Love Lessons From Ramy Youssef’s Dog

About this episode

Ramy Youssef shares insights on unconditional love learned from his dog, Basha, and reads a related Modern Love essay.

When people stop Ramy Youssef on the street, it's usually not because they're mega-fans of his comedy. Instead, they mostly just want to pet his dog. It's not until they walk away, he says, that they recognize him from his semiautobiographical sitcom, "Ramy," or his latest special, "Ramy Youssef: In Love." In fact, Youssef’s dog, Basha, is a big part of the special and has become a major part of his life, even if he does sometimes steal the spotlight. On this episode of “Modern Love,” Youssef tells Anna Martin, our host, what he has learned about unconditional love from Basha. He reads a Modern Love essay from the archive, in which the writer describes working at an animal rescue and how watching humans in the midst of the adoption process redeemed them a little in her eyes. Here’s how to submit a Modern Love essay to The New York Times . Here’s how to submit a Tiny Love Story . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 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. Hosted by…

People in this episode

Host: Anna Martin

Guest: Ramy Youssef

Topics covered

• unconditional love
• pets
• comedy
• animal rescue
• personal growth

Keywords

• Ramy Youssef
• dog
• unconditional love
• animal rescue
• Modern Love

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times

Books & works: Ramy, Ramy Youssef: In Love, Modern Love

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