From Taylor Swift to Thanksgiving, Dear Prudence gives the gift of advice

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🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

What better gift to give this holiday season than the gift of... advice? And solicited advice at that! For this episode, Sam is joined by Jenée Desmond-Harris, Slate's Dear Prudence advice columnist, to help answer everything from how to deal with a partner's overbearing adult daughter to a boyfriend's recent conversion to becoming a Swiftie (read: a fan of Taylor Swift) to the group dynamics of the Thanksgiving prayer in an atheist household. Happy holidays, everybody.

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0:00.0	You're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR.
0:02.2	I'm Sam Sanders, and this week, we're bringing you advice
0:06.4	from the one and only deer prudence.
0:12.4	Well, it's really Janay Desmond Harris.
0:14.9	Sure, I'm Janay Desmond Harris.
0:16.6	I am the deer prudence advice columnist.
0:19.4	She took over Slate's deer prudence advice column earlier this year.
0:23.1	You know, as we head into the full swing of the holiday season,
0:26.6	what better gift could we give to you?
0:29.3	The listener.
0:30.5	Then answering questions about your family and friend troubles
0:33.9	and giving you more nuanced solutions
0:36.7	than the internet's perennial favorite of just break up,
0:40.5	which is actually my favorite.
0:41.6	My advice to everyone having a couple of trouble.
0:43.8	Break up.
0:44.4	I do. I do. I do. I do.
0:45.4	Break up.
0:51.0	What?
0:52.2	Well, I've been thinking about it, and I think it's the right thing to do.
0:54.7	Janay is someone who does not give advice that always ends in
0:58.1	just break up.
	...

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