Secrets, Turn-Ons, and Fantasies: Your Stories About Porn
Secrets, Turn-Ons, and Fantasies: Your Stories About Porn
We revisit our most popular episode, featuring your stories about secret hard drives, fantasy plot lines, illegal downlo... Read more
9 Aug 2023
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27mins
Bells and Bills: The Price You Paid For Your Wedding
Bells and Bills: The Price You Paid For Your Wedding
In this episode we asked listeners if they were currently planning a wedding, and if money had become a sticking point. ... Read more
2 Aug 2023
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41mins
The Crude Reality of Debt from This is Uncomfortable
The Crude Reality of Debt from This is Uncomfortable
Kate Beaton was determined to work her way out of debt. But nothing could have prepared her for the experience of toilin... Read more
19 Jul 2023
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42mins
Why Writer Brandon Taylor Likes Being “A Little Bit Lonely”
Why Writer Brandon Taylor Likes Being “A Little Bit Lonely”
The author talks about arguing in high school English classes, learning to manage money, and his evolving relationship w... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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28mins
I Still Love My Dad, But I Don't Love Guns
I Still Love My Dad, But I Don't Love Guns
Two years after Anna’s first conversation with a listener named Jack, she called him back for an update on his relations... Read more
5 Jul 2023
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40mins
Can You Help Your Kid’s Anxiety By Changing Your Behavior?
Can You Help Your Kid’s Anxiety By Changing Your Behavior?
Kids look to their parents to keep them safe and to show them how much risk they can handle, but parents are often wingi... Read more
28 Jun 2023
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32mins
‘It Just Denies Reality’: Abortion Access and the Law After Dobbs
‘It Just Denies Reality’: Abortion Access and the Law After Dobbs
Mississippi-based reproductive justice activist Laurie Bertram Roberts updates Anna on life after Dobbs. Plus, a story f... Read more
14 Jun 2023
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34mins
Ocean Vuong on Telling Lies, Building Family and Loving the Knicks
Ocean Vuong on Telling Lies, Building Family and Loving the Knicks
The acclaimed poet talks about falling in love with poetry in New York basements, caring for his brother, and mastering ... Read more
7 Jun 2023
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37mins
Hold On: Should I Tell My Boss I’m Depressed?
Hold On: Should I Tell My Boss I’m Depressed?
In the final episode of Hold On, a national call-in show about our mental health, Anna talks to organizational psycholog... Read more
27 May 2023
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48mins
Hold On: When Shame Keeps You From Therapy
Hold On: When Shame Keeps You From Therapy
In this episode of Hold On, our live national call-in series about mental health, we asked listeners to call in if the i... Read more
24 May 2023
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46mins