Where do you find a clear signal in a world of static?

In a time of rapid change cut through the noise.

The Economist goes beyond the headlines to decode the forces shaping today and defining tomorrow.

Get the full story.

It's more than news.

It's a trusted global perspective.

The Economist know which way is up.

Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?

So we started the business two years ago. We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.

But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.

Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash hello vet.

Hello and welcome to how to the show where listeners write to us with their most personal questions

and then we find the

perfect person to give us advice. I'm Carvel Wallace. And I'm Courtney Martin. It's funny, by the time

we put an episode out, the team and I have spent a considerable amount of time, either with the listener

or actively working on helping them solve a problem. So we get kind of invested, you know?

But the episode often ends with them getting the advice and just going back into the world to try it. Every once in a while we'll get an update. But more often than that, like this situation is like not cut and dry. You can't really give an update. You can't be like, oh, I did learn how to trust myself. Like it's a little bit more squishy than that. And so a lot of times we're just left wondering, like, did this actually work? And this is why it's exciting to hear that you're actually going to sit down with a listener and talk about their experience. That's right. So last winter, we published an episode called How to Lose Your Virginity at 43. Obviously, I myself, and I'm sure a lot of listeners got highly invested in this one. Yes. Elizabeth, the listener for that episode, emailed us an update. I could not resist sitting down with her in debriefing. I'm so excited to hear this. So what we're going to do right now is we're going to hear that conversation. And then after that, we're going to dip into the mailbag and place some advice that you guys sent us.

And we're going to get to all of it right after this break. Ticket please. Thank you. Tickets please madam. Sure let me just... Oh, this jacket's got so many pockets.

No rush. Got it on eBay. Vintage, one of a kind. I just need your ticket, madam. Couldn't find it anywhere.

Then, Tadda! eBay! Total bargain!

That's nice.

Thank you.

...