Dear Prudence: My Mom Forgot to Take Her Medicine and Accidentally Made Racist Remarks. Help!

Published: May 17, 2024, 7 a.m.

b'In this episode, Kiese Laymon (author of\\xa0Long Division,\\xa0How to Slowly Kill Yourself in America, and\\xa0Heavy: An American Memoir) joins Prudie (Jen\\xe9e 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 coworker\\u2019s insensitive gym behavior to HR, and how to deal with a mom who forgets to take her medication and immediately uses a racial slur.\\nIf you want more Dear Prudence, join Slate Plus, Slate\\u2019s membership program. Jen\\xe9e answers an extra question every week, just for members.\\nGo to\\xa0Slate.com/prudieplus\\xa0to sign up. It\\u2019s just $15 for your first three months.\\nThis podcast is produced by Se\\u2019era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, and Jen\\xe9e Desmond-Harris, with help from Maura Currie.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'