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Dear Sugars

Radically empathic advice. Produced by WBUR.

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Episodes We Love: Trust Your Body

Episodes We Love: Trust Your Body

“It’s only when my pants are nearly impossible to button that I force myself to lose weight,” writes the letter-writer w... Read more

27 Nov 2019

42mins

Ranked #2

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Episodes We Love: Friendship, Part 1

Episodes We Love: Friendship, Part 1

Everyone has had a friendship quandary of some sort in the past, right? This week, the Sugars take on frequently asked q... Read more

3 Nov 2018

41mins

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Episodes We Love: I'm In Love With My Abuser

Episodes We Love: I'm In Love With My Abuser

The Sugars answer a voicemail message from the Dear Sugars hotline. The message comes from a woman who reunited with her... Read more

25 Oct 2019

26mins

Ranked #4

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Redux: When Your Loved Ones Just Don't 'Get It'

Redux: When Your Loved Ones Just Don't 'Get It'

Our loved ones are the people who are supposed to understand us. But what if they just...can't? Where do we turn then, a... Read more

9 Nov 2020

32mins

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Episodes We Love: Can A Sexual Assault Survivor Love A Rapist?

Episodes We Love: Can A Sexual Assault Survivor Love A Rapist?

The Sugars discuss a letter from a survivor of sexual assault who has just been told by her long-time partner that he ra... Read more

15 Sep 2018

29mins

Ranked #6

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Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work (Most) Women Do

Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work (Most) Women Do

Remembering the grocery list, coordinating with the babysitter, making food for the potluck, scheduling a get-together w... Read more

5 May 2018

44mins

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Redux: Buyer's Remorse

Redux: Buyer's Remorse

Buzz Bissinger owns more than 100 pairs of leather pants and over 200 pairs of leather gloves, having spent more than $6... Read more

18 Dec 2020

24mins

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The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth

Most of us have days when we don’t feel attractive. But in this episode, the Sugars read letters from people whose faces... Read more

16 Dec 2017

34mins

Ranked #9

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Emotional Abuse — With Reema Zaman

Emotional Abuse — With Reema Zaman

He removed her makeup when he thought she was wearing too much. He refused to put her name on the leases for their car a... Read more

4 Aug 2018

47mins

Ranked #10

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Episodes We Love: Make The Call

Episodes We Love: Make The Call

The Sugars bring you another "rapid fire" episode, where they give brief answers to a handful of letters. This time, the... Read more

13 Oct 2018

39mins

Ranked #11

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Redux: Male-Female Friendships

Redux: Male-Female Friendships

The Sugars' conversation on friendship continues with a handful of letters concerning male-female friendships. Is there ... Read more

9 Oct 2020

32mins

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Rapid Fire: Lovers & Friends

Rapid Fire: Lovers & Friends

In this rapid-fire episode, the Sugars weigh in on jealousy -- when is it justified, and how can it be confronted or neu... Read more

31 Mar 2018

42mins

Ranked #13

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Dear Sugars Presents: Food, We Need To Talk

Dear Sugars Presents: Food, We Need To Talk

one woman's quest to end her war with food. Hosts Juna Gjata and Dr. Eddie Phillips wield solid science, medical knowled... Read more

3 Jan 2020

22mins

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Episodes We Love: A Night Of Bad Stories

Episodes We Love: A Night Of Bad Stories

Dear Sugars returns to Portland, Oregon, for another raucous and uplifting live show. The Sugars get a surprising update... Read more

14 Feb 2020

41mins

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Trust Your Body — With Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant

Trust Your Body — With Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant

“It’s only when my pants are nearly impossible to button that I force myself to lose weight,” writes the letter-writer w... Read more

9 Jun 2018

41mins

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Dear Sugars Presents: Family Ghosts

Dear Sugars Presents: Family Ghosts

Dear Sugars wants to tell you about another great podcast: Family Ghosts, a show where people tell stories about experie... Read more

13 Mar 2020

49mins

Ranked #17

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Dark Fantasies, Part 1 — With Dr. Ian Kerner

Dark Fantasies, Part 1 — With Dr. Ian Kerner

Orgies. Sex in public. Incest. These are the things that some of us think about in the dark. Taboo fantasies can be exci... Read more

13 Jan 2018

32mins

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Episodes We Love: Talking About Privilege

Episodes We Love: Talking About Privilege

Privilege comes in many forms: socio-economic privilege, gender privilege, heterosexual privilege, to name a few. In thi... Read more

10 Jan 2020

28mins

Ranked #19

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Introducing Safe for Work

Introducing Safe for Work

Safe For Work is an advice show that reminds you that while your office may be crazy, you don’t have to be. Office MVPs ... Read more

19 Dec 2018

3mins

Ranked #20

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Redux: Step Into Your Spotlight

Redux: Step Into Your Spotlight

The Sugars find out what happened to two letter writers who let self-image sabotage their love lives. They find out if “... Read more

11 Sep 2020

36mins

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