Episodes We Love: Emotional AbuseReema 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 took her years to repair the...PlayDear Sugars48:08Mar 28, 2020
Dear Sugars Presents: A 'Kind World' For Troubled TimesTake a listen to our sister podcast, Kind World. PlayDear Sugars12:44Mar 21, 2020
Dear Sugars Presents: Family GhostsDear Sugars wants to tell you about another great podcast: Family Ghosts.PlayDear Sugars49:28Mar 14, 2020
Dear Sugars Presents: WorkLife With Adam GrantAdam Grant speaks with Cheryl Strayed about getting and giving advice about our work lives. PlayDear Sugars33:30Mar 7, 2020
Episodes We Love: Moving On, Part TwoIn 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 to answer a...PlayDear Sugars43:26Feb 29, 2020
Episodes We Love: Moving On, Part 1The 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 and Claire...PlayDear Sugars46:53Feb 22, 2020
Episodes We Love: A Night Of Bad StoriesDear Sugars returns to Portland, Oregon, for another raucous and uplifting live show. The Sugars get a surprising update from a letter writer from their past; discuss a new letter...PlayDear Sugars41:34Feb 15, 2020
Episodes We Love: The Long GoodbyeAfter four years of ministering to the lost, lonely and heartsick, the Sugars say farewell on this final episode of the podcast. We take a look back at some of...PlayDear Sugars28:37Feb 8, 2020
Dear Sugars Presents: As MeDear Sugars wants to tell you about another great podcast: As Me with Sinead Burke.PlayDear Sugars49:23Feb 1, 2020
Episodes We Love: Young & IsolatedFeeling like an outsider is one of the hallmarks of adolescence. But in today’s episode, we hear from two 16-year-olds who have cause to feel especially isolated. One girl is...PlayDear Sugars44:37Jan 25, 2020
Episodes We Love: Love & MoneyWhen it comes to love, money is supposed to be no object. But there’s no disentangling love from anything in our lives, and income is no exception. So how do...PlayDear Sugars44:30Jan 18, 2020
Episodes We Love: Talking About PrivilegePrivilege 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...PlayDear Sugars28:37Jan 11, 2020
Dear Sugars Presents: Food, We Need To TalkFrom our partners at WBUR, "Food, We Need To Talk" is a podcast about one woman's quest to end her war with food.PlayDear Sugars22:42Jan 4, 2020
Episodes We Love: There's Just One ThingIn 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...PlayDear Sugars40:51Dec 28, 2019
Episodes We Love: 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 grandparents. With the advent of affordable...PlayDear Sugars40:41Dec 21, 2019
Episodes We Love: Emotional LaborRemembering the grocery list, coordinating with the babysitter, making food for the potluck, scheduling a get-together with the in-laws: These are some of the invisible tasks that (most) women exclusively...PlayDear Sugars44:16Dec 14, 2019
Dear Sugars Presents: Free To Be ChildfreeFrom our partners at WBUR, Endless Thread is a podcast featuring amazing stories found on Reddit. This story is about a growing movement that hits close to home. It's about...PlayDear Sugars42:59Dec 7, 2019
Episodes We Love: Trust Your Body“It’s only when my pants are nearly impossible to button that I force myself to lose weight,” writes the letter-writer who calls herself Body Negative. “And then the pattern starts...PlayDear Sugars42:01Nov 30, 2019
Episodes We Love: Sex & AgingThe erotic lives of senior citizens are typically made invisible by our culture, which can lead to confusion and misinformation. Dr. Pepper Schwartz, the love and relationship columnist for AARP,...PlayDear Sugars36:39Nov 23, 2019
Episodes We Love: Just Say ItWords can be wielded like weapons. On today’s episode, the Sugars hear from people who have something to confess but are afraid to hurt others with the power of their...PlayDear Sugars28:36Nov 16, 2019
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