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Slate Advice — 275 episodes
How To! | Our Favorite Advice of 2025
How To! | Create ‘Marriage Rules’ as a Couple
How To! | Stop Fawning
How To! | Sing in Front of Other People
How To! | Give to a Good Cause—and Make It Count
How To! | Take Charge of Home Repair (with Sam Sanders and Mercury Stardust)
Care & Feeding | When a Good Idea Turns Into a Fail
How To! | Talk to Contractors (With Sam Sanders and Mercury Stardust)
How To! | Stop Snoring
How To! | Survive Getting Fired
How To! | Raise a Boy
How To! | Quit IVF (and Start a New Chapter)
Care & Feeding | What to Say to Your Kids When You Can’t Deal
Care & Feeding | Demystifying Car Seat Safety
Care & Feeding | The 25 Best Picture Books of the Last 25 Years
Care & Feeding | Guiding Kids Through Hard-to-Explain Headlines
How To! | Use Hypnosis
Care & Feeding | How to Talk Divorce With Kids
How To! | Quit Your Dream Job
Care & Feeding | The Back-to-School Game Plan
Care & Feeding | How to Help a Kid Stop Thumb-Sucking
How To! | Host With Ease
Care & Feeding | From How To! | How To Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family
Care & Feeding | From How To! | How To Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family
Care & Feeding | Extra Parenting, Extra Guilt
How To! | Be a Better Coach (Encore)
Care & Feeding | The Secret to Becoming the Hangout House
Care & Feeding | When Your Kid Hates Mornings
How To! | Declutter Your Digital Life
How To! | Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family
How To! | Let Go of ADHD Shame
How To! | Gossip for Good
Care & Feeding | Preparing Kids for the Worst (Without Freaking Them Out)
How To! | Be an Ethical Hater
Care & Feeding | My Only Child Wants a Sibling. What Now?
Care & Feeding | Is My Kid Ready for Middle School? Am I?
How To! | Get Sweet, Sweet Revenge
Care & Feeding | When Your Kids Can’t Eat the Same Thing
Care & Feeding | When Your Teen Thinks They're the Parent
How To! | Stop Giving 110%
How To! | Start Reading Books Again (Encore)
How To! | Balance Mind, Body—and iPhone
How To! | Draw Outside the Lines
Dear Prudence | I Need My Best Friend to Give Me Some Space. Help!
Dear Prudence | Are My Friends Becoming Doomsday Preppers? Help!
How To! | Repair Your Stuff
Dear Prudence | Politics Is Ruining My Family. Help!
How To! | Discover Your Kink
Dear Prudence | My Wife Uses Bacon Grease As Lotion. Help!
How To! | Get a Great Haircut
Dear Prudence | I Look Just Like My Boyfriend’s Dead Wife. Help!
Dear Prudence | My Best Friends Hate Each Other. Help!
Living at Odds | 4. A Quiet Fight for LGBTQ Rights
Dear Prudence | We All Hate My Sister’s Husband. Help!
Living at Odds | 3. Making Amends for Ancestors
Dear Prudence | My Wife’s Kids Sleep In Our Bed. I Hate It. Help!
Living at Odds | 2. An Education in Opposition
Dear Prudence | My Controlling Fiancé Says He Loves Me. Help!
Living at Odds | 1. Two Partisans, One Corner
Dear Prudence | My Mom, An Alcoholic, Is Traveling Solo. Help!
How To! | Replace Your Tesla
Dear Prudence | I Want To Go No-Contact With My Parents. Help!
Dear Prudence | I Love My Sister But I Don’t Like Her. Help!
How To! | Discover Music You’ll Love
Dear Prudence | I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’s Therapist. Help!
Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest Conversations
How To! | Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Dear Prudence | Was I The Problem In My Marriage? Help!
How To! | Interview Someone
Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words
Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Self-Centered. Am I, Too? Help!
How To! | Protect Your Parents From Fraud
Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone
Dear Prudence | My Husband’s Family Needs So Much Of His Money. Help!
How To! | Outsmart Your Student Loans
Dear Prudence | I Have Enough Friends and Don’t Want More. Help!
How To! | Have the Best Sex of Your Life (Encore)
Dear Prudence | My Husband’s a Slob and I Want Out. Help!
How To! | Rebuild Your Life After a Wildfire
Dear Prudence | I Hate Getting Gifts. My Spouse Doesn’t Get It. Help!
How To! | Set Limits With an Ex
Dear Prudence | My Mom Thinks My Husband Is Abusive. He’s Not. Help!
How To! | Harness Your Citizen Superpowers
Dear Prudence | My Stepdaughter Is Ruining My House. Help!
How To! | Switch Careers in Midlife
Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Freaking Out Over My Gender Identity
How To! | Become an Expat
Dear Prudence | My Husband’s a Nurse… and an Alcoholic. Help!
How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 2 - Encore
Dear Prudence Encore | A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!
How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 1 - Encore
Dear Prudence | I Feel Like The Grinch. Help!
How To! | Our Favorite Advice of 2024
Dear Prudence | I Came Out. Now My Mean Sister’s an Ally. Help!
How To! | Exorcise Your Fitness Demons
Dear Prudence | My Stepson is a Liar and Attention Seeker. Help!
How To! | Plan an Estate (Before It’s Too Late)
Dear Prudence | Encore: I Am Swamped With Plans and I Hate It. Help!
Well, Now | More Than Hot Flashes: Breaking the Silence on Menopause
How To! | Throw a Party They’ll Remember (Encore)
Dear Prudence | We Bought A House. Now He Won’t Marry Me. Help!
Well, Now: Creating an Exercise Routine That’s Right for You
How To!: Face the Future (Gen Z Edition)
Dear Prudence | I Can’t Afford To Support My Girlfriend Anymore. Help!
Well, Now: Being a “Likeable Badass” Could Improve Your Health
How To!: Man Up About Male Birth Control
Care & Feeding: Tom and Jerry Toddlers
Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Hearing My Friend Cry About Her Job. Help!
Care and Feeding: Letters on Politics, Halloween, and the Impala
How To!: Lead Your Local Nonprofit
Dear Prudence | My Wife Won’t Stop Correcting My Grammar. Help!
How To!: Face Your Fear of Dying (Encore)
Dear Prudence: My Husband Wants More Sympathy Than I Can Give. Help!
How To!: Cope With Forever Parenting
Dear Prudence | I Love My Family. My Husband Doesn’t. Help!
How To!: Be Less Judgy
Dear Prudence | I Spread A Rumor That Alienated My Friends and Mentor. Help!
Well, Now: Are Supplements Actually Worth It?
How To!: Stop Killing Your Plants
Dear Prudence | My Widowed Dad Is Now The “Other Woman.” Help!
How To!: Care for an Aging Parent
Dear Prudence | My Friend Keeps Disappearing and it Hurts! Help!
Well, Now: The Truth About IUDs
How To!: Grow Your Podcast
Dear Prudence | I Didn’t Wish My Sister a Happy Birthday—Now She’s Pissed! Help!
How To!: Rethink Screen Time
Dear Prudence | My Wife Thinks I Had an Emotional Affair With My Best Friend. Help!
Well, Now: What Drag Queens Can Teach Us About Healthcare
How To!: Cook at Home Like Sohla El-Waylly
Working: An Artist’s Guide to ADHD and Getting Stuff Done
Dear Prudence | I Found My Happily Married Mom’s Profile on a BDSM Dating Site. Help!
How To!: Fall Out of Love (Encore)
Dear Prudence | I’m Dating My Former Professor and It’s Affecting My Relationship With My Sisters. Help!
Well, Now: How to Reclaim Your Life After a Health Crisis
Dear Prudence: My Husband and I Divorced Amicably. Nine Months Later, He Wants Me Back. Help!
How To!: Do Housework (and Not Hate It)
Dear Prudence: Politics Is Ruining My Family. Help!
Working: Surviving the Book Release Process
How To!: Put a Toxic Job Behind You
Dear Prudence: My Friend Told Our Friend Group That My Boyfriend Sexually Assaulted Me. He Didn’t. Help!
Well, Now: How to Avoid Heat-Related Illness
How To!: Be Funny (5th Anniversary Edition)
Dear Prudence: My Brother-In-Law’s Girlfriend Wore A Transparent Dress To My Wedding. Help!
Working: Revisiting Your Resolutions
Well, Now - Gut Check: How to Master Your Microbiome
Outward: Can you love the bigotry away? Queer Advice with Mathew Rodriguez
Dear Prudence: My BFF Bullied Her Husband Into Allowing Her to Sleep With Other Men. Help!
How To!: Take a Sabbatical
Dear Prudence: How’s Your Sex Life?: How Do I Get Over My Ex? with Brandon Kyle Goodman
How To!: Survive a Shark Attack (Encore)
Dear Prudence: My In-Laws Disrespected My Daughter, So I Kicked Them Out. Help!
Working: How to Get Back into Books
Dear Prudence: Revisiting Advice from Dr. Orna Guralnik
Well, Now: Meet Gwyneth Paltrow’s Mold Guy
How To!: Start Strength Training
Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Feeling Like I’m Always the One Doing All The Work in Dating. Help!
Working: Storing and Revisiting Your Old Ideas
Well, Now: Doctors Agree: Obesity is a Disease. The Public Needs to Catch Up.
Dear Prudence: I Bailed on a Family Trip Because My Plane Seat Didn’t Have Enough Legroom—Am I a Monster? Help!
Working: Money Advice for Freelancers
Dear Prudence: I’m 39 and in Love With a 67-year-old. I’m Concerned About Judgment From Others. Help!
Working: When Life Gets in the Way
Well, Now: How Doulas Make Childbirth Safer For Everyone
How To!: Take a Gap Year
Dear Prudence: My Nonreligious Boyfriend Is Meeting My Ultra-Religious Parents. Help!
How To!: Confront a Vindictive Neighbor with Tig Notaro (Encore)
Working: Keeping the Faith
How To!: Handle Feedback at Work
Dear Prudence: I’m Queer and Here—Just Not to My Parents. Help!
Dear Prudence: My Brother Is a Budding Alex Jones. Help!
Working: Staying Accountable To Yourself
Well, Now: How a Former Surgeon General Took on a $5,000 ER Bill
How To!: Find Your People After a Mental Health Diagnosis
How To!: ‘Do the Work’ of Racial Justice
Dear Prudence: I Lost a Lot of Weight and Now I Enjoy Being a Mean Girl. Help!
Well, Now: Most Skincare Products are BS. Here Are the Facts.
How To!: Bring a Big Idea to Life
Dear Prudence: From Choice Words: Live in Fear or Love? (with Karamo)
Working: Creator Mode vs. Editor Mode
Well, Now: Spring Cleaning Your Medicine Cabinet
How To!: Crack Up Your Coworkers (Encore)
Dear Prudence: My Parents Are Flaunting Their Wealth While I’m Drowning in Debt. Help!
Working: Finding Your Why
How To!: Help a Loved One With Dementia
Working: Getting Paid On Time
Dear Prudence: Am I a Bad Father If I Don't Want to Acknowledge My Kid Publicly? Help!
How To!: Let Go of a Friendship
Dear Prudence: My Friend Has a Master’s Degree in Lying. Help!
Dear Prudence: How Do I Get Over Someone I Never Dated? Help!
How To!: Find Friends in Unexpected Places
Dear Prudence: Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A Secret From His Wife? Help!
Working: Managing New Hires Better
How To!: Plan Your Next Adventure
Dear Prudence: Am I a Bigot If I Don’t Want to Date Foreigners? Help!
How To!: Be Free of Body Shame
Working: Breaking Stubborn Habits
Dear Prudence: I Spend Hours a Day Having Intense Romantic Daydreams. Help!
Dear Prudence: A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!
Working: Harnessing All Five Senses
How To!: Keep Caring Amid Endless Crises
Dear Prudence: I Don’t Want to Cancel My Retirement Plans to Babysit. Help!
Dear Prudence: Outward: We’re Here, We’re Queer, Here’s Some Advice!
Working: Lightening Your Workload
Dear Prudence: My Mother-In-Law Doesn’t Wash Her Hands After Using The Bathroom. Help!
How To! Our Favorite Advice of 2023
Dear Prudence: I Rejected A Friend’s Sexual Advance—Now He’s Being Weird. Help!
Working: Be Good to Your Body
How To!: Transition From Soldier to Civilian
Dear Prudence: My Friend Won’t Stop Buying Me Gifts. Help!
How To!: Carve Out Creative Time
How To!: Grieve an Estranged Parent
How To!; Talk Politics Without Wrecking Relationships (Encore)
Dear Prudence: My Family Won't Let Me Host for the Holidays. Help!
Mom & Dad: The World Is Messy and Ugly. Do My Kids Need to Know?
Working: Escape Your Creative Comfort Zone
How To!: Get Through Menopause
Dear Prudence: My Coworker Keeps Kissing Me on the Cheek. Help!
Dear Prudence: My Friend Tried to Bring Her Kids to A Winery. Help!
Working: Freelance Work's Boom and Bust Cycle
Working: Finding the Confidence to Create
How To!: Build Trust With Co-Workers
Dear Prudence: Is It Too Early in the Relationship to Say "I Love You"? Help!
How To!: Find Love Where You Least Expect It
Working: How to Absorb Art More Deeply
How To!: Get Out of Debt Faster Than You Think (Encore)
Dear Prudence: Should I Donate Sperm To My Ex? Help!
How To!: Say Goodbye to Your Pet
Dear Prudence: I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me Away at My Wedding. Help!
Working: Creating Like a Child
How To!: Follow Your Small Business Dream
How To!: Learn Any Language Fast
Dear Prudence: My Sister Is Lying to My Nephews About Their Father's Identity. Help!
Working: Learning From Bad Art
How To!: How To Find Your People
Dear Prudence: Relationship Podcasts Are Ruining My Friend's Life. Help!
How To!: Navigate Adult Autism
Dear Prudence: My Wife Goes Braless Around Our Teenage Sons. Help!
Working: Why Artists Should Attend Festivals
How To!: Fill an Empty Nest (Encore)
Dear Prudence: I Told My Husband I May Have Postpartum Depression—He Did Nothing. Help!
How To!: Live Anywhere in the World
Mom & Dad: Your Eyeballs Are Gonna Fall Out of Your Head
Dear Prudence: My Co-Worker Won’t Stop Sending Me Friend Requests Online. Help!
How To!: Show Up For a Friend With Cancer
Dear Prudence: My Boyfriend Hid His Hobby From Me—Civil War Reenactments. Help!
How To!: Deal With a Difficult Parent
Dear Prudence: How Do I Disclose to My Kids That I've Had an Abortion–Twice? Help!
How To!: Make Aging Easier for Everyone
Dear Prudence: My Friends Got Me a Terrible Birthday Gift. Help!
Big Mood, Little Mood: Anxious Surrogate
Dear Prudence: I Hate My Fiancé’s Mustache—but He Refuses to Get Rid of It. Help!
Dear Prudence: A Co-Worker I Dated is Spreading Rumors About Our Breakup. Help!
Dear Prudence: How Do You Know When It’s Time to Break Up With a Friend? Help!
How To!: Find the Gems in All Your Junk
Dear Prudence: I Tested My Partner’s Parenting Readiness and He’s Upset. Help!
How To!: Quit Your Calling
Dear Prudence: I Think My Husband Is Quiet Quitting Our Marriage. Help!
How To!: Help Teachers Thrive
Dear Prudence: I Think My Wife Is Cheating On Me—With A Robot. Help!
Dear Prudence: I Saved My Neighbor’s Life And Now She Won't Leave Me Alone. Help!
How To!: Sleep Like a Champ
Dear Prudence: I Think My Dad Is Cheating On My Mom. Help!
How To!: Deliver Bad News Better
Dear Prudence: My Co-Worker Repeatedly Ignores My Boundaries. Help!
Dear Prudence: Should I Travel Across the World With My Ex? Help!
How To!: Raise Kids in a Nation Full of Guns
Dear Prudence: I Was Only “Verbally” Invited to a Wedding. Help!
How To!: Face the AI Revolution
Dear Prudence: My Close Friend Is Spiraling And I Live Far Away. Help!
A Word: The Color of Money
Dear Prudence: My Husband Wants Our 9-Year-Old Son to Play Tackle Football. Help!
How To!: Breathe Like a Navy SEAL
Big Mood, Little Mood: Am I Cis Now?
Dear Prudence: I Don’t Want My Dad to Attend My Daughter’s Wedding. Help!
How To!: Succeed at Social Media