This Is Love (podcast)
{{short description|American true love podcast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox podcast
| title = This is Love
| image = This is Love Podcast logo.png
| host = Phoebe Judge
| genre =
| production = {{ubl|Phoebe Judge|Lauren Spohrer|Nadia Wilson}}
| began = {{Start date|2018|2}}
| website = {{URL|https://thisislovepodcast.com/}}
| num_seasons = 6
| num_episodes = 71 ({{as of|2023|8|lc=y}})
| theme_music_composer = Blue Dot Sessions
}}
This is Love is a podcast created by Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, and Nadia Wilson, producers of Criminal. The series investigates stories of love.{{Cite news |last=Quah |first=Nicholas |author-link=Nicholas Quah |title=True-Crime Podcast Criminal Is Launching a Love-Themed Spinoff |language=en |work=Vulture |url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/podcast-criminal-spin-off-this-is-love.html |url-status=live |access-date=2018-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321063359/http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/podcast-criminal-spin-off-this-is-love.html |archive-date=2018-03-21}}
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.
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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/feb/18/the-week-in-podcasts-this-is-love-the-hotbed-swipe-left|title=The week in podcasts: This Is Love; The Hotbed: Swipe Left Swipe Left!|last=Sawyer|first=Miranda|date=2018-02-18|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-03-20|archive-date=2018-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320224932/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/feb/18/the-week-in-podcasts-this-is-love-the-hotbed-swipe-left|url-status=live}} 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."{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/02/13/love-criminal-podcast/322565002/|title=Why the 'Criminal' podcasters are moving from murder to love stories in new show 'This is Love'|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en|archive-date=2018-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321063130/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/02/13/love-criminal-podcast/322565002/|url-status=live}} 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." Refinery29 called it a "warm, story-based podcast to listen to when the news is too much to bear."{{Cite news|url=http://www.refinery29.com/best-podcasts-2018#slide-2|title=12 Brand New Podcasts We Can't Wait To Listen To In 2018|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en|archive-date=2018-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130459/http://www.refinery29.com/best-podcasts-2018#slide-2|url-status=live}} Entertainment Tonight called it "an intriguing must-listen."{{Cite news|url=http://www.etonline.com/et-obsessions-annihilation-this-is-love-podcast-and-more-96251|title=ET Obsessions: 'Annihilation,' 'This Is Love' Podcast and More!|work=Entertainment Tonight|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en|archive-date=2018-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321192551/http://www.etonline.com/et-obsessions-annihilation-this-is-love-podcast-and-more-96251|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://thisislovepodcast.com/}}
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