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

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this episode, Jay Smooth (Underground Railroad and Think Twice: Michael Jackson) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about how to find empathy for deeply unreasonable people who are totally wrong, how to navigate becoming a parent by accident, and how to reach out to support a friend without being “a cringey white person.” If you want more Dear Prudence, join Slate Plus, Slate’s membership program. Jenée answers an extra question every week, just for members. Go to Slate.com/prudieplus to sign up. It’s just $15 for your first three months. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, and Jenée Desmond-Harris, with help from Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear Prudence, I'm your Prudence,
0:07.0	Jene Desmond Harris.
0:09.7	Today we'll be discussing how to find empathy for deeply unreasonable people who are totally wrong,
0:16.4	how to manage rage and anxiety about America's car culture, and how to reach out to support
0:21.8	a friend without being a quote,
0:24.0	cringing white person.
0:26.0	My guest today is the cultural critic, DJ, and video producer Jay Smooth.
0:30.0	He is the creator of the video blog, Ill Doctrine Doctrine and the founder of New York's longest running
0:35.0	hip-hop radio show Underground Railroad.
0:37.8	He's also the host of the podcast Think Twice, Michael Jackson.
0:40.8	Welcome to the show Jay.
0:41.8	Hello, hello.
0:43.0	It's such an honor to be here.
0:44.0	Thank you for bringing me on.
0:45.0	I'm so happy to have you here and before we get started, I would love to ask you for one piece of unsolicited advice.
0:52.0	Oh man, I'm a notorious
0:54.4	pater of unsolicited advice.
0:56.2	I don't know if it's the, uh...
0:57.8	Yeah, it might just be the only child syndrome,
1:00.1	but I'm best known by a lot of people for my YouTube videos before life took me away from that.
1:05.2	And as I'm starting to dip my toes into that again, I'm realizing how important I think it is,
1:11.7	at least for creative stuff, to just figure out what you're trying to do by doing it.
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