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Dear Sugars

Radically empathic advice. Produced by WBUR.

Episodes

Total: 392

In Part 2, the Sugars turn from the holding of a secret to its discovery. What happens within a fami

Every family has its secrets, but it's how those secrets are dealt with that determines the power th

Father's Day is a fraught and complicated day. In this episode, the Sugars take two questions on fat

Most of the questions the Sugars receive about weddings are about the drama that precedes them — the

It's wedding season, and the Sugars have been getting all kinds of letters that reflect the anxiety

The Sugars take a letter from a 62-year-old divorced woman who is shocked to find herself considerin

The Sugars wonder if romantic relationships can survive profound political differences. They take a

It's election season, and while politics may not seem like the domain of Dear Sugar Radio, it can be

Being a mother means feeling conflicted in some way about the balance between raising one's children

We revisit an episode about compulsive lying with guest Leslie Jamison. The Sugars take on a letter

The Sugars return with another installment in the Infidelity Episodes — looking at the often-overloo

The Sugars take on jealousy — the fiery, irrational kind we feel toward our lovers and friends. They

The Sugars take a letter from a young woman who was raised in a deeply Christian household. As she h

What if the man you love wants to break up but keep hooking up? What if he wants to see other people

There's a long tradition in fairy tales of the wicked stepmother. And the archetype endures in conte

The Sugars take a question from a newly married woman who is facing a nightmare — the man of her dre

The Past Is Present

2016/3/12

Are we doomed to repeat the patterns of our childhood? The Sugars hear from the child of two alcohol

The Sugars receive a pained letter from a young woman whose ex-boyfriend was recently murdered in an

In this episode, the Sugars take two questions on the dynamics of gender, power, and love — one from

My Best Friend's Wedding

2016/2/20

We revisit an episode about friendship with one of our most beloved Sugar guests — the writer Ann Pa