Dear Prudence
by Slate Podcasts
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I Need My Best Friend to Give Me Some Space. Help!
I Need My Best Friend to Give Me Some Space. Help!
About this podcast
Slate's premier advice column, featuring Jenée Desmond-Harris, helps you navigate the thorniest questions of relationships, work, and life.Want more Dear Prudence? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive advice. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Dear Prudence show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/prudie-plus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 122 episodes
- I Need My Best Friend to Give Me Some Space. Help! · 1 h 0 minOn the final episode of Dear Prudence, Jenée is joined by Lonnae O’Neal – a senior writer for ESPN/Andscape and the author of the forthcoming book Bibb Country: Unearthing My…
- Are My Friends Becoming Doomsday Preppers? Help! · 36 minIn this episode, Jenée is joined by Seema Yasmin, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, poet, medical doctor, author, and professor. Together, they’ll help a listener set on…
- Politics Is Ruining My Family. Help! · 30 minIn this episode, David Roth and Drew Magary (the hosts of Defector Media’s The Distraction) join Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about what to do…
- My Wife Uses Bacon Grease As Lotion. Help! · 50 minIn this episode, Jenée is joined by Helen Rosner, an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker. Together, they answer questions from listeners in serious conundrums. Do you…
- I Look Just Like My Boyfriend’s Dead Wife. Help! · 46 minIn this episode, Jenée is joined by Brittany Luse — the host of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute. Together, they answer questions from a reader distraught that their fiance won’t stop…
- My Best Friends Hate Each Other. Help! · 45 minIn this episode, Jenée is joined by Daria Burke – an award winning business leader, board director, and author. Together, they answer questions from a listener unsure whether to…
- We All Hate My Sister’s Husband. Help! · 52 minIn this episode, Jenée is joined by Willa Paskin, the host of Slate’s podcast Decoder Ring. Together, they answer questions from a listener hoping their sister will “gain sanity”…
- My Wife’s Kids Sleep In Our Bed. I Hate It. Help! · 49 minIn this episode, Jenée returns from parental leave and is joined by Solomon Missouri — a pastor at AME Zion Church in Snowhill, North Carolina, and author of the forthcoming “Not…
- My Controlling Fiancé Says He Loves Me. Help! · 29 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by sports journalist and author Frankie de la Cretaz. Together, they answer questions about confronting your dad’s hoarding partner, moving…
- My Mom, An Alcoholic, Is Traveling Solo. Help! · 24 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by award-winning journalist and founder of TransLash media Imara Jones. Together, they answer questions about being taken advantage of by a…
- I Want To Go No-Contact With My Parents. Help! · 28 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Ada Calhoun, the author of Crush and Why We Can’t Sleep. Together, they answer questions about going no contact with your parents…
- I Love My Sister But I Don’t Like Her. Help! · 42 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Traci Thomas, the creator and host of the critically acclaimed literary podcast The Stacks. Together, they answer questions about…
- I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’s Therapist. Help! · 33 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by comedian and actress Heather McMahan. Together, they answer questions about believing abuse accusations, getting in the middle of a…
- Was I The Problem In My Marriage? Help! · 30 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Real Housewives alumna and Humble Brag podcast host Crystal Kung Minkoff. Together, they answer questions about feeling conflicted over…
- My Mom is Self-Centered. Am I, Too? Help! · 32 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by writer and YouTube essayist Princess Weekes. Together, they answer questions about reconciling with a daughter after a huge fight…
- My Husband’s Family Needs So Much Of His Money. Help! · 42 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by advice columnist Adrienne Lee and James Beard Award nominee and writer Nylah Iqbal Muhammad. Together, they answer questions about…
- I Have Enough Friends and Don’t Want More. Help! · 31 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Lori Gottlieb – a psychotherapist, an Ask the Therapist Columnist for The New York Times, and a bestselling author. Together, they…
- My Husband’s a Slob and I Want Out. Help! · 31 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Peloton instructor, author and podcast host Cody Rigsby. Together, they answer questions from someone who wants to end their marriage…
- I Hate Getting Gifts. My Spouse Doesn’t Get It. Help! · 32 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Tuck Woodstock – a journalist, educator and host of the award-winning podcast Gender Reveal. Together, they answer questions about how…
- My Mom Thinks My Husband Is Abusive. He’s Not. Help! · 41 minGuest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Vanessa Zoltan, the CEO and Founder of Not Sorry Productions. Together, they answer questions about abuse accusations, how to introduce…
