This is Love
Love is more than you think.From the creators of Criminal. New episodes twice a month.Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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On the show
- Harley Rustad1 ep
- Delia Ephron1 ep
- Chloe Dalton1 ep
Also: Brandon, Gina, Bob Brigham, Mark Kuhn, Daniella Santoro, David Rankin
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Total monthly reach
Based on 1 signal.
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By chart position
- 🇺🇸United States · Personal JournalsHOME#32.0M to 10M
- 🇨🇦Canada · Personal Journals#388K to 466K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Personal Journals#922K to 118K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Personal Journals#2511K to 59K
- 🇩🇪Germany · Personal Journals#229.5K to 50K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
2.1M to 11M🎙 Weekly cadence·154 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
4.3M to 23M🇺🇸91%🇨🇦4%🇦🇺1%+1 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
2.4M to 12M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/21/26 | Museum of Broken Relationships | When Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić broke up, they had a hard time dividing up their belongings – there were items that felt too painful for either of them to keep. “We were kind of imagining the space where these objects could have their own life, and where they could keep the memory of that love, which is no longer there, somehow ignited, living.” If you’d like to send something to the Museum of Broken Relationships, you can find out how on their website. This episode was originally released in 2023. Tickets for our brand new live show, Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge, are on sale now! Learn more and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 46m 28s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Come On Down! | “You are the next contestant on The Price Is Right!” A behind-the-scenes look at the longest-running game show on TV and the people who love it. Tickets for our brand new live show, Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge, are on sale now! Learn more and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 42m 07s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | The Collection | In 2023, Bill Staubi learned he only had about 18 months left to live. There was one thing he really wanted to take care of before it was too late. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 33m 46s | ||||||
| 9/2/26 | wildfireland management+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal Plus+2 | Durham, NCPortland, ME | fireland+5 | — | 37m 07s | ||
| 8/19/26 | racerepresentation+3 | — | He-Man action figuresVox Media Podcast Network | — | superheroBlack action figure+3 | — | 43m 12s | ||
| 8/5/26 | hotlinescall centers+3 | — | Foy Information DeskCenter for Coastal Studies+4 | — | hotlinescall centers+5 | — | 36m 16s | ||
| 7/15/26 | backyard discoverymystery+4 | Daniella Santoro | Vox Media Podcast NetworkThis is Love | New Orleans | backyardstone+5 | — | 38m 29s | ||
| 7/1/26 | asteroidscomets+3 | David Rankin | Vox Media Podcast Network | Earth | asteroid hunterDavid Rankin+4 | — | 34m 16s | ||
| 6/17/26 | space explorationcommunication+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal+3 | — | Golden RecordAnn Druyan+5 | Criminal Plus | 43m 44s | ||
| 6/3/26 | adoptionVietnam War+3 | Bob Brigham | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal Plus+3 | — | adoptionVietnam War+3 | — | 49m 19s | ||
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| 5/20/26 | tennisfarming+4 | Mark Kuhn | BBCVox Media Podcast Network+4 | — | Wimbledontennis court+4 | — | 33m 47s | ||
| 5/6/26 | SOS✨ | survivalmountain climbing+3 | BrandonGina | Backpacker MagazineVox Media Podcast Network | — | mountainlost+3 | — | 57m 26s | |
| 4/15/26 | mysteryneighborhood+1 | Harley Rustad | The French FriesToronto Life+6 | — | french friestakeout+2 | — | 37m 02s | ||
| 4/1/26 | comedyimpersonation+1 | — | Being BubléFacebook+5 | — | Michael Bubléshort film+1 | — | 37m 06s | ||
| 3/18/26 | romantic comediesemail+1 | Delia Ephron | FacebookApple Podcasts+8 | — | Sleepless in SeattleNora Ephron+2 | — | 45m 03s | ||
| 3/4/26 | missing dogcommunity support+1 | — | FacebookApple Podcasts+5 | Brooklyn | BrooklynFacebook group+1 | — | 33m 47s | ||
| 2/18/26 | memoiranimals+2 | Chloe Dalton | Raising Hare: A MemoirFacebook+6 | — | Raising Hareextraordinary animal+1 | — | 43m 11s | ||
| 2/4/26 | treasure huntingForrest Fenn+2 | — | Beyond the Map’s EdgeFacebook+7 | the Rocky Mountains | treasureclues+2 | — | 34m 13s | ||
| 1/21/26 | icebergexploration+3 | — | B-15Into the Planet+7 | Antarcticathe Southern Ocean | Jill HeinerthB-15 iceberg+2 | — | 36m 55s | ||
| 1/7/26 | obituariessmall town+2 | — | FacebookApple+5 | Alaska | writinglife stories+1 | — | 30m 43s | ||
| 12/17/25 | Appalachian Trailhiking+2 | — | Grandma Gatewood's WalkFacebook+6 | — | Emma Gatewoodthru-hiking+2 | — | 40m 56s | ||
| 12/3/25 | schoolclassmates+2 | — | Criminal PlusD Magazine+6 | — | yearbookscomfort+1 | — | 29m 24s | ||
| 11/19/25 | Cry | In 1971, for his mother’s birthday, Alvin Ailey gave her a ballet. The dance was grueling – sometimes the women who did it bled. “I remember very well seeing my mother on her knees scrubbing these white folks’ rooms and halls. That image is in my ballet ‘Cry.’” Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus (now on Patreon!) – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 34m 37s | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | Ava and the Pickpocket | “He stole my watch. He stole my jewelry. I stopped wearing jewelry – just to see what else he would steal.” In 2004, Ava Do met a professional pickpocket at a bachelorette party in Las Vegas. And they fell in love. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 41m 37s | ||||||
| 10/22/25 | One More Time | A visitor to the islands of the Pacific Northwest once described seeing “a forest of totem poles.” But by the time Robert Davidson was born, there wasn't a single one left standing in his village. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 25s | ||||||
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Chart history for This is Love
Peaked at #3 in United States, top 10 in 6 of 50 tracked markets, currently #3 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| Canada | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| PE | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| South Africa | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Australia | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| IS | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| ID | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| Italy | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| CH | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| CO | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| Denmark | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| PH | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| Ireland | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| Germany | — | #22 | #22 | — |
| CL | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| PT | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| IL | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| RO | — | #28 | #28 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.