In this special Valentine's Day collab with A Novel Affair: Romance Bookstore, Nins & Arns share two books that made founders Yung & Julie cry. Nins takes it one step at a time in her reading of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang. Arns witnesses the Vietnam War through the eyes of an army nurse in The Women by Kristin Hannah. And both, of course, come to the same realization: that there's no love greater than self-love.

Content warning: trauma, grief & loss, death from suicide, violence, mental health issues, PTSD

0:00 - Preview
0:32 - Intro
1:57 - Vday collab with A Novel Affair Romance Bookshop
4:25 - Follow us on socials :')
5:10 - Nins: How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang (Yung's rec)
36:45 - Arns: The Women by Kristin Hannah (Julie's rec)
1:12:27 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• A Novel Affair Romance Bookstore in Los Altos, CA
• How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
• Yulin Kuang's website
• "Writer-director Yulin Kuang on getting things done" on The Creative Independent
• The Women by Kristin Hannah

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Arns finds beauty in every moment of the film We Live in Time starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. Nins opens the door to platonic love in her watch of Modern Love's "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man".

0:00 - Preview
0:30 - Intro
0:53 - Welcome to our new studio!
3:12 - Viral on TikTok
5:48 - Arns: We Live in Time
30:19 - Nins: Modern Love doorman story
57:16 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Film We Live in Time (2024)
• Original essay "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man" by Julie Margaret (2015)
• The Modern Love TV show (aired in 2019)

Two NYT articles by David Jones, the editor of modern Love:

• “To her He was More than a Doorman” (2019)
• “Where Did Modern Love Come From?” (2024)

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Nins softens at the message her pet cat shares with animal communicator Jenny from Bluebird Animal Communication. Arns pursues a different kind of glow up as inspired by Leila from @mykindofglow_.

0:00 - Intro
2:47 - Flood our notifications, please
3:48 - HBD Nins & NY resolutions
7:09 - Nins: animal communicator session
40:26 - Arns: Leila's midlife glow up
1:01:17 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Bluebird Animal Communication website
• "Meredith Grey: The Sweetest Cat Companion" (TikTok of Nins' cat Mer and her session with Jenny from Bluebird Animal Communication)
• Leila Howell from @mykindofglow_
• "41 and trying to glow up instead of lie down" by @mykindofglow_
• "Taking a moment to celebrate my wins" by @mykindofglow_

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