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Savage Lovecast

Savage Love Episode 720

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A man's new boyfriend is really great in every way! Except...he believes in mythical creatures, thinks he has super-powers and that the government is communicating with him through the radio. So, should the caller leave his mentally ill new boyfriend or try to get him some help? Meanwhile, a woman's sister has started dating a "professional" astrologer who had gotten kicked out of the marines, believes in conspiracy theories and wants to move to Mexico with the caller's sister after dating for just a few months. How can the caller help her stubborn sister see all those red flags a'flappin'? On the Magnum, It's a generational battle royale! Dan chats with Jill Filipovic author of "Ok Boomer, Let's Talk" in a Millennial vs Boomer sex-advice smack down! (Just kidding. They agree on pretty much everything.) Filipovic's book goes into the ways the younger generations have been shafted by the olds. Time to seize power, youngun's! A bi man's boyfriend is being driven crazy by his new neighbor. She has noisy sex at all hours, disrupting the boyfriend's sleep and work life. Should they have ear-piercing retaliatory sex to teach her a lesson? voicemail@savagelovecast.com 206-302-2064 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. They make it easy to build a website or blog. Give it a whirl at and if you want to buy it, use the code Savage for a 10% off your first purchase. This episode is brought to you by Earnest: Earnest makes it easy to refinance your student loans. Get a $100 cash bonus when you refinance a student loan at e. Terms apply. This episode of the Lovecast is brought to you by : the new way to learn a foreign language. Right now, when you purchase a three month subscription, Babbel will give our listeners 3 additional months for FREE with Promo Code: SAVAGE

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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,

0:16.1

while there's nothing you can't ask on SavageMubcast.

0:24.8

Thanks, BuzzFeed.

0:26.2

I needed that.

0:27.8

I was doing a little reading when I got up, checking out my go-to news sites, thinking

0:31.8

about what I might talk about at the top of today's show.

0:34.7

Trump dismantling the United States Postal Service to rig the election.

0:38.7

Trump thinking a temporary payroll tax cut that guts Social Security is what we need at a time

0:44.0

of mass unemployment, a payroll tax cut when millions of Americans have been booted from payrolls.

0:50.4

And then Trump sending his Treasury secretary out to tell Americans that Trump will make that temporary payroll tax cut permanent if we reelect him in November because blackmail Ukrainians didn't work out. So now he's going to blackmail Americans.

1:02.7

Or should I open the show by sharing my truly unkind thoughts about people who won't wear masks?

1:08.5

Oh my God, that lady at the DMV. And all those straight men, a majority of them, according to one study, who won't wear masks. Oh my God, that lady at the DMV. And all those straight men, a majority of

1:13.4

them, according to one study, who won't wear masks because they think they make them look weak.

1:19.6

So it was reading and stressing and spiraling down into a rage when my friend Betsy rescued me with a text. She sent me a link to a quiz

1:30.8

at BuzzFeed. Now, BuzzFeed isn't one of my usual stops. They do great work. They do great

1:35.5

reporting. I follow a bunch of BuzzFeed writers on Twitter. No shade BuzzFeed. But not one of my go-toes.

1:41.8

That said, maybe I need to start stopping by BuzzFeed every day, more often to calm myself down.

1:47.2

Because the link Betsy sent me yanked me right out of the hard news rabbit hole I'd fallen in.

1:54.0

Here are 10 different relationship scenarios.

1:57.3

Are these people cheaters?

1:59.6

It's a quiz by BuzzFeed staff writer Kelly Martinez.

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