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He Cheated. Dear Prudence Said She’d Find Out. Prudie Was Right.

He Cheated. Dear Prudence Said She’d Find Out. Prudie Was Right.

A daily news and culture podcast with Mike Pesca.
Sept. 26 2014 7:29 PM

Has Cheating Cured Him of Cheating?

Dear Prudence admirably resists the urge to say “I told you so!” with a past letter writer.

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Dear Prudence knew his girlfriend would find out eventually. Then what?

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Listen to Episode 101 of Slate’s The Gist:

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Today on The Gist, the science journalist’s version of “who wore it better.” We compare the Wall Street Journal’s report with the N.Y. Times’ report on the same research from the journal Nature. Ben Lillie from Story Collider explains who did the best job of representing the research. Then Slate’s Emily Yoffe joins us for a Post-Post-Prudence Impact Statement with past letter writer “Please No Baby Daddy” from The Gist Episode 15. For the Spiel, we name our new Lobstar of the Antentwig.

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Mike Pesca is the host of the Slate daily podcast The Gist. He also contributes reports and commentary to NPR.