Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIntroducing ‘The Gun Machine’, a podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry
Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never lea…
2 years, 11 months ago
Redux: A Spy In The House Of Love
Snooping on your spouse is generally ill-advised, but what if he or she has an addiction and is constantly lying about it? The Sugars and writer Arie…
3 years ago
Redux: The Empty Chair, Part 2
This is part two of the series on early childhood death. The Sugars read letters from parents who worry that their grief may overshadow their survivi…
3 years ago
Redux: Trust Your Body
Her grandmother always introduced her as the “chubby one.” Now, she vacillates between moderation and binge-eating. “It’s only when my pants are near…
3 years, 1 month ago
Episodes We Love: 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…
3 years, 1 month ago
Redux: The Other Half of Sexless Relationships
In this episode, the Sugars answer letters from letter writers who want to have sex less frequently than their partners do.
3 years, 2 months ago
Encore: 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 …
3 years, 2 months ago
Encore: What About The Stepchildren?
When the Sugars answered a letter from a woman who felt trapped in the role of "wicked stepmother," dozens of listeners wrote in asking the same ques…
3 years, 3 months ago
Encore: I Divorced My Spouse, And My Child Divorced Me
Divorce is always a painful process, but it's especially so when there are children in the middle. In this favorite episode from the archives, the Su…
3 years, 3 months ago
Dear Sugars introduces Love Letters
Dear Sugars fans: We wanted to share with you an episode from Love Letters, hosted by Boston Globe advice columnist Meredith Goldstein, that we think…
3 years, 3 months ago