Dear Prudence | Politics Is Ruining My Family. Help!

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In 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 when your parents are cosigning your brothers’ political values just because he’s the favorite, how to be an optimistic dater after a near-decade of failed dating, and how to react when you’re sure that your husband’s step-son is trying to hustle you for money. 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 podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, and Jenée Desmond-Harris, with help from Maura Currie and Anuli Ononye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your Prudence, Jeney Desmond Harris. Today we'll be discussing
0:41.9	what to do when your parents are co-signing your brother's political rants just because he's
0:46.2	the favorite. How to be an optimistic dater after a near decade of failed dating. And how to
0:51.9	react when you're sure that your husband's stepson is trying to hustle
0:54.8	you for money. Here to help me out are David Roth and Drew McGarry, the host of DeFector Media's
1:00.4	flagship sports and culture podcast, The Distraction. David is also a contributing editor at DeFector
1:06.3	and is written for Deadspin, New York Magazine, and the New York Daily News. Drew is a columnist at DeFexter and at SFGate, and is an author of several novels in the
1:15.4	2021 memoir, The Night the Lights Went Out. Welcome to the show, guys. Hey, that was like the most
1:21.0	well-researched intro I've ever been given. That was very nice. Shout out to Anali, our amazing
1:26.1	production assistant. Before we get started with these letters, I want to give each of you a chance to give one piece of unsolicited advice.
1:33.4	David, we'll start with you.
1:34.7	Drink plenty of water.
1:35.8	That's the one good habit that I have, and I don't remember how I got it.
1:39.5	Most of the actual good habits that I have are just a matter of not having picked up more interesting
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