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Savage Lovecast

Savage Love Episode 542

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage

Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

For all you Belle fans out there, a little advice: For god's sake, don't sleep with the beast! Dan and Salon journalist Amanda Marcotte tear down Disney's latest. Dan consoles a man whose employee immediately slept with his ex-girlfriend, right after they broke up. People! On the Magnum, Dan chats (at length) with Michael Hobbes about his Huffington Post article: "The Epidemic of Gay Loneliness." And speaking of gays, a gay man is intrigued but also nervous by the prospect of selling his sweaty socks to a mysterious stranger. 206-302-2064 This episode is brought to you by NatureBox: the subscription service dedicated to smarter snacking. Get 50% off your first order by visiting The Savage Lovecast sponsored by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price -- because everyone deserves a great night’s sleep.  Get $50 off any mattress purchase by visiting  and enter the promo code savagelove. Today’s episode is also brought to you by Blue Apron. the delivery service that sends you fresh ingredients and incredible recipes so you can make fabulous meals at home. Check out this week’s menu and get your first 3 meals free by going to .

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0:00.0

You're listening to the micro version of the Savage Lovecast, www.com.

0:06.6

If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony,

0:16.2

well, there's nothing you can't ask on the Savage Lovecast.

0:24.8

I opened last week's show with some comments on our new first lady, Melania Trump,

0:29.7

rattling off the long list of the things she's done that really pissed me off.

0:34.0

The birtherism, the plagiarism, the punitive lawsuits,

0:37.2

the hypocritical and sneering disregard for immigrants who aren't married to billionaires.

0:42.0

The stated desire to profit off her position as First Lady. That one really made my head explode.

0:47.4

And you might think I would leave it alone. I would talk about something else this week, maybe something sex related, particularly after the wave of abuse I came in for online

0:55.4

after making those measured calm comments about the first lady last week. Don't pity me, pity

1:01.7

the poor tech-savvy at-risk youth because they're the ones who listen to all the calls

1:05.4

as they come in and, man, there are lots of angry people out there, None of them regular listeners, but somehow they got our

1:13.0

number. But I'm returning to Melania Trump at the top of this week's show because there's

1:17.4

something I left out, something big, something I should have mentioned in my list along with

1:22.6

the plagiarism, the birtherism, the punitive lawsuits, and that is the anti-Semitism. Way back in May of last year,

1:30.1

back when a Trump presidency still seemed inconceivable. And I will always treasure those

1:36.4

memories of those days, the inconceivable days. Anyway, back in those days, the writer Julia

1:43.2

Yofi wrote a piece, a profile of Melania Trump that appeared in GQ.

1:46.5

And it was, you know, I read it.

1:48.5

It was generally pretty positive for the most part.

1:52.6

But it did do what people who profile potential first ladies and presidents do.

1:58.5

It dug into Melania's family history. Melania's family history back in

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