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Slate Advice — 275 episodes

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How To! | Our Favorite Advice of 2025

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How To! | Create ‘Marriage Rules’ as a Couple

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How To! | Stop Fawning

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How To! | Sing in Front of Other People

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How To! | Give to a Good Cause—and Make It Count

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How To! | Take Charge of Home Repair (with Sam Sanders and Mercury Stardust)

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Care & Feeding | When a Good Idea Turns Into a Fail

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How To! | Talk to Contractors (With Sam Sanders and Mercury Stardust)

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How To! | Stop Snoring

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How To! | Survive Getting Fired

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How To! | Raise a Boy

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How To! | Quit IVF (and Start a New Chapter)

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Care & Feeding | What to Say to Your Kids When You Can’t Deal

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Care & Feeding | Demystifying Car Seat Safety

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Care & Feeding | The 25 Best Picture Books of the Last 25 Years

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Care & Feeding | Guiding Kids Through Hard-to-Explain Headlines

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How To! | Use Hypnosis

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Care & Feeding | How to Talk Divorce With Kids

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How To! | Quit Your Dream Job

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Care & Feeding | The Back-to-School Game Plan

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Care & Feeding | How to Help a Kid Stop Thumb-Sucking

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How To! | Host With Ease

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Care & Feeding | From How To! | How To Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family

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Care & Feeding | From How To! | How To Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family

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Care & Feeding | Extra Parenting, Extra Guilt

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How To! | Be a Better Coach (Encore)

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Care & Feeding | The Secret to Becoming the Hangout House

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Care & Feeding | When Your Kid Hates Mornings

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How To! | Declutter Your Digital Life

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How To! | Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family

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How To! | Let Go of ADHD Shame

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How To! | Gossip for Good

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Care & Feeding | Preparing Kids for the Worst (Without Freaking Them Out)

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How To! | Be an Ethical Hater

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Care & Feeding | My Only Child Wants a Sibling. What Now?

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Care & Feeding | Is My Kid Ready for Middle School? Am I?

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How To! | Get Sweet, Sweet Revenge

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Care & Feeding | When Your Kids Can’t Eat the Same Thing

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Care & Feeding | When Your Teen Thinks They're the Parent

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How To! | Stop Giving 110%

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How To! | Start Reading Books Again (Encore)

42

How To! | Balance Mind, Body—and iPhone

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How To! | Draw Outside the Lines

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Dear Prudence | I Need My Best Friend to Give Me Some Space. Help!

45

Dear Prudence | Are My Friends Becoming Doomsday Preppers? Help!

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How To! | Repair Your Stuff

47

Dear Prudence | Politics Is Ruining My Family. Help!

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How To! | Discover Your Kink

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Dear Prudence | My Wife Uses Bacon Grease As Lotion. Help!

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How To! | Get a Great Haircut

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Dear Prudence | I Look Just Like My Boyfriend’s Dead Wife. Help!

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Dear Prudence | My Best Friends Hate Each Other. Help!

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Living at Odds | 4. A Quiet Fight for LGBTQ Rights

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Dear Prudence | We All Hate My Sister’s Husband. Help!

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Living at Odds | 3. Making Amends for Ancestors

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Dear Prudence | My Wife’s Kids Sleep In Our Bed. I Hate It. Help!

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Living at Odds | 2. An Education in Opposition

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Dear Prudence | My Controlling Fiancé Says He Loves Me. Help!

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Living at Odds | 1. Two Partisans, One Corner

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Dear Prudence | My Mom, An Alcoholic, Is Traveling Solo. Help!

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How To! | Replace Your Tesla

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Dear Prudence | I Want To Go No-Contact With My Parents. Help!

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Dear Prudence | I Love My Sister But I Don’t Like Her. Help!

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How To! | Discover Music You’ll Love

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Dear Prudence | I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’s Therapist. Help!

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Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest Conversations

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How To! | Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43

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Dear Prudence | Was I The Problem In My Marriage? Help!

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How To! | Interview Someone

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Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words

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Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Self-Centered. Am I, Too? Help!

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How To! | Protect Your Parents From Fraud

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Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone

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Dear Prudence | My Husband’s Family Needs So Much Of His Money. Help!

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How To! | Outsmart Your Student Loans

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Dear Prudence | I Have Enough Friends and Don’t Want More. Help!

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How To! | Have the Best Sex of Your Life (Encore)

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Dear Prudence | My Husband’s a Slob and I Want Out. Help!

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How To! | Rebuild Your Life After a Wildfire

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Dear Prudence | I Hate Getting Gifts. My Spouse Doesn’t Get It. Help!

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How To! | Set Limits With an Ex

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Dear Prudence | My Mom Thinks My Husband Is Abusive. He’s Not. Help!

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How To! | Harness Your Citizen Superpowers

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Dear Prudence | My Stepdaughter Is Ruining My House. Help!

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How To! | Switch Careers in Midlife

86

Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Freaking Out Over My Gender Identity

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How To! | Become an Expat

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Dear Prudence | My Husband’s a Nurse… and an Alcoholic. Help!

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How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 2 - Encore

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Dear Prudence Encore | A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!

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How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 1 - Encore

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Dear Prudence | I Feel Like The Grinch. Help!

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How To! | Our Favorite Advice of 2024

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Dear Prudence | I Came Out. Now My Mean Sister’s an Ally. Help!

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How To! | Exorcise Your Fitness Demons

96

Dear Prudence | My Stepson is a Liar and Attention Seeker. Help!

97

How To! | Plan an Estate (Before It’s Too Late)

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Dear Prudence | Encore: I Am Swamped With Plans and I Hate It. Help!

99

Well, Now | More Than Hot Flashes: Breaking the Silence on Menopause

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How To! | Throw a Party They’ll Remember (Encore)

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Dear Prudence | We Bought A House. Now He Won’t Marry Me. Help!

102

Well, Now: Creating an Exercise Routine That’s Right for You

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How To!: Face the Future (Gen Z Edition)

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Dear Prudence | I Can’t Afford To Support My Girlfriend Anymore. Help!

105

Well, Now: Being a “Likeable Badass” Could Improve Your Health

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How To!: Man Up About Male Birth Control

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Care & Feeding: Tom and Jerry Toddlers

108

Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Hearing My Friend Cry About Her Job. Help!

109

Care and Feeding: Letters on Politics, Halloween, and the Impala

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How To!: Lead Your Local Nonprofit

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Dear Prudence | My Wife Won’t Stop Correcting My Grammar. Help!

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How To!: Face Your Fear of Dying (Encore)

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Dear Prudence: My Husband Wants More Sympathy Than I Can Give. Help!

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How To!: Cope With Forever Parenting

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Dear Prudence | I Love My Family. My Husband Doesn’t. Help!

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How To!: Be Less Judgy

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Dear Prudence | I Spread A Rumor That Alienated My Friends and Mentor. Help!

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Well, Now: Are Supplements Actually Worth It?

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How To!: Stop Killing Your Plants

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Dear Prudence | My Widowed Dad Is Now The “Other Woman.” Help!

121

How To!: Care for an Aging Parent

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Dear Prudence | My Friend Keeps Disappearing and it Hurts! Help!

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Well, Now: The Truth About IUDs

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How To!: Grow Your Podcast

125

Dear Prudence | I Didn’t Wish My Sister a Happy Birthday—Now She’s Pissed! Help!

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How To!: Rethink Screen Time

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Dear Prudence | My Wife Thinks I Had an Emotional Affair With My Best Friend. Help!

128

Well, Now: What Drag Queens Can Teach Us About Healthcare

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How To!: Cook at Home Like Sohla El-Waylly

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Working: An Artist’s Guide to ADHD and Getting Stuff Done

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Dear Prudence | I Found My Happily Married Mom’s Profile on a BDSM Dating Site. Help!

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How To!: Fall Out of Love (Encore)

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Dear Prudence | I’m Dating My Former Professor and It’s Affecting My Relationship With My Sisters. Help!

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Well, Now: How to Reclaim Your Life After a Health Crisis

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Dear Prudence: My Husband and I Divorced Amicably. Nine Months Later, He Wants Me Back. Help!

136

How To!: Do Housework (and Not Hate It)

137

Dear Prudence: Politics Is Ruining My Family. Help!

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Working: Surviving the Book Release Process

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How To!: Put a Toxic Job Behind You

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Dear Prudence: My Friend Told Our Friend Group That My Boyfriend Sexually Assaulted Me. He Didn’t. Help!

141

Well, Now: How to Avoid Heat-Related Illness

142

How To!: Be Funny (5th Anniversary Edition)

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Dear Prudence: My Brother-In-Law’s Girlfriend Wore A Transparent Dress To My Wedding. Help!

144

Working: Revisiting Your Resolutions

145

Well, Now - Gut Check: How to Master Your Microbiome

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Outward: Can you love the bigotry away? Queer Advice with Mathew Rodriguez

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Dear Prudence: My BFF Bullied Her Husband Into Allowing Her to Sleep With Other Men. Help!

148

How To!: Take a Sabbatical

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Dear Prudence: How’s Your Sex Life?: How Do I Get Over My Ex? with Brandon Kyle Goodman

150

How To!: Survive a Shark Attack (Encore)

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Dear Prudence: My In-Laws Disrespected My Daughter, So I Kicked Them Out. Help!

152

Working: How to Get Back into Books

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Dear Prudence: Revisiting Advice from Dr. Orna Guralnik

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Well, Now: Meet Gwyneth Paltrow’s Mold Guy

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How To!: Start Strength Training

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Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Feeling Like I’m Always the One Doing All The Work in Dating. Help!

157

Working: Storing and Revisiting Your Old Ideas

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Well, Now: Doctors Agree: Obesity is a Disease. The Public Needs to Catch Up.

159

Dear Prudence: I Bailed on a Family Trip Because My Plane Seat Didn’t Have Enough Legroom—Am I a Monster? Help!

160

Working: Money Advice for Freelancers

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Dear Prudence: I’m 39 and in Love With a 67-year-old. I’m Concerned About Judgment From Others. Help!

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Working: When Life Gets in the Way

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Well, Now: How Doulas Make Childbirth Safer For Everyone

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How To!: Take a Gap Year

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Dear Prudence: My Nonreligious Boyfriend Is Meeting My Ultra-Religious Parents. Help!

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How To!: Confront a Vindictive Neighbor with Tig Notaro (Encore)

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Working: Keeping the Faith

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How To!: Handle Feedback at Work

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Dear Prudence: I’m Queer and Here—Just Not to My Parents. Help!

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Dear Prudence: My Brother Is a Budding Alex Jones. Help!

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Working: Staying Accountable To Yourself

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Well, Now: How a Former Surgeon General Took on a $5,000 ER Bill

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How To!: Find Your People After a Mental Health Diagnosis

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How To!: ‘Do the Work’ of Racial Justice

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Dear Prudence: I Lost a Lot of Weight and Now I Enjoy Being a Mean Girl. Help!

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Well, Now: Most Skincare Products are BS. Here Are the Facts.

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How To!: Bring a Big Idea to Life

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Dear Prudence: From Choice Words: Live in Fear or Love? (with Karamo)

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Working: Creator Mode vs. Editor Mode

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Well, Now: Spring Cleaning Your Medicine Cabinet

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How To!: Crack Up Your Coworkers (Encore)

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Dear Prudence: My Parents Are Flaunting Their Wealth While I’m Drowning in Debt. Help!

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Working: Finding Your Why

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How To!: Help a Loved One With Dementia

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Working: Getting Paid On Time

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Dear Prudence: Am I a Bad Father If I Don't Want to Acknowledge My Kid Publicly? Help!

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How To!: Let Go of a Friendship

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Dear Prudence: My Friend Has a Master’s Degree in Lying. Help!

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Dear Prudence: How Do I Get Over Someone I Never Dated? Help!

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How To!: Find Friends in Unexpected Places

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Dear Prudence: Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A Secret From His Wife? Help!

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Working: Managing New Hires Better

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How To!: Plan Your Next Adventure

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Dear Prudence: Am I a Bigot If I Don’t Want to Date Foreigners? Help!

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How To!: Be Free of Body Shame

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Working: Breaking Stubborn Habits

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Dear Prudence: I Spend Hours a Day Having Intense Romantic Daydreams. Help!

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Dear Prudence: A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!

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Working: Harnessing All Five Senses

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How To!: Keep Caring Amid Endless Crises

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Dear Prudence: I Don’t Want to Cancel My Retirement Plans to Babysit. Help!

202

Dear Prudence: Outward: We’re Here, We’re Queer, Here’s Some Advice!

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Working: Lightening Your Workload

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Dear Prudence: My Mother-In-Law Doesn’t Wash Her Hands After Using The Bathroom. Help!

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How To! Our Favorite Advice of 2023

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Dear Prudence: I Rejected A Friend’s Sexual Advance—Now He’s Being Weird. Help!

207

Working: Be Good to Your Body

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How To!: Transition From Soldier to Civilian

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Dear Prudence: My Friend Won’t Stop Buying Me Gifts. Help!

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How To!: Carve Out Creative Time

211

How To!: Grieve an Estranged Parent

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How To!; Talk Politics Without Wrecking Relationships (Encore)

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Dear Prudence: My Family Won't Let Me Host for the Holidays. Help!

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Mom & Dad: The World Is Messy and Ugly. Do My Kids Need to Know?

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Working: Escape Your Creative Comfort Zone

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How To!: Get Through Menopause

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Dear Prudence: My Coworker Keeps Kissing Me on the Cheek. Help!

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Dear Prudence: My Friend Tried to Bring Her Kids to A Winery. Help!

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Working: Freelance Work's Boom and Bust Cycle

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Working: Finding the Confidence to Create

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How To!: Build Trust With Co-Workers

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Dear Prudence: Is It Too Early in the Relationship to Say "I Love You"? Help!

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How To!: Find Love Where You Least Expect It

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Working: How to Absorb Art More Deeply

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How To!: Get Out of Debt Faster Than You Think (Encore)

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Dear Prudence: Should I Donate Sperm To My Ex? Help!

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How To!: Say Goodbye to Your Pet

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Dear Prudence: I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me Away at My Wedding. Help!

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Working: Creating Like a Child

230

How To!: Follow Your Small Business Dream

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How To!: Learn Any Language Fast

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Dear Prudence: My Sister Is Lying to My Nephews About Their Father's Identity. Help!

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Working: Learning From Bad Art

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How To!: How To Find Your People

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Dear Prudence: Relationship Podcasts Are Ruining My Friend's Life. Help!

236

How To!: Navigate Adult Autism

237

Dear Prudence: My Wife Goes Braless Around Our Teenage Sons. Help!

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Working: Why Artists Should Attend Festivals

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How To!: Fill an Empty Nest (Encore)

240

Dear Prudence: I Told My Husband I May Have Postpartum Depression—He Did Nothing. Help!

241

How To!: Live Anywhere in the World

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Mom & Dad: Your Eyeballs Are Gonna Fall Out of Your Head

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Dear Prudence: My Co-Worker Won’t Stop Sending Me Friend Requests Online. Help!

244

How To!: Show Up For a Friend With Cancer

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Dear Prudence: My Boyfriend Hid His Hobby From Me—Civil War Reenactments. Help!

246

How To!: Deal With a Difficult Parent

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Dear Prudence: How Do I Disclose to My Kids That I've Had an Abortion–Twice? Help!

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How To!: Make Aging Easier for Everyone

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Dear Prudence: My Friends Got Me a Terrible Birthday Gift. Help!

250

Big Mood, Little Mood: Anxious Surrogate

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Dear Prudence: I Hate My Fiancé’s Mustache—but He Refuses to Get Rid of It. Help!

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Dear Prudence: A Co-Worker I Dated is Spreading Rumors About Our Breakup. Help!

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Dear Prudence: How Do You Know When It’s Time to Break Up With a Friend? Help!

254

How To!: Find the Gems in All Your Junk

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Dear Prudence: I Tested My Partner’s Parenting Readiness and He’s Upset. Help!

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How To!: Quit Your Calling

257

Dear Prudence: I Think My Husband Is Quiet Quitting Our Marriage. Help!

258

How To!: Help Teachers Thrive

259

Dear Prudence: I Think My Wife Is Cheating On Me—With A Robot. Help!

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Dear Prudence: I Saved My Neighbor’s Life And Now She Won't Leave Me Alone. Help!

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How To!: Sleep Like a Champ

262

Dear Prudence: I Think My Dad Is Cheating On My Mom. Help!

263

How To!: Deliver Bad News Better

264

Dear Prudence: My Co-Worker Repeatedly Ignores My Boundaries. Help!

265

Dear Prudence: Should I Travel Across the World With My Ex? Help!

266

How To!: Raise Kids in a Nation Full of Guns

267

Dear Prudence: I Was Only “Verbally” Invited to a Wedding. Help!

268

How To!: Face the AI Revolution

269

Dear Prudence: My Close Friend Is Spiraling And I Live Far Away. Help!

270

A Word: The Color of Money

271

Dear Prudence: My Husband Wants Our 9-Year-Old Son to Play Tackle Football. Help!

272

How To!: Breathe Like a Navy SEAL

273

Big Mood, Little Mood: Am I Cis Now?

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Dear Prudence: I Don’t Want My Dad to Attend My Daughter’s Wedding. Help!

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How To!: Succeed at Social Media