You Had Me At Hello

Across this series we've heard stories about young love, forbidden love, long-distance love, and rediscovered love. For the final episode, host Taye Diggs reflects on his favourite stories of meetings, falling in love, challenges, and of course, happily ever afters. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the mid-19th century. On a slave plantation in Kentucky, Lewis and Harriet Hayden begin a daring escape for freedom. After days of travelling in secret on trains and horse carriages, they make it to their new home, in Boston. Their house soon becomes a place of sanctuary for others escaping enslavement, including the couple Ellen and William Craft. But the Hayden’s house cannot protect them from an outside world of hate that always threatens to break in. One day, two slave catchers sent by the Crafts’ owner show up at the Hayden’s doorstep. They’ve found them. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the confines of a men's prison, Monae, a transgender woman, finds an unlikely love in Adriel, a prominent figure in the Latin Kings gang. Although he sits at the top of the prison hierarchy, Adriel fears repercussions from the gang if he pursues something with Monae. He might lose his status, be kicked out of the gang, or worse. Despite the risks, the two begin a relationship in secret. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan is a young guy in his twenties. He’s just come out of a bad break-up and he’s on the rebound. After a drunken encounter at a bowling alley, he hooks up with Steph and is convinced this will be a one-night stand and nothing more. But several weeks later, Steph asks to meet up with him. She's got some news that will change both of their lives forever. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Stef wakes up from a devastating kayaking accident, she doesn’t recognise the man sitting beside her in the hospital room. But it’s her husband, Richard. As they start a journey towards recovery, the couple face an enormous challenge ahead. How do you piece together a relationship and a life that has been forgotten? And can you fall in love with the same person, twice? If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The holiday season is approaching. In New York City, Camille is unhappy with her lack of love life. Across the pond, in London, journalist Lizzie has the same holiday blues. When they both respond to a house swap advert, their lives change forever. In a last-bid attempt to find love before the bell of a new year,  they swap cities. However, the love they find isn’t what they expected. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s Deepak’s birthday and he doesn't want to spend it alone. When he advertises this on his online dating profile, he gets a message from someone who happens to be born on the exact same day. It feels like fate brought Ankur to Deepak – but the pair have to date in secret, as at the time, it was illegal to be gay in India. When Ankur’s family pushes him into an arranged marriage he tries to fit into the life that’s expected of him, but can he and Deepak really let go of their love? If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Petter and Stephanie have spent 30 years writing to each other across the seas that separate them. Will the two pen pals finally meet? When Stephanie’s partner Chris proposes, this seems impossible. Petter reaches out to Stephanie for one last desperate attempt to win her back. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the 1980s in snowy Norway and the long-haired teenage rebel, Petter, is flicking through a magazine. He spots an advert from Stephanie, a teen in Minnesota, USA. She’s looking for a pen pal. From the moment the pen hits the paper, the two form a bond that sees them through life-threatening illness, drugs, grief, and crime. Their young love is put to the test when Petter is arrested. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While working together on a busy London train platform, Roydel quickly falls head over heels for Raaj, his new colleague. But their route to love is not so simple - Roydel is British Jamaican and Raaj is from a traditional Sikh family, who she is certain will never accept her new boyfriend. When Raaj does eventually find the courage to tell her father, he gives her an ultimatum. If she pursues the relationship, her family will disown her. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Archive Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an important update on coronavirus, 10 Downing Street, March 23, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium welcomes new arrivals to their gentoo penguin exhibit. Amongst the group are two male penguins, Sphen and Magic. They might be polar opposites but Sphen and Magic share a common dream, they want to raise a family. In the wake of Australia’s marriage equality movement, these two penguins - unaware of the political heat around them - are determined to achieve their goal of becoming parents. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Archive: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnball speaking at a press conference on same-sex marriage vote, 7NEWS Adelaide, August 8, 2017 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnball commits to passing same-sex marriage by Christmas, Daily Mail, November 15, 2017 Marriage equality law is passed, Parliament of Australia via the Guardian, Dec 7, 2017 Two Gentoo penguin males hatch egg successfully, BBC News, October 27 2018 Same-sex penguins raise a baby chick, CBS Sunday Morning, Feb 10, 2019 Same-Sex Penguins Welcome Baby Chick After Foster Egg Hatches, Inside Edition, Oct 26, 2018 Dazed and Confused, Universal Pictures, 1993 Groundhog Day, Columbia Pictures, 1993 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom is in his 20s, working as a sex and relationship therapist for women above the age of 30. Or at least, that’s what Sophie thinks. When she and Tom meet on a ski trip to the French Alps, Tom and his best friend decide to play a prank. They craft new personas and lie about themselves to Sophie and her family - their fellow chalet guests. But what happens when a joke between friends becomes a lie between lovers? If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After enduring months of brutal interrogations and being forced to live apart, Ruth and Ju end their relationship. But they never forgot each other. 25 years later, Ju spots Ruth while driving in Wales. It sparks something inside her, that same electric feeling as on the day they first met. But after so much time and after everything they’ve been through, could they still be together?  If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com ARCHIVE: UK Parliament debates, The Secretary of State for Defence Mr. Geoffrey Hoon, House of Commons Parliamentary Recordings, 12 January 2000. Controversial Ban on Gays in Military Lifted, ITN, 12 January 2000.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ruth and Ju served in the British Army together in the early 1990s when it was still illegal to be gay in the army. When they meet it is love at first sight. But the law means that Ruth and Ju battle constant suspicion. They must defy the rules and keep their relationship a secret, or they risk losing everything. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s 1976 and Jeff, a gifted musician, arrives at his new high school in Harlan, Iowa. He quickly takes a shine to a talented, blonde singer called Kelly. But their young love soon buckles under the pressures and insecurities of adolescence. Reeling from his first heartbreak, Jeff decides to take revenge - on prom night. If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A podcast series that marvels at the sheer magnitude of the human spirit and the lengths we will go to preserve the most sacred of things – life. Join primitive survival expert and United States Marine Corps Veteran, Donny Dust, as he hosts the brand-new series from Sony Music Entertainment, Rescue. This 20-part weekly podcast series explores the stories behind incredible rescue missions from all over the globe. While some of the accounts have previously made headlines, this podcast unearths several new and original stories. Many of the interviewees have never shared their stories before now.  In each episode, Donny guides the listener through stirring and life-affirming accounts of both collective and individual acts of heroism. From experienced first responders to everyday civilian heroes rising to the occasion, Rescue is a celebration of those who refuse to surrender, even in the face of impossible odds. A Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a night out in London, Sebby spots a man in a nightclub. A beautiful stranger who Sebby instantly feels is the love of his life. But Sebby is too shy to approach him and they never speak. Full of regret, Sebby wonders; has he missed his chance to find true love? If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Show notes: Nomadic Boys Blog: https://nomadicboys.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Anna met Anubhav while traveling in India, she never expected that their steady and uncomplicated relationship would have to endure the challenges of a global pandemic and a war. As bombs rain down on Anna’s home city of Kyiv, she has to make a life-changing decision. Does she stay or does she go to Anubhav? If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Archive: Biden warns Russia will invade Ukraine 'in the next few days', The Guardian, Feb 19, 2022 Why are US and Russian tensions escalating over Ukraine?, BBC News, Jan 24, 2022 U.S. says more evidence points to Russia preparing to invade Ukraine, CBS News, Jan 15, 2022 US says Russia in position to invade Ukraine which the Kremlin denies, ABC News, Jan 29, 2022 Boris Johnson addresses the UK as Russia invades Ukraine, The Sun, Feb 24, 2022 President Joe Biden warns Russia that it will be a "disaster" for them if they invade Ukraine, NBC News, Jan 19, 2022 Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO, ABC News, Jan 30, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lori is a wedding planner in her late 30s and she’s looking for a husband. But the last time she was single was long before dating apps became the main marketplace for love. She goes from one terrible date to the next; enduring all the ‘joys’ of the internet – from unsolicited pictures to outright liars. She is about to give up on love when someone surprising catches her eye – the self-declared player and party boy, Brendan. Could he really be Mr Right? It’s an unlikely match until the pandemic changes the rules of dating.  If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In part two of this epic love story, we rejoin Dennis and Karen. Half a century after they were forced apart, Dennis still thinks about Karen. Neither of them has stopped thinking about their baby daughter either. Dennis becomes determined to find them both. Will he get the reunion he’s always dreamed of? If you have an incredible love story, please reach out to us at lovestories@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices