This Is Love (podcast)

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This is Love
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Presentation
Hosted byPhoebe Judge
Production
Production
  • Phoebe Judge
  • Lauren Spohrer
  • Nadia Wilson
Theme music composed byBlue Dot Sessions
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes32 (as of March 2020)
Publication
Original releaseFebruary 2018 (2018-02) – present
Website thisislovepodcast.com

This is Love is a podcast created by Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, and Nadia Wilson, producers of Criminal . The series investigates stories of love. [1]

Contents

The team started to work on the production of This is Love in Fall 2017. The six-episode first season launched in February 2018, on Valentine's Day. Season two started in November 2018, and the third season in May 2019. [1]

Julienne Alexander makes original illustrations for each episode of This is Love.

Critical reception

The Guardian described This is Love as "beautifully paced, with memorable details." [2] USA Today wrote, "Like Criminal, This Is Love is a careful combination of interviews, music and Judge's narration that makes for a seamless and satisfying listening experience. But the new show has a different tone: It's warmer." [3] New York Magazine said "Fans should expect the team to apply the same expansive, thoughtful, and near-anthropological approach to the lighter subject of love." [1] Refinery29 called it a "warm, story-based podcast to listen to when the news is too much to bear." [4] Entertainment Tonight called it "an intriguing must-listen." [5]

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