In this week’s mini-episode, Prudence is joined by Alexandra Petri, a humor columnist for the Washington Post. She’s the author of A Field Guide to Awkward Silences, and she’s also working assiduously on a new book.

Prudie and Petri discuss a letter writer who is wondering if she should let go of the one friendship she had in her new town and what to consider when you feel your partner goes “all out” to celebrate friends more than you.

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Production by Phil Surkis.