Dear Prudence: The "Radical Unfriendliness" Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Dear Prudence is joined by BuzzFeed’s Bim Adewunmi to respond to your letters. First up: how do I handle people who tell me I’m not brown enough to be Indian? Then, romance issues: my best friend can’t get over my fiancé’s past and won’t come to our wedding. I told my parents I’m poly and my dad refuses to meet the man my husband and I are dating. And finally: how do I found out if my boss has feelings for me? 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. |
| 0:17.4 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.7 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.7 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. 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 that I should contact him again |
| 0:27.8 | Help |
| 0:28.4 | Thanks |
| 0:29.5 | Thank you |
| 0:30.6 | Thank you Welcome back to the Dear Prudence Show once again. And as always, I am your host, Dear Prudence, also known as Mallory Orteberg. With me this week in the studio is Bim Atawumny. She is a senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News. She's based in New York City. |
| 0:56.6 | The last time I saw her, we were in Philadelphia in the middle of the summer. And I was so hot. I couldn't tell if I was crying or if that was just the level of sweat on my face. |
| 1:09.0 | Bim, welcome to the show. Hello. |
| 1:13.4 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:15.6 | And thank you for also bringing back the visual of last summer that I had of you. |
| 1:20.4 | Because I too was sweating like a strange creature. |
| 1:23.8 | So it was truly, it was a very damp meeting between. |
| 1:26.4 | It was such a wild time too. |
| 1:28.0 | I don't spend a lot of time on the East Coast. |
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