{"podcast":{"title":"Modern Love","slug":"modern-love-436568","podcast_index_feed_id":436568,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/0N8Hs1MH","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/modern-love-podcast","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/db3c768b-254c-4291-946b-8216b0b2a2a1/fc848224-9871-4b5a-96fd-8f8f7c33d7cf/3000x3000/b335632ea69f3a0c9b6235dbc62ccad8a30c7462992ae74f00c3e1127c66d245ae168cdfa53cfc8d5d11293ce0a22e2a953ebe0017f32567b707e15ff71edd93.jpeg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The New York Times","episode_count":452,"summary":"For more than 20 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. Each week, host Anna Martin brings you stories and conversations about love in all its glorious permutations, dumb pitfalls and life-changing moments. New episodes every Wednesday. 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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T18:17:09.381139+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-436568"},"episode":{"title":"Eddie Huang Drops the Tough Guy Act","slug":"eddie-huang-drops-the-tough-guy-act","published_at":"2026-07-01T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-436568/eddie-huang-drops-the-tough-guy-act","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-436568","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/modern-love-podcast","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/pscrb.fm/rss/p/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/db3c768b-254c-4291-946b-8216b0b2a2a1/episodes/939f199c-aa23-4ce5-bef4-564a4ce5c494/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=db3c768b-254c-4291-946b-8216b0b2a2a1&awEpisodeId=939f199c-aa23-4ce5-bef4-564a4ce5c494&feed=0N8Hs1MH","summary":"When the chef, writer and filmmaker Eddie Huang joined the “Modern Love” podcast to discuss his new novel, “Come Undone,” our host Anna Martin asked him to start by reading a few lines from his 2017 guest essay for The New York Times. In it, Huang called out stereotypical portrayals of Asian men that have persisted in pop culture: “Every Asian American man knows what the dominant culture has to say about us,” Huang read. “We count good, we bow well … our male anatomy is the size of a thumb drive and we could never in a thousand millenniums be a threat to steal your girl.” Rereading his old piece took Huang right back to his childhood, to when he was targeted by kids who assumed he was an easy mark. Huang said he created a tough exterior in response, becoming someone whom no one wanted to pick a fight with. That tough kid grew up into a tough man who rarely let his sensitive inner self show, a persona that sounds a lot like the main character of Huang’s new book. In this episode, Huang explains how he is both similar to and different from his fictional character, how his own ideas of masculinity have changed and what it was like to finally let himself be vulnerable with someone after years of pretending not to be. Read Eddie Huang's 2017 essay here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/hey-steve-harvey-who-says-i-might-not-steal-your-girl.html How to submit a Modern Love Essay: https://www.nytimes.com/article/how-to-submit-a-modern-love-essay.html How to submit a Tiny Love Story: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/style/modern-love-tiny-love-stories.html","meta_description":"When the chef, writer and filmmaker Eddie Huang joined the “Modern Love” podcast to discuss his new novel, “Come Undone,” our host Anna Martin asked him t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3048,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-love-436568/episodes/eddie-huang-drops-the-tough-guy-act/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-436568/eddie-huang-drops-the-tough-guy-act.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}