This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Love is more than you think.

From the creators of Criminal. New episodes twice a month.

Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Episodes 23

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#126
Nov 19, 2025 · 34 min
Cry
In 1971, for his mother’s birthday, Alvin Ailey gave her a ballet. The dance was grueling – sometimes the women who did it bled. “I remember very well seeing my mother on her knees scrubbing these white folks’ rooms and halls. That image is in my ballet ‘Cry.’”
#125
Nov 5, 2025 · 41 min
Ava and the Pickpocket
“He stole my watch. He stole my jewelry. I stopped wearing jewelry – just to see what else he would steal.”
#124
Oct 22, 2025 · 31 min
One More Time
A visitor to the islands of the Pacific Northwest once described seeing “a forest of totem poles.” But by the time Robert Davidson was born, there wasn't a single one left standing in his village.

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