Dear Prudence: The “Couch Sleepers Anonymous” Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Prudence is joined this week by Laneia Jones, the executive editor of Autostraddle dot com, an independently-run online community for queer women and nonbinary people.
Together they tackle letters about what to do with a mother-in-law who demands that you disinvite her gay daughter to your wedding, how to handle racist neighbors who might take issue with your house-sitting guests, should you tell your husband that you can’t take anymore unplanned house guests, how to explain to dates that your cousin is raising your child with your ex-girlfriend, what actions to take when you accidentally lose your paycheck, how to decide if you should accept a dream job, even though it may not pay enough.
Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Jones discuss a letter writer who’s wondering if she should end a friendship with a couple who revealed interest in exploring a polyamorous relationship. Not yet a member? Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod.
Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.com
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.4 | You're listening to this week's excerpt from the Dear Prudence podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | To get the full-length, members-only version every week, join Slate Plus at slate.com slash Prudipod. |
| 0:16.6 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.7 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. |
| 0:22.1 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. |
| 0:23.8 | Do you think that I should contact him again? |
| 0:27.2 | Help. |
| 0:27.6 | Help. |
| 0:28.2 | Hi. |
| 0:28.6 | Thanks. |
| 0:29.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:29.6 | Hello. |
| 0:30.6 | Hello and welcome back to the show. |
| 0:42.4 | Once again, and as always, I am your host, dear Prudence, also known as Daniel Mallory Ortberg. |
| 0:47.2 | With me in the studio this week is Linnea Jones, the executive editor of autostraddle.com, an independently run community for queer women and non-binary |
| 0:55.4 | people. She's also a senior staffer at Autostradle's A-camp, a mother of two, and an Aquarius |
| 1:01.1 | son slash Aries Moon, who has absolutely encountered more than one ghost in her lifetime. |
| 1:06.8 | Linne, welcome to the show. Thank you. It's good to be here. |
| 1:10.0 | That was the first time I've read your bio, and it was extremely charming. |
| 1:13.7 | Good. That's what I was going for. |
| 1:15.5 | Would you, I'm sure we don't have time to get into all the ghosts that you've encountered in your lifetime, but could you give us either your most or least favorite ghost encounter? |
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