Dear Prudence: The “Voyagers” Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2017
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
First up: A beginners guide to Star Trek. Then, onto your questions: Should I stay with my narcissistic husband to protect my kids from him? Was I wrong not to tip a masseuse that overcharged me? Is it inappropriate for me to go to the funeral for my high-school ex’s mom? I’m a recovering homophobe – how do I get more comfortable with my lesbian roommate and her girlfriend? Gabriel Roth, host of Slate’s podcast “Mom and Dad Are Fighting” joins Prudence. 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. |
| 0:17.3 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.6 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.7 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:22.4 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. |
| 0:24.7 | Do you think that I should contact him again? |
| 0:28.1 | Help. |
| 0:28.5 | Help. |
| 0:29.1 | Thanks. |
| 0:29.4 | Thanks. |
| 0:30.0 | Thank you. Welcome back to the Dear Prudence podcast once again, and as always, I am your host, Mallory Ortberg, also known as Dear Prudence. |
| 0:48.1 | With us in the studio today is a fellow Slate podcaster, Gabriel Roth, and I'm really looking forward to throwing him into the mix shortly. |
| 0:56.5 | But first, I have an important update for all of you out there and also a request for those of you who have the knowledge and the desire to share some opinions with us, which is that my producer, Audrey, just told me as I walked into the studio today that she has just started watching Star Trek. |
| 1:14.5 | I needed a minute. I had to sit down. This is very important to me. My favorite thing in the world is when people just start watching Star Trek. By the way, if you don't like Star Trek, that's fine. You don't have to. I would never want to push Star Trek on someone who did not want to love it. But if you do want to love it, |
| 1:27.9 | you will. I can tell you right now that becoming someone who loves Star Trek requires only willingness or even the willingness to become willing. And I think she's already there. |
| 1:33.5 | She's starting with TNG and immediately, Jim, the sound engineer and I just started screaming |
| 1:38.1 | at her movies that she needs to start watching immediately and movies she needs to pretend never existed. |
| 1:42.6 | So right now I think we've got her on TNG, then Voyager, then the original series, because she gave it a try and she's not yet ready to accept Jim Kirk as her personal lord and savior, which is fine. |
| 1:48.1 | She'll get there. I understand it. I have absolute faith in her innate goodness. |
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