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Back to SearchEncore: Should I Stay Or Go?
In this favorite episode from the archives, The Sugars bring you another "Rapid Fire" episode, where they give brief answers to a handful of letters …
3 years, 8 months ago
Encore: How Do I Find The Courage To Be My Own Guide?
The Sugars often discuss letters dealing with very specific problems or struggles. In this encore episode, they take on a broader, more existential q…
3 years, 9 months ago
Encore: Pet Dilemmas
This encore episode is all about adventures in animal ownership! The Sugars, along with Julie Barton — author of the memoir "Dog Medicine: How My Dog…
3 years, 9 months ago
Encore: I'm A Transgender Man, Seeking Acceptance
The Sugars read the letters of two transgender men who are struggling to find love and acceptance. They discuss with Cooper Lee Bombardier, a visual …
3 years, 10 months ago
Encore: Who's Your Daddy?
When Steve Lickteig turned 18, he learned that his mother and father, who he thought were his adoptive parents, are in fact his biological grandparen…
3 years, 10 months ago
Encore: I'm In Love With My Abuser
For the first time on the podcast, the Sugars answer a voice mail message from the Dear Sugars hotline. The message comes from a woman who reunited w…
3 years, 11 months ago
Encore: Moving On, Part 2
In this second part of our series on moving on, the Sugars discuss how we can release ourselves from our past mistakes. Dr. Harriet Lerner drops in t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Encore: Moving On, Part 1
The Sugars have been thinking about what it means to say goodbye and let go. In this first episode of their two-part series on moving on, the Sugars …
3 years, 11 months ago
Encore: Emotional Abuse
Reema Zaman, our guest in this week’s episode, was in an emotionally abusive marriage. Although her husband’s abuses never left any physical mark, it…
4 years ago
Encore: The Great Reckoning
Dear Sugars returns to Portland, Oregon, for another epic live show. Special guests Mitchell S. Jackson and Rebecca Skloot share the stage with the S…
4 years ago