Dear Prudence | I Feel Like The Grinch. Help!

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by author and Slate writer Dan Kois. Together, they answer letters about holding on to holiday traditions, thinking your sister is a bad therapist, and how to convince your mom she doesn’t have to knock everytime she comes over. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/prudie-plus to get access wherever you listen. This week’s podcast is produced by Maura Currie, Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Anuli Ononye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Fiscally responsible, financial geniuses, monetary magicians.
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0:44.7	region and overtime. And yeah, that's the end of the script.
0:53.7	Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser. I host a couple of other podcasts,
0:59.3	including Buy the Book and How to Be Fine. Be sure to check them out if you love self-help books,
1:04.3	hate self-help books, or want advice on how to be okay-ish rather than perfect.
1:09.9	Today, we'll be answering questions about holding on to
1:13.4	holiday traditions, thinking your sister is a bad therapist, and how to convince your mom she doesn't
1:20.4	have to knock every time she comes over. Here to help me out today is Dan Coise. He's a writer here at
1:27.3	Slate, author of many delightful books,
1:29.7	and he hosts a couple of podcasts because who doesn't at this point. Nevertheless, they are
1:35.0	excellent and you should definitely check them out. The first one is Charm Offensive with Isaac
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