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Redux: Moving On, Part 2
Dear Sugars - July 13, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingshis episode was originally released on August 25th, 2018. “Dear Sugars, I’m a serial codependent. I’ve married and had children with two addicts,” begins a letter signed by “Mommy Messed Up.” Over the years, her second husband began to withdraw and stash money inside of old bottles. Now Mommy M...
Redux: Moving On, Part 1
Dear Sugars - June 29, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis episode was originally released on August 18th, 2018. The Sugars have been thinking about what it means to say goodbye and let go. In this first episode of our two-part series on moving on, the Sugars and Claire Bidwell Smith answer two letters from people struggling to move past their gri...
Redux: Moving On, Part 1
Dear Sugars - June 29, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsThis episode was originally released on August 18th, 2018. The Sugars have been thinking about what it means to say goodbye and let go. In this first episode of our two-part series on moving on, the Sugars and Claire Bidwell Smith answer two letters from people struggling to move past their gri...
Rewind: Pet Dilemmas
Dear Sugars - June 15, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis episode was originally published on August 26th, 2017. In this episode, adventures in animal ownership! The Sugars, along with Julie Barton — author of the memoir Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself — answer letters about pet dilemmas and the ways these creatures affect human rel...
Rewind: Pet Dilemmas
Dear Sugars - June 15, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsThis episode was originally published on August 26th, 2017. In this episode, adventures in animal ownership! The Sugars, along with Julie Barton — author of the memoir Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself — answer letters about pet dilemmas and the ways these creatures affect human rel...
Redux: The Great Reckoning
Dear Sugars - May 25, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsThis episode was originally published on July 28th, 2018. This was a live show recorded in Portland, Oregon. Special guests Mitchell S. Jackson and Rebecca Skloot share the stage with the Sugars to tell stories of personal reckoning and answer letters from the audience.
Redux: The Great Reckoning
Dear Sugars - May 25, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis episode was originally published on July 28th, 2018. This was a live show recorded in Portland, Oregon. Special guests Mitchell S. Jackson and Rebecca Skloot share the stage with the Sugars to tell stories of personal reckoning and answer letters from the audience.
Redux: There's Just One Thing
Dear Sugars - April 27, 2024 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis episode was originally released on May 26, 2018. In this "rapid fire" episode, the Sugars read letters from four women who each have one not-so-tiny reservation about the men they’re dating. A Black woman is dating a white man who is unwilling to talk about race issues, claiming that she’s...
Redux: There's Just One Thing
Dear Sugars - April 27, 2024 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsThis episode was originally released on May 26, 2018. In this "rapid fire" episode, the Sugars read letters from four women who each have one not-so-tiny reservation about the men they’re dating. A Black woman is dating a white man who is unwilling to talk about race issues, claiming that she’s...
Episodes We Love: 'Head Or The Heart' Update
Dear Sugars - April 13, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis episode was originally published on August 12th, 2016. The Sugars hear the latest from "Head or the Heart" -- a woman who'd fallen head over heels for a man with a troubled childhood. Everything seemed perfect, and yet, she couldn't help but wonder if the traumas of her love's past would s...
Episodes We Love: 'Head Or The Heart' Update
Dear Sugars - April 13, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsThis episode was originally published on August 12th, 2016. The Sugars hear the latest from "Head or the Heart" -- a woman who'd fallen head over heels for a man with a troubled childhood. Everything seemed perfect, and yet, she couldn't help but wonder if the traumas of her love's past would s...
Redux: Body Weight and Romance
Dear Sugars - March 30, 2024 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis episode was originally released on August 19, 2017. It’s never easy to talk to our romantic partners about their bodies, especially when it’s about weight. The Sugars, along with writer Ashley C. Ford, answer letters from people questioning their relationships because of major changes in t...
Redux: Body Weight and Romance
Dear Sugars - March 30, 2024 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsThis episode was originally released on August 19, 2017. It’s never easy to talk to our romantic partners about their bodies, especially when it’s about weight. The Sugars, along with writer Ashley C. Ford, answer letters from people questioning their relationships because of major changes in t...
Dear Sugars Presents: "Beyond All Repair", a new murder mystery podcast
Dear Sugars - March 09, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsIntroducing Beyond All Repair, a new WBUR podcast from producer emeritus of Dear Sugars, Amory Sivertson. This series tells the story of a murder, but also the woman who was accused of that murder, Sophia. Sophia was newly married and 6 months pregnant when she was charged with murdering her mo...
Dear Sugars Presents: "Beyond All Repair", a new murder mystery podcast
Dear Sugars - March 09, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsIntroducing Beyond All Repair, a new WBUR podcast from producer emeritus of Dear Sugars, Amory Sivertson. This series tells the story of a murder, but also the woman who was accused of that murder, Sophia. Sophia was newly married and 6 months pregnant when she was charged with murdering her mo...
Archive: When Your Loved Ones Just Don't 'Get It'
Dear Sugars - February 17, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsOur loved ones are the people who are supposed to understand us. But what if they just...can't? Where do we turn then, and how do we fight the feelings of resentment that this lack of understanding can stir up? This episode was originally released November 11th, 2016.
Archive: When Your Loved Ones Just Don't 'Get It'
Dear Sugars - February 17, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsOur loved ones are the people who are supposed to understand us. But what if they just...can't? Where do we turn then, and how do we fight the feelings of resentment that this lack of understanding can stir up? This episode was originally released November 11th, 2016.
(Encore) Rapid Fire: Friendship, Part 2 - Male-Female Friendships
Dear Sugars - January 27, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsThe Sugars' conversation on friendship continues with a handful of letters concerning male-female friendships. Is there such a thing as a platonic relationship between a heterosexual man and woman? Can male-female friendships be as emotionally satisfying as same-gender relationships? What do you...
(Encore) Rapid Fire: Friendship, Part 2 - Male-Female Friendships
Dear Sugars - January 27, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Sugars' conversation on friendship continues with a handful of letters concerning male-female friendships. Is there such a thing as a platonic relationship between a heterosexual man and woman? Can male-female friendships be as emotionally satisfying as same-gender relationships? What do you...
(Redux) Rapid Fire: Friendship, Part 1 - FAQs
Dear Sugars - January 13, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsEveryone has had a friendship quandary of some sort in the past, right? This week, the Sugars take on frequently asked questions in "rapid fire" fashion – from hating your best friend's significant other, to hating her politics.
(Redux) Rapid Fire: Friendship, Part 1 - FAQs
Dear Sugars - January 13, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsEveryone has had a friendship quandary of some sort in the past, right? This week, the Sugars take on frequently asked questions in "rapid fire" fashion – from hating your best friend's significant other, to hating her politics.
Redux: The Stepchild's Dilemma
Dear Sugars - December 30, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhether you’re 5, 15, or 50 years old, it can be difficult to usher a stepparent in and out of the family unit. In today’s episode, the Sugars answer letters from stepchildren who have fraught relationships with their stepparents. What is a stepparent’s responsibility to a stepchild after divorc...
Redux: The Stepchild's Dilemma
Dear Sugars - December 30, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsWhether you’re 5, 15, or 50 years old, it can be difficult to usher a stepparent in and out of the family unit. In today’s episode, the Sugars answer letters from stepchildren who have fraught relationships with their stepparents. What is a stepparent’s responsibility to a stepchild after divorc...
Encore: Buyer's Remorse
Dear Sugars - December 16, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsBuzz Bissinger owns more than 100 pairs of leather pants and over 200 pairs of leather gloves, having spent more than $600,000 on leather goods in the span of three years. Mr. Bissinger has a spending addiction, and he joins the Sugars to offer guidance to a letter-writer whose therapist and fam...
Encore: Buyer's Remorse
Dear Sugars - December 16, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsBuzz Bissinger owns more than 100 pairs of leather pants and over 200 pairs of leather gloves, having spent more than $600,000 on leather goods in the span of three years. Mr. Bissinger has a spending addiction, and he joins the Sugars to offer guidance to a letter-writer whose therapist and fam...
Redux: Love In Doubt
Dear Sugars - November 25, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsHow many times have you heard this: "I love him, we're great together, but..."? There's always room for doubt, even in the happiest of relationships. So this week, the Sugars take on some of those doubts in rapid-fire fashion. This episode was originally published on January 5th, 2017.
Redux: Love In Doubt
Dear Sugars - November 25, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsHow many times have you heard this: "I love him, we're great together, but..."? There's always room for doubt, even in the happiest of relationships. So this week, the Sugars take on some of those doubts in rapid-fire fashion. This episode was originally published on January 5th, 2017.
Redux: The Ugly Truth
Dear Sugars - November 08, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsMost of us have days when we don’t feel attractive. But in this episode, the Sugars read letters from people whose faces are at odds with conventional ideas of beauty. Writer Ariel Henley joins to talk about her own facial differences. Henley was born with Crouzon Syndrome, and underwent dozens ...
Redux: The Ugly Truth
Dear Sugars - November 08, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMost of us have days when we don’t feel attractive. But in this episode, the Sugars read letters from people whose faces are at odds with conventional ideas of beauty. Writer Ariel Henley joins to talk about her own facial differences. Henley was born with Crouzon Syndrome, and underwent dozens ...
Redux: Talking About Privilege
Dear Sugars - October 21, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsPrivilege comes in many forms: socio-economic privilege, gender privilege, heterosexual privilege, to name a few. In this episode, the Sugars reply to two letter writers who are facing different forms of privilege. They discuss with Catrice M. Jackson, a leading voice for racial justice. This ...