Rachel Abrams

So today, we're going to explore why the show has become so popular right now.

My colleague, Alexandra Jacobs, who writes about culture here at The Times, will join me to talk about nostalgia, the Kennedys, and the eternal allure of Cinderella stories.

It's Sunday, March 29th.

Alexander Jacobs, welcome to The Daily.

I see that you are wearing a leopard coat and big sunglasses and very simple, minimal jewelry.

Did you dress perhaps for our conversation today?

I think that is exactly right, speaking from personal experience.

We're going to talk about that.

We're going to talk about a lot of things today.

But firstly, Alexandra, you have spent a lot of time thinking and writing about America's fascination with the Kennedys.

You wrote a piece last summer, long before Love Story started airing, about the continued cultural fascination with JFK Jr.

specifically.

What prompted you to write that piece?

Okay, so speaking of the show, for people who are listening to this but have not yet seen it, no spoilers, but tell us what it's about.

The idea, at least, is a normal woman plucked from obscurity who ends up in this royal family, and it ultimately, at least in the show's telling, is her undoing.

Is her undoing, exactly.

Any show that breaks through these days when our attention is so divided, there's so much competing for it, feels really noteworthy.

Do we know how many people are actually watching Love Story?

It's a phenomenon.

You mentioned Calvin Klein.