Dear Prudence: The “Giving Tree” Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2017
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Prudie puts in a plug for queries about good fortune only. Then, she and writer Caille Millner tackle more serious problems: I’m convinced my husband had an affair with his boss, but he denies it. My mom is terrible with money. How can I get her to save for retirement so I don’t have to bail her out? My slacker brother-in-law has his parents duped into supporting him financially. I want to stage an intervention, but his mom won’t have it. 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. |
| 0:03.6 | You're listening to this week's excerpt from the Dear Prudence podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | To get the full-length members' only version every week, join Slate Plus at slate.com slash prudipod. |
| 0:18.0 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.9 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.9 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. Dear Prudence Dear Prudence Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.6 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:22.6 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:23.6 | Do you think that I should contact him again? |
| 0:27.6 | Help |
| 0:28.6 | Thanks |
| 0:29.6 | Thanks |
| 0:30.6 | Thank you Welcome back to the Dear Prudence podcast once again. |
| 0:45.5 | And as always, I am Mallory Ortberg, also known as Dear Prudence. |
| 0:48.8 | With us in the studio this week is our guest, Kai Milner, who I'm very excited to get to introduce to you. |
| 0:55.0 | But first, I have a request. It's 2017 now. And I've decided that from now on, the only questions I want |
| 1:01.1 | from all of you are good questions about your wildly good fortune. I want questions like, |
| 1:08.3 | my kindly grandmother, who passed away at 410, has left me too many diamonds. |
| 1:13.7 | How many tiaras can I give away to my friends? |
| 1:17.3 | That's what I want from all of you. |
| 1:19.1 | And I don't want you to have to lie. |
| 1:20.8 | So I need you all to just have fantastic good fortune in the coming year. |
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