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About the Show

What if Dear Abby were an investigative reporter? Each week, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charles Duhigg (The Power of Habit) takes on listeners’ toughest problems and, with the help of experts, finds the answers to questions you’ve always wanted to ask but couldn’t. Until now.

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How To Cook One Perfect Meal

Can New York Times superchef Sam Sifton help a twentysomething win back his ex with a home-cooked meal?

How To Fire a Bad Employee

It’s not as easy as you think. It takes preparation, compassion, and a strategically located box of tissues.

How To Give Your Mom a Kidney

Mary’s mother needs a new kidney—as long as it doesn’t come from Mary. What’s a good daughter to do?

How To Rob a Bank

Can someone who robbed more than 30 banks teach us how to plan the perfect heist—and getaway?

How To Withstand Pain

Can a runner learn how to complete a grueling ultramarathon with the help of the “Iceman,” a Dutch extreme athlete who sits in freezing water for fun?

How To Be Funny

What happens when Jesus, an Oklahoma pastor, and a New York comedian walk into a studio?