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Dear Sugars

Love In The Digital Age

Dear Sugars

WBUR

Steve Almond, Dear, Boston, Cheryl Strayed, Advice, Sugar, Wbur, Society & Culture

4.55.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Many of us go online in search of connection. But when it comes to romance, online interactions can leave us feeling profoundly disconnected. This week, the Sugars revisit an episode in which they explored the different ways we connect online. They discuss a letter from a married woman who finds herself caught up in an illicit relationship on Facebook, and another from a young woman who is obsessed with tracking her boyfriend's ex on Instagram.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, it's Steve Allman.

0:01.7

And Cheryl Strait, we have just celebrated the second anniversary of Dear Sugar Radio.

0:06.6

We hope to keep making the show for many years to come.

0:09.2

Ah, but here's the thing.

0:10.4

You, our listeners, are a huge part of that, and that's only going to happen if you can show your support in any amount at WBUR.org slash give sugar. That's WBUR.org slash give sugar.

0:21.3

That's WBUR.org slash give sugar.

0:24.4

And thank you.

0:25.4

So much.

0:27.6

Dear Sugar is supported by...

0:30.4

The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.

0:39.7

Sugar is here.

0:40.9

The both of us, speaking straight into your ears.

0:44.8

I'm Cheryl Strayed.

0:46.2

I'm Steve Almond.

0:47.4

This is Dear Sugar Radio.

0:49.7

Oh, dear song, won't you please?

0:55.0

Share some little sweet days with me.

1:01.0

I check my bellbys every day.

1:17.6

Oh, in the sugar, you see in my way.

1:20.6

Hi, Steve. How are you? I'm great. I'm good. You know what? I just want to say what is so fantastic about doing the show with you one of like a long list of things,

1:29.7

is that we wanted to be in the same room when we recorded this program. And I think that

1:35.0

partly our impulse, our feeling was that when you're not in the same room with somebody,

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