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Podcast: Slate Advice
Episode: Dear Prudence: My Mom Forgot to Take Her Medicine and âAccidentallyâ Made Racist Remarks. Help!
Description: In this episode, Kiese Laymon (author of Long Division, How to Slowly Kill Yourself in America, and Heavy: An American Memoir) joins Prudie (JenĂ©e Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about how to convince your strict religious parents to let you go to an out-of-state college, whether to report a coworkerâs insensitive gym behavior to HR, and how to deal with a mom who forgets to take her medication and immediately uses a racial slur.If you want more Dear Prudence, join Slate Plus, Slateâs membership program. JenĂ©e answers an extra question every week, jus...