Savage Love Episode 625

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage

Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A couple adopted a disturbed dog, hell-bent on destroying their sex life! It jumps on the bed, and barks when they try to get busy, and whimpers, barks and whines when left outside the door. Dan "Dog Whisperer" Savage leaps to the rescue. Speaking of mental illness, Ellen Forney, the brilliant cartoonist behind "" is back to discuss dating with bipolar disorder, and her new book "." If you are or love someone with bipolar, this is the show for you. Also, you should buy her books immediately. On the Magnum, Dan chats with a man whose girlfriend suddenly left him with no warning. He came home to discover her packed and gone. Now she wants him back. Should he take her? And, hear the nasty, nasty tale of the pervvy building contractor with a terrible sense of humor and boundary issues! 206-302-2064 This episode of the Savage Lovecast is brought to you by Boll and Branch: luxury, affordable fair trade certified sheets. Get $50 off a set of sheets plus free shipping by going to and enter Savage. This episode of the Savage love cast is brought to you by Everlane: Luxury basic clothing and accessories, made at ethical factories without those retail markups. For free shipping, and to support the Lovecast, go to Today’s episode is 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 for free with free shipping by going to .

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0:00.0	You're listening to the micro version of the Savage Lovecast, www.com.
0:06.7	If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony,
0:16.3	well, there's nothing you can't last On the Savage Mubcast
0:23.6	You've seen these stories.
0:26.8	They pop up in our news feeds
0:28.2	And on our Twitter feeds
0:29.2	And our Facebook feeds
0:30.5	On a nearly daily basis.
0:32.9	I'm talking about the feel bad story
0:35.1	disguised as a feel good story.
0:37.3	This weekend, the Atlanta Journal of Constitution reported that there's this cute little
0:41.2	blonde six-year-old boy with a really bad case of diabetes and he was out selling pumpkins
0:46.4	to raise the money he needs, money his family needs, to provide him with the life-saving
0:50.8	service dog that he needs, a dog that will alert the boy when his
0:54.3	blood sugar drops to really dangerous, potentially lethal levels. The piece takes an add-a-boy
0:59.7	tone throughout. Good for you, kiddo. You get out there and you raise that money. And the
1:04.0	kid did raise $5,000, which is one-fifth of the $25,000 the dog will cost.
1:16.5	So, yeah, four more Halloweens and this kid is set, provided he's not dead.
1:23.3	This summer, News Channel KTSM, first live local, reported this supposed to be heartwarming story.
1:27.9	A six-year-old girl was out there selling lemonade to help pay for her mother's chemotherapy.
1:35.8	Quoting from the piece, Sophia's brother Jonathan Castro, told KTSM, first live local, their mother has colon cancer.
1:43.0	He said Sophia does not fully understand what that is, but knows her mom needs monetary help because she's stopped working.
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