Dear Prudence: The "Do it In Song" Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2016
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Comedians W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu of the podcast Politically Re-Active join Prudie to dispense advice — sometimes in song! — about how to get a needy ex out of your house, how best to deal with a deadbeat husband, and how to figure out if your boyfriend is only into you because you’re Asian. Plus, Ayn Rand and the true identity of Chuck E. Cheese. Hear more Prudence by joining Slate Plus: Slate.com/Prudiepod.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.7 | You're listening to this week's excerpt from the Dear Prudence podcast. |
| 0:07.2 | To get the full-length members-only version every week, join Slate Plus at slate.com slash prudipod. |
| 0:17.3 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.6 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.7 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. Dear Prudence Dear Prudence Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.4 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.4 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:23.6 | Do you think |
| 0:25.6 | that I should contact him again? |
| 0:28.1 | Help |
| 0:28.4 | Help |
| 0:28.8 | Thanks |
| 0:29.4 | Thanks |
| 0:29.8 | Thank you Welcome back to the Dear Prudence podcast. |
| 0:45.3 | I am Dear Prudence, also known as Mallory Ortberg. |
| 0:48.2 | And I was recently given a book that sums up everything that is good and true in the world. Longtime fans of |
| 0:57.4 | The Toast, which is the website I ran for the last couple of years, are familiar with my |
| 1:01.9 | slightly unhinged obsession with all things involving Ayn Rand. She is just such a special, |
| 1:10.0 | strange person with just some of the worst ideas, but also just was wonderful at describing dresses that somehow looked like trains. |
| 1:19.1 | And she was just super into, like, grabbing people by their naked shoulders and making speeches. |
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