18. | Love Behind Bars

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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