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My Husband Wants Our 9-Year-Old Son to Play Tackle Football. Help!

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Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Bomani Jones (host of HBO’s Game Theory With Bomani Jones and The Right Time With Bomani Jones) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer questions from letter writers about workplace socializing, friends who are no longer likable people, and youth football. If you want more Dear Prudence, you should join Slate Plus, Slate’s membership program. Jenée answers an extra question every week, just for members. Go to Slate.com/prudieplus to sign up. It’s just $15 for your first three months.  Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Brandon Nix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill, with square wheels!

0:10.0

But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.

0:15.0

So you can stay one step ahead. Soon it'll feel more like free-wheeling downhill.

0:21.0

On a tandem! What, mate? With a messer on the back.

0:25.0

Oh, that's nice.

0:26.0

Search zero with an axe, because healthy business is beautiful business.

0:34.0

Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your Prudence, Jenae Desmit Harris.

0:38.0

Today I'll be answering letters from readers with dilemmas about workplace socializing, friends who are no longer likable people, and youth football.

0:47.0

To help me answer them, I'll be joined by Romani Jones.

0:51.0

Romani is a journalist and Emmy Award-winning executive producer.

0:55.0

He hosts Game Theory with Romani Jones on HBO, and the sports podcast The Right Time with Romani Jones.

1:01.0

He's written on sports, music, culture, and politics for a variety of online and print publications, and he regularly appears on ESPN.

1:10.0

Also, if you're a debout prudy listener and reader, you may also recognize him as one of our guest prudy writers.

1:17.0

We ask smart thoughtful people like himself to step in his prudy for the day and give you advice. He did a great job.

1:22.0

To help you get to know him even better, I asked him for three little facts that you won't find in his bio.

1:28.0

Number one, he was once caught sneaking into the Super Bowl.

1:32.0

Number two, the one time he dunked a basketball in a game, he had to flee because of the project and it was taken as disrespect.

1:40.0

Number three, he once covered a celebrity roast of Rudy Raymore.

1:44.0

Romani and I will dive into your questions after a short break, and if we disagree, I will not take it as disrespect.

1:53.0

This podcast is brought to you by Progressive Insurance.

1:56.0

Hey listeners, whether you love true crime or comedies, celebrity interviews, news, or even motivational speakers,

2:02.0

you call the shots on what's in your podcast queue, right?

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