being a lawyer, but struggled to find the right job that let him still pursue his passion for performing.

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#122: Ginny Hogan - Fantasy Life

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 09:33:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Ginny Hogan is a writer and comedian living in New York City. Recently, Ginny had an experience dating someone younger than her. In our conversation Ginny reflects on their age difference, breaking up with someone you like, and the idea of dating the fantasy of somebody instead of the actual person.

Ginny is recording her first stand up special in NYC on October 13th. Buy tickets here!

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#121: Emily Walsh - The Little Prince

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 07:54:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Emily Walsh is a comedian living in New York City. Emily lost her dad when she was young, and she’s spent a lot of time thinking about the role her dad would have played in her life as she got older. She shares her memory of him, the struggles of talking about him with family members, and writing an hour long show re-examining her relationship with him after she got married.

Emily is performing her show about this topic, Dad Girl, through August 27th at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Go check it out if you’re there!

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#120: Jackie Skinner - Life of an Artist

Wed, 24 May 2023 10:01:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jackie Skinner is a comedian living in Brooklyn. Growing up, Jackie’s understanding of her dad’s work was that he was a cop who became a sketch artist. As she grew older she got a better sense of what he did and the role of art in his life, but it wasn’t until he died that she understood the full importance of each of those parts of his life.

Check out some of Jack Skinner’s art here.

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#119: Brooke McCarthy - Societal Shame

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:14:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Brooke McCarthy is an actor and singer living in Philadelphia. When she was in her 20s, Brooke met a guy who introduced her to the world of polyamory. She takes us through their relationship, how it helped her grow as a person, and how it led to her creating a one-woman show called How To Be An Ethical Slut.

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#118: Torrey Shine - Grief Piles

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:19:29 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Torrey Shine is a writer and performing artist living in New York City. Torrey shares about meeting someone who quickly became her best friend, but both were hesitant to start a relationship. They grew to be the most important person in each other’s lives, but when he died suddenly, Torrey had to grieve the loss of someone she loved while also sorting through all of his belongings.

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#117: Lane Kwederis - Double Life

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:13:46 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Lane Kwederis is an actor, comedian, and Findom living in Brooklyn. Lane has spent the last 15 years of her life as a financial dominatrix, but she only recently started telling friends about her career. She talks to me about about the stigma of sex work, navigating the world of Findom, and balancing her two lives.

Lane is performing a new show about her experience as a Findom called Sex Job. You can see it April 2nd at the Magnet Theater and April 29th at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective.

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#116: Michele Carlo - Late Bloomer

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:18:29 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Michele Carlo is a writer and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Michele has always been a bit of a late bloomer, whether that involved getting into her dream college, or pursuing performing, or finding love again after a 14-year marriage ended. She takes us through that journey and shares how it relied on the belief she had in herself.

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#115: Amie Enriquez - Anti-Life Jacket

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:59:29 -0000

This is Love Hurts. I’m Bryan Berlin. Amie Enriquez is a playwright and actress living in Los Angeles. Growing up, Amie had a sometimes difficult relationship with food, but that relationship morphed after a traumatic experience. From that point on, she did her best to pretend everything was fine, even though it wasn’t.

This episode talks about disordered eating and mentions suicidal thoughts. For support and resources on eating disorders, visit NEDA. To reach the national suicide prevention hotline, dial 988.

I’m performing my new, hour-long show about my love/hate relationship with running in this year’s Frigid NYC Fringe Festival. I’ll be performing 5 shows from February 17th-March 4th. Buy tickets here.

Amie is also performing her show, Lightweight, in this festival. Buy tickets here.

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#114: Cinelle Barnes - Objects of My Affection

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:53:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Cinelle Barnes is a writer living in Charleston. Cinelle came to the United States as a teenager after having to leave a rocky life with her parents in the Philippines behind. She looks back on that life and shares the ways her parents have come in and out of her life since then, and the objects they have left behind.

Cinelle has written a number of books you should check out. Monsoon Mansion goes into more detail about the life she was living with her mom in the Philippines.

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#113: Ivy Eisenberg - Mid-20s Fog

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:01:03 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Ivy Eisenberg is a writer and storyteller living in New York. In her mid-20s, Ivy found herself wandering through life with no passion when it came to her career or love life. During this period she found herself navigating through two different unexpected relationships as she tried to figure out where she was going.

Ivy hosts a show called Storyboom and the next show is February 5th in White Plains. Go check it out!

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#112: Robin Gelfenbien - Alone For The Holidays

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:20:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Robin Gelfenbien is a storyteller living in New York City. Robin had gone a long time without doing something big when it came to dating: bringing a partner home for the holidays. When she met a guy close to Christmas she reluctantly decided to bring him home to her family, even though she dreaded something going wrong in the process.

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#111: Kate Shine - Rainy Season

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:54:27 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Kate Shine is a writer, actor, and comedian living in Ridgewood Queens. Kate spent eight years in a relationship in her late teens and early 20s that ultimately didn’t work out, but it wasn’t until having a healthy relationship and seeing a therapist that she started to uncover the problematic parts of that first relationship.

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#110: Nestor Gomez - Breaking The Silence

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:04:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Nestor Gomez is a storyteller living in Chicago. When he was young, Nestor had an experience that made him go quiet and develop a stutter. He shares about how he was able to get his voice back and learn to love himself in the process. Nestor is the host of a storytelling show and podcast about immigration called 80 Minutes Around The World.

This episode talks about sexual abuse and mentions suicidal ideation. If those are hard topics for you, take care when listening to this episode or maybe skip it altogether. If you or someone you know is with sexual assault, you can visit RAINN or call 1-800-656-HOPE. You can reach the national suicide hotline in the US by call or texting 988.

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#109: John Blesso - City of Love

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:09:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. John Blesso is a writer and storyteller living in Beacon, NY. During his early 20s, John spent a lot of time in France living with two different families. As he grew up he kept coming back to Paris, and each time checked back in with those families. John looks back at each of those dynamics and how they influenced who he became today.

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#108: Sammie James - Ghost Zombie

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:06:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Sammie James is a comedian and storyteller. A number of years ago, Sammie was set to hang out with a friend who ghosted them. She tried to figure out what happened and started to see some of the red flags of their friendship. Years later, that friend came back into Sammie’s life in an unexpected way. Check out Sammie’s comedy special on YouTube!

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#107: Peter Laughter - My Shepherd

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:27:05 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Peter Laughter is a storyteller living in Brooklyn. Growing up, Peter found a role model through the Big Brother program. Over the years their relationship turned to true brotherhood, and Peter shares the story of what it meant to have him in his life, and then what it was like to lose him.

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#106: Bryan Lozano - Sink or Swim

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:33:11 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Bryan Lozano is a storyteller living in Queens. Bryan moved to the US from the Philippines as a young boy, and found himself looking for people who felt close to home. Then at 5 he had his first crush, and it took him five years of pining over that crush to finally do something about it.

Bryan is the co-founder of a nonprofit called Homecoming New York. Check them out and go on a food tour around NYC. They have one coming up August 6th!

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#105: Ronna Levy - Eternal Summer

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:56:12 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Ronna Levy is a storyteller and educator living in New York. When she was 30, Ronna met someone she fell for but wasn’t ready to be serious with. They reconnected four years later and stayed in each other’s lives long distance before they started dating again, only for Ronna to find a new hurdle for their happiness together.

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#104: Sam Dingman - Holder of Light

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:19:32 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Sam Dingman is a storyteller and producer living in Brooklyn. A few years ago, Sam found himself ready to propose to his girlfriend despite some differences in how they saw their relationship. He wanted to use a big camping trip to win over her side of the family, but that went about as wrong as it could have gone, leading him to see their relationship differently.

Sam produces great media content. Check out two of his projects: Family Ghosts and The Rumor

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#103: Aimée Lutkin - The Dating Road

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:04:08 -0000

This is Love Hurts. I’m Bryan Berlin. Aimée Lutkin is a writer and performer living in New York City. A few years ago, Aimée realized she had spent the last six years being single. She skeptically decided she would commit to dating again, including trying to make herself over, and we chat about that experience and the problems involved in society’s expectations of dating and self-love.

Aimée wrote a book about this time in her life called The Lonely Hunter.

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#102: Kate Nichols - Driving With A Purpose

Wed, 25 May 2022 12:17:44 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Kate Nichols is a therapist and comedian living in New Jersey. When she was 24, all Kate wanted was her own car. Her mom agreed to help her find one, and Kate shares the ups and downs of that process and how it encapsulated the dynamic between her and her mom.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review it on Apple Podcasts!

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#101: Keith Serry - Eternal Flame

Wed, 11 May 2022 11:50:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Keith Serry is a communicator and podcaster living in Montreal, Canada. In college, Keith fell for a girl that he didn’t know how to ask out. They drifted apart and a few years went by, but then she came back into Keith’s life as he was still trying to figure out his place in the world.

Keith hosts a great music and storytelling podcast called The Volume Knob. You can even check out an episode featuring me!

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#100: Anita Flores - No Regrets

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 19:47:52 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Anita Flores is a producer and comedian living in Brooklyn. Anita takes us back to the beginning of her online dating days, and how even though she had a lot of mediocre experiences with it, she’s glad she stuck with it. Anita is the host of the podcast I’m Listening: A Frasier Podcast.

This is also the 100th episode of Love Hurts I’ve done, and while I’m not stopping forever, I’m going to take a break from putting out episodes on a regular interval. I still have a few follow-up episodes with guests that will come out in the next few weeks, and they’ll be more in store soon, but just think of this as an extended summer break as the world slowly returns to some version of normal. But thank you all for listening and I’ll be back to share more stories of tough love soon.

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Love Hurts 100: Richard Cardillo

Thu, 13 May 2021 01:50:32 -0000

This is Love Hurts. As a celebration of our 100th episode, we’re checking in with past guests to see what’s happened in their lives since we last spoke. This episode’s guest: Richard Cardillo. Richard originally spoke about leaving the church and coming out at 30, and how he felt cursed in his first few years of dating. In our new conversation, we talk about what Richard’s dating life has looked like in his 60s.

Links: Richards Original Love Hurts Episode Other Men Need Help

Music: The Cornice by Blue Dot Sessions The Consulate by Blue Dot Sessions Come As You Are by Blue Dot Sessions Low Coal Camper by Blue Dot Sessions

Special thanks to Mark Pagán. Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#99: Amber Rollo - Pathfinder

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:09:01 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Amber Rollo is a comedian living in Los Angeles. In the beginning of March 2020, Amber decided to call off her two-year engagement. Instead of having a clean break, her and her ex suddenly had to shelter-in-place for the pandemic, and she was stuck spending much more time around someone she wasn’t planning on being with anymore.

Amber is doing a live recording of her comedy album April 9th and 10th. More details here. Amber’s podcast she made with her ex Gabe is called The Next Binge Thing.

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#98: Mark Pagán - My Father's Sons

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:35:28 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Mark Pagán is a filmmaker and audio producer living in Brooklyn. Growing up, Mark had two half-brothers who were much older than him, and as a result, he never felt very close to them. Then, something happened when he was an adult that changed the way he connected to each of them in his life.

Mark is the Host and Producer of Other Men Need Help, a podcast that looks at how men look at themselves in the world. Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#97: Erin Barker - Barker Bomb

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:42:03 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Erin Barker is a storyteller who normally lives in New York City. When the pandemic hit last spring, Erin and her husband made the decision to leave NYC to stay with their best couple friends in Ohio until everything blew over. Almost a year later, Erin is still in Ohio, and she talks about what it was like making the choice to leave the city she loved and navigating living with another couple.

Erin is the Artistic Director of Story Collider, a storytelling show and podcast that features true, personal stories about science. Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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Love Hurts 100: Kambri Crews

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:35:40 -0000

This is Love Hurts. As a celebration of our 100th episode, we’re checking in with past guests to see what’s happened in their lives since we last spoke. This episode’s guest: Kambri Crews. When Kambri was first on, she shared about her tenuous relationship with her dad, who has been in prison since the early 2000s for attempted murder. In this episode, she shares about their journey to get him parole as he struggled through COVID prison lockdowns.

Links: Kambri’s Original Love Hurts Episode The Marshall Project’s article on Texas prison food in lockdown COVID, Corrections, and Oversight Project from The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Texas Department of Criminal Justice COVID-19 Dashboard QED

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Additional music by Podington Bear. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#96: Meg Joh - Howl At The Moon

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:13:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Meg Joh is a comedian and podcaster living in Los Angeles. During college, Meg found herself in the second big relationship of her life at a time where she was still unsure of who she was. When it suddenly ended Meg was left heartbroken, but as she looks back at the story today she sees the real love story was with someone else all along.

Check out Forever Babe, Meg’s podcast she co-hosts with Love Hurts’ original guest Molly Kiernan. Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#95: Fred Chong Rutherford - A Different Time

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:06:26 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Fred Chong Rutherford is a comedian and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Growing up, Fred’s experiences with racism shaped him into the type of person who wanted to make sure he made others feel comfortable. Fred looks back at a potential bonding moment with his white step-grandmother that turned into an uncomfortable conversation about race that he did his best to navigate as a sixteen year old.

Keep a lookout for Fred’s new podcast, but in the meantime check out Cooking Treehouse with Werner Herzog. Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#94: Zack Stovall - Pop Secret

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:36:03 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Zack Stovall is a comedian and storyteller living in New York City. After five years of dating his girlfriend, Zack felt like it was finally time to pop the question. However, the plan he put in place quickly fell apart, and he was left scrambling to figure out how to make sure this moment was still memorable when it felt like nothing was going right.

Zack is a producer for Story Collider, a storytelling show and podcast that features true, personal stories about science.

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#93: Julie Feltman - Red Hot

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:11:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Julie Feltman is a comedian and performer living in New York City. Growing up, Julie’s identity felt tied to the fact that her relative invented the hot dog. It seemed to be the most interesting thing about her family history, but this summer she learned a new story about the other side of her family that changed how she looked at her identity and family legacy.

Julie’s tragedy-turned-comedy card game she created with her partner is called Cuddly Cockroaches.

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#92: Grant Bowen - You’re The One That I Want

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:03:00 -0000

92: Grant Bowen - You’re The One That I Want

This is Love Hurts. I’m Bryan Berlin. Grant Bowen is an actor, writer, and storyteller living in New York. In high school, Grant played Danny in the production of Grease and ended up falling for the girl playing Sandy. They went on a date and there wasn’t really a spark, but Grant felt he had to find a way to create one. The story ends in an embarrassing fashion, but we both talk about how tough it is to know what you’re doing with dating at that age, and share what we’ve learned since.

Grant co-hosts a storytelling show called Awkward Teenage Years. Their next show is October 22nd at 8pm, which you can livestream here.

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#91: Julia Pugachevsky - Friend Truther

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:03:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Julia Pugachevsky is a writer, editor, and video producer living in Brooklyn. Growing up, Julia had mainly one close friend through middle and high school. When they got to college, they started to drift apart, and continued to drift until her friend ghosted on their friendship. She shares the fallout of that experience, and we also talk about the way the ups and downs of female friendships are portrayed in pop culture.

You can read the story of Caroline and Natalie here. Find more about Call Your Girlfriend’s podcast and book too!

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#90: Tracey Segarra - This Is Your Brain On Love

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 09:17:00 -0000

90: Tracey Segarra - This Is Your Brain On Love

This is Love Hurts. Tracey Segarra is a storyteller living on Long Island. In high school, Tracey fell hard for someone who felt totally out of her league. After college, they reconnected and started dating, but Tracey found herself intoxicated by the fairy tale of their story instead of the reality of what it actually was and had to try and break the spell that story had over her.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#89: Bill Dempsey - Platonic Sparks

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:37:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Bill Dempsey is a producer and storyteller living in Connecticut. Bill struggled to fit in his first year of college until he found his people in the theater program. He deeply connected with another guy and they started spending all their time together. It was only when Bill got a girlfriend that he realized they didn’t see their friendship the same way.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#88: Vernon Payne - Endgame

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:19:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Vernon Payne is a storyteller and comedian living in Brooklyn. In high school, Vernon fell in love for the first time, but the relationship didn’t end the way he hoped it would. Years later, Vernon was given a second chance when she showed up back in his life, but he put even more pressure on himself to make sure there was a happy ending.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#87: Carla Katz - Like A Wildflower

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:37:01 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Carla Katz is a comic and storyteller living in Hoboken. Carla left for college at a young age and found herself falling for a mentor. They had an affair that led to Carla questioning where she was going in her life, and ending up changing everything, only to reconnect with him years later.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

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#85: Lily Womble – Raising The Bar

Wed, 13 May 2020 09:24:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Lily Womble is a dating coach living in Brooklyn. In her first serious adult relationship, Lily found herself constantly lowering her expectations of what she wanted while being a positive force for other women’s dating lives as a matchmaker. Eventually, she changed her dating mindset and found love while finding a new way to help others find love too.

Lily started her own dating coach service called Date Brazen. She even has her own podcast!

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#84: Anne Latini – Anne With a Plan

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:17:44 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Anne Latini is a graphic designer living in Los Angeles. As she was finishing college, Anne found herself entering into a relationship that checked all the boxes of what she felt an adult relationship should be. But a few years later her life started to stray from her plan, and when it suddenly all blew up she had to figure out what to do next.

Anne works in magazines and wants people to subscribe to magazines. Personally I like Entertainment Weekly, WIRED, and The New Yorker.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#83: Kevin Allison – Kevin Goes Back To P-Town

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:50:21 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Kevin Allison is the creator and host of RISK!, a podcast where people share stories that they never thought they’d share in public. The first sexual experience Kevin had after his marriage ended at 40 really stuck with him, so much so that he shared the story of that heartbreak days after it happened on his podcast. In our conversation, he looks back on that story and how he’s changed and navigated dating and the kink community since that experience.

Listen to Kevin Goes to P-Town, the original story that Kevin reflects on in this episode. You can also listen to Kevin Goes to Kink Camp and Beyond Kink Camp.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#82: Will Clegg – Fever Dream

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Will Clegg is a filmmaker and storyteller living in New Jersey. At the end of his junior year of college, Will fell in love for the first time. Unfortunately, they had to spend the summer apart while he was studying abroad in Italy where a play, a fever, and the girl next door came together to put his first love in jeopardy.

Will’s show, Awkward Teenage Years, is doing live performances online in the coming weeks.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#81: Daralyse Lyons – A Whole New World

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:23:48 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Daralyse Lyons is a writer and storyteller living in Philadelphia. For years, Daralyse struggled with an eating disorder, and when she felt she was finally past it she jumped headfirst into the dating pool. It turned out she wasn’t ready for dating, or for anything really, and had to totally change the way she viewed and lived in the world to start her road to recovery.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#80: Molly Brenner – Dining Hall Gossip

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 10:45:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Molly Brenner is a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn. Molly went a long time without having an orgasm, and it went from being something she didn’t know she was supposed to care about to something she couldn’t stop thinking about. It became such a big part of her life that she wrote an entire show about it, and then it finally happened.

Molly’s show is called I’m Coming. You can follow her instagram or website for updates on future shows.

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#79: Negin Farsad – Give Love A Chance

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:06:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Negin Farsad is a comedian living in New York City. In this live episode, Negin shares the story of falling for a man abroad, and then how it all fell apart back in New York. She then talks about the lessons she learned from online dating.

Negin is frequently a panelist on NPR’s podcast Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me. She also hosts the podcast Fake The Nation.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#78: Angela Cobb – Platonically Irresistible

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:48:02 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Angela Cobb is a comedian living in New York City. Growing up, Angela always dreamt of falling in love, but she was having trouble finding someone who didn’t look at her as a friend. When she decided to own her virginity and started talking about her struggles on stage it helped her feel less pressure on having sex until it finally happened.

Angela hosts a monthly show where people share stories about losing their virginity at QED called My First Time.

Love Hurts is going to be doing a live episode to celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 11th at 9pm at the PIT Loft. My guest will be comedian Negin Farsad. She’s the host of the podcast Fake the Nation and a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me. Buy tickets here.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#77: Caitlin Steitzer – Never Not Good

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:39:16 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Caitlin Steitzer is a therapist and comedian living in Brooklyn. Caitlin talks about two different stories of major relationships in her life that went wrong for different reasons. She shares the takeaways from each of those relationships and how they helped her be in a place to find the person she married.

Caitlin co-hosts a podcast called Work It Out with previous guest Megan Meadows.

Love Hurts is going to be doing a live episode to celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 11th at 9pm at the PIT Loft. My guest will be comedian Negin Farsad. She’s the host of the podcast Fake the Nation and a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. Buy tickets here!

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#76: Devan Sandiford – The Third Twin

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:38:59 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Devan Sandiford is a writer and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Growing up, Devan’s two best friends were twins, and their family welcomed him into their home as one of their own. When the twin’s mom lost a battle with cancer, Devan deeply felt that loss and struggled with how to properly show his grief.

Our theme song is EmoTown by Mikki Hommel. Follow Love Hurts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

#75: Ross Martineau & Patrick Holbert – Ball of Snakes

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 09:50:08 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Today’s guests are Ross Martineau and Patrick Holbert. A few years ago, Ross and Patrick were hypothetically talking about opening up their marriage. But when Patrick went and did it without...

#74: Jamie Brickhouse – Spellbound

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:38:14 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jamie Brickhouse is a writer and storyteller living in New York City. In elementary school, Jamie’s two best friends were a student who was a fellow outsider and his teacher. When...

#73: Elsa Bermudez – Amor Que Pedo

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:16:00 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Elsa Bermudez is a writer, comedian, and artist living in Queens. Elsa shares the story of her first love, and how that was overtaken by a second one. As strong as...

#72: Srilatha Rajamani – Born This Way

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:51:22 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Srilatha Rajamani is a comedian living in New York City. In the past few years, Srilatha has been finding her voice as a comedian, and along the way, she’s also been...

#71: Amanda Jayne – Empty Cup

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:06:50 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Amanda Jayne is a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn. In college, Amanda felt a spark with somebody, but since they were both dating other people and living on opposite sides...

#70: Virginia Dickens – Lake Love

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:40:04 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Virginia Dickens is a writer and comedian living in Harlem. In her summer before college Virginia was balancing a new fling while learning how to handle some mental health issues. She...

#69: Jessica Caldwell – Trainwreck

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:14:53 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jessica Caldwell is a film writer and producer living in Connecticut. Jessica’s always had an addictive, determined personality which has helped with her job but has been tough when it comes...

#68: David Crabb – Meet Me In The Middle

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:37:24 -0000

This is Love Hurts. David Crabb is an author, performer, and storyteller living in Los Angeles. David shares his journey from goth kid to dog dad, and how along the way he was lucky to...

#67: Felicia O’Hara – The Princess Effect

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:14:21 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Felicia O��Hara is a teacher and storyteller living in Brooklyn. After 17 years of being with her husband, Felicia chose to end her marriage and become a single mom. She loved...

#66: Marne Litfin – You Wouldn’t Like Me

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:40:16 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Marne Litfin is a comedian and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Growing up, Marne never felt like she fit in with the people around her. Then she went to a Tegan and...

#65: Sarah Nickerson – Love Storm

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:30:21 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Sarah Nickerson is a therapist and storyteller living in New York City. After going 30 years without having a serious romantic relationship, Sarah found herself falling hard for someone. Even though...

#64: Jeff Simmermon – Art Class Heroes

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:51:59 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jeff Simmermon is a comedian living Brooklyn. Growing up, Jeff was heavily influenced by the art teachers in his life. A few years ago Jeff found out the teacher he was...

#63: Gastor Almonte – Sandwich Seduction

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:15:13 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Gastor Almonte is a comedian living in Brooklyn. Gastor sat down with me and took us through three chapters of love in his life: missing signs of flirtation as a college...

#62: Emmy Montgomery – Mother Load

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:13:44 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Emmy Montgomery is a comedian living in New York City. Emmy was adopted at a young age, but recently she tried to track down and establish a relationship with her Russian...

#61: Tracey Starin – Maiden, Mother, and Crone

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:34:52 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Tracey Starin is a storyteller living in Queens. Growing up, Tracey noticed her extended family was pretty hard on her. As she got older that dynamic only got worse, and Tracey...

#60: Vara Cooper – New Normal

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:25:46 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Vara Cooper is a storyteller, story coach, and native New Yorker. A year ago, Vara left a 10-year abusive relationship with her partner. Since that breakup she has gone on both...

#59: Maggie Crane – No Take Backs

Wed, 29 May 2019 09:44:33 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Maggie Crane is a comedian and writer living in Brooklyn. Two years ago, Maggie started casually dating someone she met on the subway. After a few months they had a weird...

#58: Edith Gonzalez – No Subliminal Messages

Wed, 15 May 2019 10:12:24 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Edith Gonzalez is a storyteller and anthropologist living in New York City. Edith shares the story about the one who got away, but in her version they stay in each other’s...

1: Molly Kiernan – My Pregnancy Pillow

Wed, 08 May 2019 09:29:33 -0000

I’m off this week, but here’s a re-release of the first ever episode with with one my favorite interviews with one of my favorite people. This is Love Hurts. Molly Kiernan is a writer and...

#57: Christopher Moncayo-Torres – Loops

Wed, 01 May 2019 13:12:27 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Christopher Moncayo-Torres is a writer and storyteller living in Queens. At 21, Christopher broke up with his fiance and found himself reliving his time with her on a loop. One day,...

#56: Kambri Crews – Rip Van Winkle

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:26:19 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Kambri Crews is a writer, storyteller, and theater owner living in Astoria Queens. Growing up, Kambri always had a great relationship with her dad, but everything changed after he went away...

#55: Dave Arroyo – The Anti-Notebook

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:54:41 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Dave Arroyo is a storyteller living in Brooklyn. He shares what it was like losing his two grandmothers in similar ways, but having a very different experience from one to the...

#54: Brittany Brave – Love Goggles

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:10:33 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Brittany Brave is a comedian and storyteller living in New York City. Brittany shares the story of a whirlwind romance that quickly turned into a multi-year abusive relationship. Not only was...

#53: Dave Hu – Adobe

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:50:19 -0000

This is Love Hurts. I’m Bryan Berlin. Today’s guest is Dave Hu. Dave is a storyteller living in New York City. Growing up, Dave felt out of place living with his family in the Bronx....

#52: Laura Maltz – The Missing Piece

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:22:17 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Laura Maltz is a storyteller living in the Bronx. From a young age, Laura realized her dad had a very different relationship with love. It wasn’t until her dad chose to...

#51: Pamela Barsky – Coup de Foudre

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:40:07 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Pamela Barsky is an artist and storyteller living in New York City. After her first marriage ended, Pamela found herself single at 47 and on a hunt for a new partner....

#50: Gabe Mollica – Through Painted Deserts

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:13:38 -0000

This is Love Hurts. I’m Bryan Berlin. Gabe Mollica is a comedian and storyteller living in Astoria Queens. Gabe fell for someone working at summer camp, and then tried to keep their relationship going long...

#49: Xavier Padin – Sure Thing

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 09:59:18 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Xavier Padin is a performer and comedian living in New York City. Xave takes us back to his first big relationship: while they started out as good friends in college, they...

#48: Meredith Burns – The Month of Breakups

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:25:38 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Meredith Burns is a performer and theater executive director living in Jersey City. A few years ago, Meredith had three of the closest friendships in her life all end in the...

#47: Sopan Deb – The Stranger and The Gymnast

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:46:44 -0000

This is Love Hurts. I’m Bryan Berlin. Today’s guest is Sopan Deb. Sopan is a culture writer for the New York Times. Sopan sat down with me at the Magnet Theater on Valentine’s Day and...

#46: Aileen Clark – Bombs Away

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:23:49 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Aileen Clark is a storyteller and performer living in Astoria. A few years after high school, Aileen went to visit her best friend in Alaska and found herself suddenly falling for...

#45: Julia Whitehouse – The Big Bad Wolf

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:45:55 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Julia Whitehouse is a storyteller and performer living in New York City. A few years ago Julia found herself falling in love for the first time. But instead of this story...

#44: Chris De La Cruz – The Dining Dead

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:12:18 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Chris De La Cruz is storyteller and educator living in the Bronx. Over Christmas, Chris and his girlfriend went on their first vacation together and quickly found themselves dealing with issues...

#43: Sidney Morss – Rematch

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:23:31 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Sidney Morss is a comedian and storyteller living in Brooklyn. A few years ago, Sidney signed up for online dating knowing very little about what she was into or looking for....

#42: Kelli Dunham – The Love Troopers

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:55:53 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Kelli Dunham is a storyteller and comedian living in New York City. A few years ago, Kelli fell for someone who lived on the other side of the country. When their...

#41: Michael Stevens – Third Time’s A Charm

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:46:33 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Michael Stevens is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Michael shares the story of his multi year relationship, and how it featured almost breaking up twice, starting an open relationship,...

#40: Stacey Bader Curry – Liver On A Prayer

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:09:19 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Stacey Bader Curry is a storyteller and real estate broker living in New York City. Stacey was always someone who wanted her life to be an adventure. After her first marriage...

#39: Annie Tan – Jook-sing

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 09:51:33 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Annie Tan is an educator and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Annie talks about being born in the US to Chinese immigrant parents, and how she had to learn how to live...

#38: Randy McKay – The Boyfriend Manual

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:50:29 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Randy McKay is a graphic designer and performer living in Brooklyn. Randy talks with my about the two main loves in his life, and how different each of those relationships were...

#37: Sandi Marx – Nice Girls Finish Last

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:00:36 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Sandi Marx is a storyteller living in New York City. Sandi talks with me about being nice, and how her need to be nice kept her from ending relationships when she...

#36: Ashley Glicken – Love Is A Burden

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:54:10 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Ashley Glicken is a writer and comedian living in Queens. Ashley noticed a problematic trend in pop culture of using a disabled sibling as a way of making a main character...

#35: Matt and Maryann Alspaugh – Timing

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:13:48 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Matt and Maryann Alspaugh are writers and performers living in Austin. Matt and Maryann may be married today, but they each experienced very different types of heartbreak on the path to...

#34: Mikki Hommel – Douche Town

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:24:46 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Mikki Hommel is a singer and songwriter living in New York City. Mikki grew up wanting to find love, but wasn’t successful finding it from middle school all the way through...

#33: Leyna O’Neill – Irish Goodbyes

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:59:39 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Leyna O’Neill is a podcaster and marketing creative living in Portland, Oregon. The year Leyna graduated high school and started college she lost five people close to her. She had to...

#32: Joe Minchik – Half a Kid

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:01:46 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Joe Minchik is an actor, writer, and storyteller living in Queens. For years, Joe desperately wanted to find someone worth settling down with. When he finally did, it turned out they...

#31: Jana Fisher – My Purity Pledge

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:01:24 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jana Fisher is a writer and storytelling living in Los Angeles. Jana talks with me about her purity pledge: a pact she made at age of 12 to not kiss anyone...

#30: Mark Lamb – Saved By Billy Crystal

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:13:59 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Mark Lamb is a storyteller and dancer living in New York City. Mark talks with me about growing up in rural Kentucky in the 70s and suspecting he was gay from...

#29: Alicia Lutes – The Family Trust

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:00:38 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Alicia Lutes is a writer living in Los Angeles. Alicia gives an in depth look into her childhood, which featured divorce, abuse, and Alicia feeling like an outcast for having emotions....

#28: Jolenta Greenberg – The Disney Sidekick

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:26:10 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jolenta Greenberg is a comedian and podcaster living in Brooklyn. Jolenta comes on the show to talk doomed hookups — specifically the story of hooking up with her coworker one night...

#27: Jay Malsky – Bubble Love

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:02:29 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jay Malsky is a writer and performer living in New York City. A few years ago, Jay noticed a trend in their life of developing crushes on men who had girlfriends. Having grappled with those feelings to the point of writing an entire musical sketch show about it, they came out on the other side looking to avoid those mistakes again and find real love.

#26: Mimi Hayes – My Brain Nugget

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:32:35 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Mimi Hayes is an author and comedian living in New York City. Right after graduating college, Mimi got dumped by her boyfriend of five years and a few months later found...

#25: Courtney Antonioli – The Toughest Mudder

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:07:21 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Courtney Antonioli is a writer and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Courtney talks about the marriage and divorce she had with man 27 years older than her. Not only did she have...

#24: Matt Shafeek – The Six-Year Friendship

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 09:29:58 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Matt Shafeek is a writer and performer living in New York City. Matt talks about falling for a friend in college who had a boyfriend, and 6 years later he still...

#23: Christine Gentry – The Blue Sheep

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:45:57 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Christine Gentry is a storyteller and educator living in Los Angeles. Christine talks to me about growing up an outcast from her conservative, gun-loving family. When she shares a childhood gun...

#22: Danny Artese – We’ll Never Have Paris

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:13:05 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Danny Artese is a storyteller living in Astoria Queens. Danny tells me about the first big love in his life, and how that love came sooner than he was ready for....

#21: Molly Cameron – The Artist’s Way

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 09:07:01 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Molly Cameron is a writer and storyteller living in Astoria Queens. Molly shares the story of a promising guy she met on OkCupid who ended up ghosting her, but after she...

#19: Alexis Lambright – Thing 1 and Thing 2

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 09:03:29 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Alexis Lambright is a comedy performer and social worker living in the Bronx. Alexis talks to me about a long period of being single in her life, that featured everything from...

#18: Adam Wade – Scoop Dreams

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:11:55 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Adam Wade is a storyteller and 20 time Moth SLAM winner. His new comedy and storytelling album is Live at the Magnet Theater. Adam and I reminisce about our middle and...

#17: Ophira Eisenberg – Scarstruck

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:49:01 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Ophira Eisenberg is the host of NPR’s Ask Me Another and the author of the book Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy. Ophira talks with me about a scar she...

#16: Susan Kent – Not Another Teen Mom

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:12:33 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Susan Kent is a storyteller and writer currently based in Berlin, Germany. She tells a story of getting pregnant at 19 and trying to figure out what her options were living...

#15: Craig Mangum – The Mormon Outcast Club

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:18:24 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Craig Mangum is a storyteller and designer living in New York City. Craig talks about his experience growing up mormon, getting a girlfriend, and going on his mission all while struggling...

#14: Anoush Froundjian – My Dinner With Anoush

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:22:08 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Anoush Froundjian is an artist and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Anoush talks about a relationship in her first summer after college, and how she found herself quickly growing up in the...

#13: Ingrid Ostby – Moo the Cat

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 08:57:07 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Ingrid Ostby is a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn. Ingrid tells me the story of her cat Moo, and how she got the cat after losing her uncle and the...

#12: Andrew McGill – The Love Dodecahedron

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:53:46 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Andrew McGill is a storyteller, comedian, and educator living in Brooklyn. His story begins with two separate friendships, but it’s when those two friends started dating each other that everything became...

#11: Jana Schmieding – Toxic Jock Syndrome

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:26:59 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Jana Schmieding is a comedian, writer, and educator living in Los Angeles. Her podcast Woman of Size features guests talking about their bodies and lives in an open and unique way....

#10: Pat Cartelli – The RIT Ratio

Wed, 30 May 2018 09:00:07 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Pat Cartelli is a graphic designer and storyteller living in Astoria Queens. He takes us through his first real relationship in college, and navigating that relationship until he learns that not...

#9: Sharon Spell – The Selfish Robot

Wed, 23 May 2018 08:47:27 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Sharon Spell is a storyteller, comedian, and podcaster living in Astoria Queens. Sharon talks to me about a relationship she got into not long after moving in New York City. It...

#8: Liz Migliaccio – Beyonce the Lemon Tree

Wed, 16 May 2018 08:58:34 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Liz Migliaccio is a performer, yoga instructor, and baker living in Brooklyn. Liz talks to me about the constant state of change her life has been the last three years that...

#7: James Kuo – Bagels and Breakups

Wed, 09 May 2018 08:44:08 -0000

This is Love Hurts. James Kuo is a writer, comedian, and photographer living in Brooklyn. James talks about The Breakup of his life, and how he’s still best friends with that person today. They’ve had...

#6: Anna Neu – Dance Mom

Wed, 02 May 2018 09:12:49 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Anna Neu is a performer and vocal artist living in Brooklyn. Anna talks about a time earlier in her life when she fell in love with dance, but how that love...

#5: Adrien Behn – Me and My Copper IUD

Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:49:33 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Adrien Behn is a writer, performer, and storyteller based in New York City. Adrien talks to me about the first guy she fell for after moving to New York City and...

#4: Richard Cardillo – Of Monks and Men

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:00:31 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Richard Cardillo is a storyteller and educator living in New York City. Richard talks about the time in his life where he chose to leave the monastery and come out as...

#3: Megan Meadows – The Ripple Effect

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:00:55 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Megan Meadows is a writer and performer living in New York City. Megan talks about her experience at Virginia Tech during the 2007 school shooting and losing someone close to her...

#2: Evan Forde Barden – She Who Must Not Be Named

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:00:13 -0000

This is Love Hurts. Evan Forde Barden is a writer, performer, and fellow podcaster living in Astoria Queens. Evan talks to me about his first love after college, binge-reading the Harry Potter books for the...

#1: Molly Kiernan – My Pregnancy Pillow

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:30:40 -0000

Welcome to Love Hurts. Molly Kiernan is a writer and comedian living in New York City. When Molly initially agreed to be on the show, she had planned to tell one story, but the week we were set to record she got dumped by her boyfriend. She decided she wanted to talk about that relationship, and how she was feeling just a few days after the breakup.

Show art by Caroline Mallon. Music by Podington Bear. Here are some pregnancy pillows on Amazon.

Love Hurts Trailer

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:02:16 -0000

Love Hurts arrives on March 28th. To hold you over, here are clips from some of the episodes that have already been recorded. Come back next week! Show art by Caroline Mallon Music by Podington...