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

Sugar is here, the both of us, speaking straight into your ears.

I'm Cheryl Strayed.

I'm Steve Almond.

This is Dear Sugar Radio.

Oh dear song, won't you please?

Share some little sweet days with me.

I check my bedbugs every day.

Oh, and this sugar, you see in my way.

Hi Cheryl.

Hi Steve.

How are you doing?

I'm good.

Here we are talking in my hometown.

I often say on the credits, Portland Oregon, my hometown.

And we're going to talk about home today.

We get so many unexpected letters.

I say unexpected because I usually think of our show as being one where we discuss

these psychological issues and family dysfunctions.

But we get a lot of letters from people who say, should I live here or there?

Or I want to live here and he wants to live there?

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