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The cult-favorite advice column is back, this time speaking straight into your ears. The Sugars, Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond, take on all your questions — no matter how deep or dark — and offer radical empathy in return. *New episodes are released weekly.*

Dear Sugar: I'm Falling For My Ex-Husband

The Sugars take a letter from a 62-year-old divorced woman who is shocked to find herself considering a reconciliation with her ex-husband, after years of unhappiness inside the marriage. The...

35:34May 27, 2016

The Inevitable Guilt Of Motherhood

Being a mother means feeling conflicted in some way about the balance between raising one's children and the rest of life. The Sugars take two letters from women in the...

34:43May 6, 2016

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Dear Sugar: How Do I Stop Lying?

We revisit an episode about compulsive lying with guest Leslie Jamison. The Sugars take on a letter from a young woman telling her friends about imagined experiences of rape and...

28:02Apr 29, 2016

The Infidelity Episodes: The Other Woman

The Sugars return with another installment in the Infidelity Episodes — looking at the often-overlooked experience of the other woman. After the Sugars had taken on the Betrayed and the...

45:39Apr 24, 2016

Letter From A Closeted Atheist

The Sugars take a letter from a young woman who was raised in a deeply Christian household. As she has grown older, her beliefs and values have become increasingly at...

33:55Apr 8, 2016

The Tale Of The Wicked Stepmother

There's a long tradition in fairy tales of the wicked stepmother. And the archetype endures in contemporary life. The Sugars take on two real-life versions of the tale — a...

43:41Mar 25, 2016

The Secret Lives Of Lovers

The Sugars take a question from a newly married woman who is facing a nightmare — the man of her dreams has turned out to be someone else entirely. They...

42:21Mar 18, 2016

The Past Is Present

Are we doomed to repeat the patterns of our childhood? The Sugars hear from the child of two alcoholics, who cannot tolerate her new boyfriend's drinking; from a young woman...

48:16Mar 11, 2016

My Best Friend's Wedding

We revisit an episode about friendship with one of our most beloved Sugar guests — the writer Ann Patchett. In this episode, the Sugars take a question from a young...

36:10Feb 19, 2016

The Allure Of The Forbidden Crush

The Sugars look at one especially painful form of love: the crush. They take questions from two letter writers struggling with illicit love interests — one from a career-oriented woman...

47:01Feb 12, 2016
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