{"podcast":{"title":"Modern Love","slug":"modern-love-3267462","podcast_index_feed_id":3267462,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4770331/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/modern-love--4770331","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8d6aa672a8d37ac5ea66d1c81a691864.jpg","author":"Seleman","episode_count":202,"summary":"For 16 years, the Modern Love column has given New York Times readers a glimpse into the complicated love lives of real people. Since its start, the column has evolved into a TV show, three books and a podcast. Now, we are excited to announce a relaunch of the podcast at The Times, hosted by Daniel Jones, the editor and creator of Modern Love, and Miya Lee, editor of Tiny Love Stories and Modern Love projects. Each week, we’ll bring you their favorite stories from the column’s vast archive, conversations with the authors, and a few surprises. New episodes every Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T18:20:47.327099+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-3267462"},"episode":{"title":"I Tried to Have a Kid With My Best Friend. It Got Complicated.","slug":"i-tried-to-have-a-kid-with-my-best-friend-it-got-complicated","published_at":"2026-06-03T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-3267462/i-tried-to-have-a-kid-with-my-best-friend-it-got-complicated","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-3267462","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-tried-to-have-a-kid-with-my-best-friend-it-got-complicated--72316503","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72316503/default.mp3","summary":"Joseph Osmundson spent years joking about having a baby with his best friend. But one day, she told Joe she was serious about it. Joe was elated. Growing up, he had always wanted to be a father, but he didn’t realize how deep that yearning was until the moment their joke became a concrete plan. At the time, Joe had a boyfriend he loved and his best friend was partnered with a woman. It took time, effort, and countless meetings to decide how to conceive and co-parent in a way that would accommodate everyone involved. What the group did not anticipate was how complex their feelings would become once their plan was underway, or that Joe would have to define what parenting meant to him all over again. Joseph Osmundson’s book, “Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenting” is out now. How to submit a Modern Love Essay How to submit a Tiny Love Story Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"Joseph Osmundson spent years joking about having a baby with his best friend. But one day, she told Joe she was serious about it. Joe was elated. Growing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2859,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-love-3267462/episodes/i-tried-to-have-a-kid-with-my-best-friend-it-got-complicated/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-3267462/i-tried-to-have-a-kid-with-my-best-friend-it-got-complicated.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}