{"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":461,"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, Spotify and Amazon Music. 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":"2026-09-24T08:22:15.768601+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-436568"},"episode":{"title":"Is Polyamory Right for You?","slug":"is-polyamory-right-for-you","published_at":"2026-07-29T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-love-436568/is-polyamory-right-for-you","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/490ca637-11bf-460b-b019-ade5a48d70d3/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=db3c768b-254c-4291-946b-8216b0b2a2a1&awEpisodeId=490ca637-11bf-460b-b019-ade5a48d70d3&feed=0N8Hs1MH","summary":"Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is a polyamory expert. When she first heard about polyamorous relationships, back in the early ’90s, hardly anyone was talking about this stuff. But Sheff became fascinated, and for the past 30 years, she’s been studying the lives of kids who grew up in polyamorous families. On this episode of “Modern Love,” Sheff tells the host Anna Martin about her personal and professional findings from decades of being immersed in polyamorous spaces. Plus, she has advice for people who are trying to figure out if being poly is right for them.","meta_description":"Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is a polyamory expert. When she first heard about polyamorous relationships, back in the early ’90s, hardly anyone was talking about…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2896,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-love-436568/episodes/is-polyamory-right-for-you/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/is-polyamory-right-for-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}