Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Price Of Our Dreams — With George Saunders
The Sugars, along with the fiction writer George Saunders, field letters from people who are chasing their creative dreams but frightened by the prac…
9 years, 2 months ago
Rapid Fire: Summer 2017 Edition
In a heated moment, a mother reveals a dark chapter from her childhood to her daughter, then immediately regrets it. What now? In this week’s episode…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Power Of No, Part 2: Oprah Winfrey
"What do I want?" This is the question Oprah Winfrey finally asked herself, after years of struggling to say "no" to people in her life. In the secon…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Power Of No, Part 1: Oprah Winfrey
There’s incredible power in saying “yes.” It opens up avenues and allows us to be brave. In Cheryl's case, it’s what led to her becoming Sugar. But s…
9 years, 2 months ago
Rapid Fire: A Wealthy Sister, An Impatient Girlfriend, An Unshakable Love
The Sugars are back for another batch of rapid-fire questions and answers. In this round, the Sugars take on six questions, ranging from a letter wri…
9 years, 3 months ago
When Bad Things Happen
In this episode, the Sugars grapple with a difficult question — how do we make sense of the fact that very bad things can happen to people who have d…
9 years, 3 months ago
Dear Sugar: Do I Wait For My Ex?
In this episode, the Sugars take a question from a young woman whose boyfriend recently broke up with her because of uncertainty about his sexuality.…
9 years, 3 months ago
More Money, More Problems
Money makes us crazy. In this episode, the Sugars take questions from two letter writers struggling with their relationships to money. The first, an …
9 years, 3 months ago
Am I Too Young To Get Married?
In this short episode, the Sugars take a question from a 23 year-old woman who is engaged to the man she's been dating since she was 19. As a child o…
9 years, 4 months ago
Former Hellraisers
Every child has wondered of their parent: What were you like when you were my age? Who were you before I was here? And every parent has to decide how…
9 years, 4 months ago