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From Dear Prudence: "Is It Okay to Ghost A Friend? Help!" (with Roxane Gay)
We’re bringing you an episode of Dear Prudence from our friends at Slate. In this episode, Roxane Gay (best-selling author of Bad Feminist and Opinions) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer …
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Tech Bros or Tech Scoops? (with Kara Swisher)
Tech journalist Kara Swisher was five years old when her father died, teaching her from a young age that time is precious and she didn’t want to waste a single minute of it. Sam asks her how that les…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Have It All or Have Enough? (with Chris Gethard)
At the height of comedian Chris Gethard’s career, he was hosting his own show and making more money than ever. Yet, his teeth were falling out from the stress and unhappiness of it all. Now, he plays…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Choices We Made: Live in Fear or Love? (with Karamo)
When Karamo was 15 years old, he came out as gay to his best friend. That didn’t stop her from convincing him to lose their virginity together and ten years later, he found out he had a son. In one o…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Valentines or Galentines? (with Lane Moore)
When Tinder first came out in 2012, former Cosmopolitan sex and relationships’ editor Lane Moore knew she needed to turn it into a comedy show. Now, she tours the world riffing on ridiculous profiles…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Choices We Made: Stay Silent or Sue the Cops? (with Eric André)
When comedian Eric André was boarding a flight in Atlanta, Georgia, he was “randomly” picked out of line by cops and searched for drugs. Instead of chalking the experience up to yet another racist da…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Better Choices in 2024: Glow or Burn Out? (with Tara Schuster)
Author Tara Schuster grew up in a neglectful, abusive household where “things came to die,” as she puts it. After a suicidal episode at age 25, she began a journey to reparent herself which led to tw…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Better Choices in 2024: Logic or Emotion? (with Stephen Dubner)
As the author and podcast host of “Freakonomics,” Stephen Dubner spends a lot of time thinking about and studying what goes into good decision-making. He gives Sam tips on balancing logic with emotio…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Better Choices in 2024: Sunday Supper or Taco Tuesday? (with Samin Nosrat)
When chef and cookbook author (“Salt Fat Acid Heat”) Samin Nosrat bought a house in Oakland, she aspired to host big Sunday dinners with friends. Then COVID hit, those dinners got postponed, and Sami…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Better Choices in 2024: Give Advice or Take It? (with Sarah Silverman)
Let’s make better choices in 2024! But how? Is it about following good advice? Is there a scientific method? Can everyone do it? Each week in January, Sam will go beyond superficial hacks and get at …
Published on 2 years ago