Hey, I'm Sachi Cole and you are listening to I see Y.

Or in case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

Kate is off vacationing in the UK,

so this week you have me. I'm a culture writer for Slate and the co-host of scam influencers,

so you might recognize my dulcet tones. Now, normally I talk about Ponzi schemes and financial fraud,

but today I'm here to talk about another scam, heterosexual marriage. Indeed,

we are talking Dax Shepherd, Kristen Bell, and the scourge of the husband who seems to hate his wife.

There are so many of them. And here with us to single-handedly change the country's divorce rate overnight is Melanie Hamlet.

She's a journalist and TikToker and YouTuber who's written for The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, and Slate.

Melanie, welcome.

Thank you.

And those are some big shoes to fill.

But if I can make people divorce after this, I mean, the ones that...

No, no, all of them. I must disclose that I'm married, though, so... That's what... Well, there's time. Yeah, yeah. That's true. I may change my mind. You can do it again and again. You don't have to have just the one. Okay, well, before we get into today's episode, I want to ask you guys a quick favor.

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for me, your close personal friend, Sachi. Okay, that's all the housekeeping. Melanie,

let's get into it. I actually sing your song about Kristen and Dax every morning in the shower.

I find it really affirming.

I hate my wife.

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