Note: Gabe was having some audio issues at the beginning of the interview.

A listener writes in asking what to do now that her friend got quickie married to someone with a lot of internalized misogyny. Then, psychotherapist Jessica Baum joins the show to talk about healing attachment wounds from a trauma-informed lens. And finally, Gabe shares what it’s been like dealing with brain fog during his chronic illness.

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We don’t get into the Reddit articles until waaaaay into the episode, but first, a very good conversation about word usage and the divide between the LBT and the G communities. Then, a Redditor posts screenshots between her partner and a new girl on his team discussing how the girl questioned OP’s relationship with his kids. An OP explains how a local family they know is getting horribly scammed by an “international currency investment.” How are we going to avoid being duped by AI? Allison shares some nature facts — some true, some questionable. Gabe has a theory about Ginger from the Spice Girls.

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Ice helmet! Then, Allison and Gabe answer a listener's question about whether it would be okay to get back together with their ex while still very much needing to heal. If you get back together, what would be different this time? Then, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson joins the show to talk about her methods for fighting back against Trump and his cronies. And finally, why won't people take a goddamn Advil? (jkjk)

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Everyone loved Superman. An OP's boyfriend watches Oppenheimer way too often because he wants to be a filmmaker. Fame doesn't equal followers, just like Reddit badges don't mean you're the top 1 percent of everything on the site. Gabe shares a skateboarding mystery. A text message mix-up leads to a beautiful, possibly false, story involving a green or gold item. Melisa would never delete text messages because she needs receipts. Allison doesn't believe in the dead Internet theory. Gabe wonders why people have to get involved instead of just simply enjoying drama? Plus, how soon should you tell a new person that you have a partner?

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Content Warning: Discussion of rape in the dolphin conversation

Allison gives a pregnancy update. A listener writes in about how to handle the love of their life leaving them. Then Dr. Justin Gregg, author of "Humanish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize," joins the podcast to teach us about dolphins and killer whales. Can AI help us communicate with them? Can they be gay? Is the rape thing a myth? (Shocking!) And finally, a discussion of what it means to be a patriot.

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Should the trio do a competition about who can write the best r/AmITheAsshole post? Stop asking African people ignorant questions. Gabe has no idea how to do social niceties AGAIN. What is Paris Syndrome? Then, moms are always right. Kids are not good at lying. Should an uninvited family member be brought as another family member's plus one to a wedding? A woman takes off with a winning lottery ticket she claimed for her boyfriend who didn't have ID. A wife decides to get even with her husband who forgets to change the shower settings, but is she the asshole? And finally, credit card points and an inspirational business woman.

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Allison needs to figure out her hair before the baby is born. A listener writes in asking if it's internalized misogyny to be bored by how her engaged friends have started only talking about weddings. Then, Dr. Sara Reardon joins the show to talk about pelvic floor therapy, preventing uncomfortable changes that doctors have deemed "normal," bottom surgery and painful sex, and sexism in medical diagnoses. We learn exactly how to strengthen our pelvic floors. And finally, the book "Careless People" about the toxic environment at Facebook and the disgusting terror it creates for the rest of us. It's sick.

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ChatGPT can not write a good book review. Allison reads a segment of a book’s dialogue that is also not good. A man gets revenge on a neighbor who won’t do anything about his dog barking outside all night. Then, an employee teaches his boss, who schedules a meeting during his lunch, a lesson. Melisa reveals there’s been a sound machine available this entire time. Is it really so bad to have separate checks at a big dinner? This is a show about being in your 30s, baby! Allison finally wins Reddit or Not!!

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