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Rewind: Make the Call

In this encore "rapid fire" episode, the Sugars give brief answers to a handful of letters. This time, they challenge each other to make the call -- one way or...

39:31Oct 25, 2025

Rewind: Buyer's Remorse

Buzz 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...

24:00Oct 11, 2025

Rewind: Talking About Privilege

Privilege 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...

50:21Aug 2, 2025

Rewind: Career Vs. Love

You love your partner, you love your career... but they're pulling you in different directions. What do you do? In this favorite episode from the archives, The Sugars have help...

33:42Jun 21, 2025

Rewind: 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 Sugars to tell stories of personal...

51:32May 24, 2025

Rewind: Haunted By Ghosting

In the past, a total halt to communication with a friend might leave you feeling concerned that something bad happened to him/her. But in a time where our devices have...

36:50May 10, 2025

The universe has good news for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Dear Sugars — the cult-favorite advice column from The Rumpus — is back, but this time speaking right into your ears. Hosted by Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond, the podcast fields all your questions — no matter how deep or dark — and offers radical empathy in return.

Rewind: Emotional Labor

Remembering the grocery list, coordinating with the babysitter, these are some of the invisible tasks that (most) women exclusively do in their romantic relationships. In this favorite episode from the...

44:16Apr 12, 2025

Redux: Sex & Aging

Dr. Pepper Schwartz, the love and relationship columnist for AARP, joins the Sugars to dispel certain myths about sex and aging: Do libidos change after menopause? How does the aging...

36:42Mar 15, 2025

Redux: Rapid Fire Letters

In this week’s episode, the Sugars tackle this and several other questions, including how to handle a brother-in-law who treats your vacation as his own free childcare; what to do...

32:10Feb 1, 2025

Rewind Rapid Fire: Love In Doubt

How 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...

44:29Jan 18, 2025
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