Dear Prudence: Relationship Podcasts Are Ruining My Friend's Life. Help!

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🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Orna Guralnik (host of Showtime's Couples Therapy) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about what to do when a friend is obsessed with misogynistic love and relationship podcasts, when your husband just can’t figure out birthday gifts, and when you’re wondering “Does therapy just not work for me?” 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. Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On WhatsApp, your personal messages stay private, between you and whoever you sent them to.
0:05.8	So, things like your passport number for your honeymoon stay between you and your fiancé.
0:10.3	And those hour-long calls with mum stay between the two of you.
0:13.9	Even your streaming service password stays between you and your flatmates, who still ask for it every week in your group chat.
0:21.0	Because on WhatsApp, your personal messages are yours.
0:24.8	No one else can see or hear them.
0:27.0	Not even us.
0:28.1	WhatsApp.
0:28.8	Message privately.
0:34.5	Welcome to Dear Prudence.
0:36.5	I'm your Prudence, Janay Desmond Harris. Today we'll be discussing
0:40.9	letters about what to do when a friend is obsessed with misogynistic love and relationship
0:46.1	podcast, when your husband just can't figure out birthday gifts, and when you're wondering,
0:51.9	does therapy just not work for me? Here to help me out today is Dr. Orna
0:56.7	Goralnik. She's a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst practicing in New York City. She's also
1:02.5	the host of Showtime's Couples Therapy, an amazing documentary series following couples as they
1:07.9	seek her help with their relationships. I promise I'm not going to spend
1:11.8	the whole introduction bonding over her and talking about how excited I am because I always fast forward
1:16.7	through that part of podcast. It's just awkward to listen to. But suffice it to say, I'm really excited.
1:21.7	And if you watch the show, you get it. If you don't, you should watch the show. Welcome, Orna.
1:25.8	Thank you for being here. Thank you. Jenny. I'm very happy to be here.
1:30.2	It's great that you're here because every advice columnist does this balance of giving our opinion
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