Dear Prudence

Slate’s advice podcast.

About the Show

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice podcast, where Prudie responds to your questions about relationships at home, work, and beyond. Join “Prudie” Jenée Desmond Harris and a guest each week as they offer helpful answers to your problems. Need help? Ask Prudie.

Host

  • Jenée Desmond-Harris is a Slate staff writer and editor. She writes the Dear Prudence advice column and previously worked at the New York Times, Vox.com and the Root.

My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is Creating a Rift in Our Marriage. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi.

I Lost a Lot of Weight and Now I Enjoy Being a Mean Girl. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the host of Death Sex and Money, Anna Sale.

From Choice Words: Live in Fear or Love? (with Karamo)

An episode of Lemonada Media’s Choice Words with Samantha Bee on Queer Eye’s Karamo.

My Partner Sticks Her Finger in Food to Taste Test It. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by award-winning host and author Dan Pashman.

My Parents Are Flaunting Their Wealth While I’m Drowning in Debt. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate writer and host Joel Anderson.

My Ex Had Sex With My Brother. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Michael Arceneaux.

I Want People to Shut Up! Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and podcaster Aubrey Gordon.

Am I a Bad Father If I Don’t Want to Acknowledge My Kid Publicly? Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by cultural critic, DJ and video producer Jay Smooth.

My Friend Has a Master’s Degree in Lying. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by comedian Jenny Hagel.

How Do I Get Over Someone I Never Dated? Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and culture writer Jenna Wortham.

Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A Secret From His Wife? Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by entertainment journalist Gia Peppers.

Am I a Bigot If I Don’t Want to Date Foreigners? Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and host Michael Hobbes.

My Husband Stopped Using Soap and He Stinks. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by writer and advice columnist Cheryl Strayed.

I Spend Hours a Day Having Intense Romantic Daydreams. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by marine biologist Liz Neeley and Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong.

A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by New York Times opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie.

I Don’t Want to Cancel My Retirement Plans to Babysit. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and columnist Nicole Chung.

Outward: We’re Here, We’re Queer, Here’s Some Advice!

In an episode of Slate’s Outward, the hosts talk through some tough relationship problems from a queer perspective.

My Mother-In-Law Doesn’t Wash Her Hands After Using The Bathroom. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and host Josie Duffy Rice.

I Rejected A Friend’s Sexual Advance—Now He’s Being Weird. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by cultural critic and host Brittany Luse.

My Friend Won’t Stop Buying Me Gifts. Help!

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the co-hosts of Forever 35, Kate Spencer and Doree Shafrir.