Dear Prudence: The "Pray on This" Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
First up: an exciting update on the one true way to date a former boss and how Prudie helped make it happen. Then, your letters! My mom wants me to discourage my daughter from doing “boy” things. My friends are convinced my boyfriend is a stalker! My boyfriend has bad table manners and I’m worried it’s going to have professional consequences for him. Help! I want to support a business trying to unionize, but I don’t know how to do it. And finally: is there a way to ask out a former student that isn’t creepy? 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. |
| 0:17.9 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.7 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.8 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. Dear Prudence Dear Prudence Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:23.6 | Do you think |
| 0:25.7 | that I should contact him again |
| 0:27.9 | Help |
| 0:28.5 | Hi |
| 0:29.4 | Thanks |
| 0:29.9 | Thank you |
| 0:30.7 | Thank you Welcome back to Dear Prudence once again, and as always I am your host. |
| 0:46.3 | Dear Prudence, also known as Mallory Orrberg, with me in the studio today, is my good friend Noah Colwyn, and I'm very excited to introduce you all to one another. But first, |
| 0:55.8 | I've recently received another update on what I believe is the only appropriate and effective way |
| 1:01.3 | to date your boss, because I get a lot of letters, you guys, about people who want to date their bosses. |
| 1:06.9 | And I can't say that I've ever had a boss I really wanted to date. I can't say I've ever |
| 1:11.6 | employed anyone I really wanted to date, but it seems to just be sweeping the nation. You |
| 1:16.5 | guys get to work and all you think about is whether or not you can date your boss. Usually, |
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