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Back to SearchEpisodes We Love: Family By Proxy
When a family experiences loss, familial roles are often redefined. In this episode, the Sugars answer letters from people who are unexpectedly charg…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episodes We Love: Dark Fantasies Part 2
In part two of our Dark Fantasies series, Dr. Ian Kerner returns to help the Sugars answer questions about where our central ideas about sex and ero…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episodes We Love: Dark Fantasies, Part 1
Orgies. Sex in public. Incest. These are the things that some of us think about in the dark. Taboo fantasies can be exciting, but they can also be th…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episodes We Love: The Empty Chair, Part 2
The Sugars conclude a two-part series on early childhood death. In Part 2, they read letters from parents who worry that their grief may overshadow t…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episodes We Love: The Empty Chair, Part 1
In the Empty Chair series, the Sugars discuss early childhood death, an absence that can be ever-present. In Part 1, they read letters from siblings …
7 years, 3 months ago
Episodes We Love: The Other Half Of Sexless Relationships
Sex-starved, meet sex-hounded. In today’s episode, we hear from a letter writer who feels pressured by her partner to have sex. This episode was orig…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episodes We Love: You Must Change Your Life
“I remember them finding the drugs and holding them up in the sky. And I was like, 'Oh man, I’m going to prison.'” This week’s guest, the writer Mitc…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episodes We Love: Sexless Relationships, Part 2
The Sugars are joined by the therapist Esther Perel to discuss a letter from a husband who is in a sexless marriage and is looking for a way to help …
7 years, 3 months ago
Episodes We Love: Sexless Relationships, Part 1
A sexless relationship is often a symptom of deeper dysfunction. The Sugars, along with couples therapist Esther Perel, advise a letter writer whose …
7 years, 4 months ago
Episodes We Love: In The Shadow Of Damaged Parents
A damaged parent can cast a dark shadow over our lives, especially when we inherit some of that damage. Steve’s father, the psychoanalyst Dr. Richard…
7 years, 4 months ago