Han and Matt Know It All

(Note: This is with new and improved audio as of April 6th!) Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of March 26th, 2017, and beyond—and are joined this week by special guest Alison Green of the ESSENTIAL advice blog 'Ask a Manager'!!—including:

1. Ask a Manager (June 2, 2016): "I Accidentally Hugged the CEO";
2. Ask a Manager (July 26, 2013): "An Employee Is Putting Magic Curses on Her Coworkers";
3. Ask a Manager: "I Was Rejected for a Job Because of My Romantic History";
4. Ask E. Jean: "How Do I Get My Nightmare Coworker to Leave Me Alone?";
5. Dear Prudence: "Renting to Family";
6. Listener: "Nervous About My Neighbor";
   • Chicago Tribune: "What to do with threatening neighbors displaying mental illness?";
   • Nolo: "Scared of Your Neighbor?";
   • Nolo: "When selling my home, is it fraud to tell my neighbors to be on their best behavior?";

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of March 19th, 2017, including:

1. Carolyn Hax: "Her Dreamboat Is a Ship She Shouldn't Go Down With";
2. Ask APW: "Are Our Friends Judging Our Cheap Wedding?";
3. Dear Sugar: "Baby Or Bust";
   • Find Your Pleasure: "When The Idea Of Having Kids Feels 'meh'";
4. Dear Prudence: "Toying With Time";
   • The Cut: "You'll Never Guess Who Has the Most Orgasms";
   • Women's Day: "10 Things You Didn't Know About Orgasms";
   • Vice: "Men Want You to Orgasm Because It Makes Them Feel Manly, Study Says";

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of March 12th, 2017, including:

1. Ask a Manager: "My coworker won't stop talking about how stressed she is, and it makes me stressed out too";
2. Ask E. Jean: "How Do I Stop My Habit of Over-Texting Guys I'm Into?";
3. Dear Sugars: "Haunted By Ghosting";
4. Carolyn Hax: "How a married couple can tell who is and isn't pulling their weight";
   • Dirty Sexy Monogamy: "Are You Ready To Move In With Your SO?";
5. Listener: "Questionable Makeup Brand and Name Choices";
6. Bonus 1: "Book Match" is a new literature advice column coming in April to the NYT;
7. Bonus 2: Here is a list of the 17 advice columnists Hannah and Matt love most;

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of March 5th, 2017, including:

1. Miss Conduct: "How do I avoid coming across like a stalker on Facebook?";
2. Dear Prudence: "Walking-home woes";
3. Ask Amy: "Transgender man's pregnancy roils family members";
   • Rebecca Jeanne Vipond-Brink: "I'm Catholic, Trans, and Pregnant: This Is What My Journey's Been Like";
4. Ask Team Practical: "Should I Use My Savings for My Friend's Destination Wedding?";
5. Listener: "Is a Stranger's Sexism My Problem?";

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of February 26th, 2017, including:

1. Ask A Manager: "Employer wants me to agree not to support any other charity";
2. Miss Conduct: "How do I stop friends from foisting books on me?";
3. Dear Prudence: "When to Give";
4. Asking for a Friend: "Can I Explain Feminism to My Girlfriend Without Mansplaining?";

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of February 19th, 2017, including:

1. Dear Prudence: "Pandora's Box";
2. r/relationships: "I [23 f] tried to do something nice for my boyfriend [25 m] 1 yr. in a video game. I failed to do it and feel completely miserable. I don't know why I feel like this and really need help processing my emotions.";
3. Social Q's: "Broke a Glass, Got an Invoice";
4. Carolyn Hax: "Politely pushing back at a chronic advice-pusher";

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of February 12th, 2017, including:

1. Carolyn Hax: "Hoping to Rekindle a Long Dormant Flame";
2. Captain Awkward: "A coworker invited herself along on my vacation.";
3. r/relationships: "Question about porn habits. My bf [M25] thinks I'm [F23] overreacting. Possibly NSFW.";
4. Social Q's: "Strangers on a Train";
5. Listener Question From 'Gestalt': How much should my boundaries be negotiable when I'm looking for a partner?;

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of February 5th, 2017, including:

1. Dear Prudence: "Hate the house rules";
2. MBMBaM: Didn't get invited to an orgy I don't want to go to;
3. A Practical Wedding: "Can I Trust My Fiancée's Relationship with Her Close (Male) Friend?";
4. Savage Love: Girlfriend wants to try nonmonagamy but wants "heterosexual exclusivity" from me;
5. Listener Question From 'Andre': How not to squander leftist political rage?
   1. Find local activist groups (search in Facebook groups, look on indivisibleguide.com)
   2. Call your representatives (state your position on policies and goings on, demand town halls and attend them)
   3. Stay informed (read the New York Times and other reputable news sites, avoid hyper-partisan clickbait sources)

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of January 29th, 2017, including:

1. Captain Awkward: "My husband is dying and does not want to tell his parents. Should I intervene?";
2. r/relationships: Boyfriend doesn't want wedding, but I do;
3. Ask A Manager: "My boss enlists me in hiding his multiple affairs from his wife";
4. Carolyn Hax: "Friends frequent schedule changes";

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Hannah and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of January 22nd, 2017, including:

1. Ask Amy: Friend's partner suffering from Princess Syndrome?;
2. Ask A Manager: Can I have a two-page resume while I'm still in school?;
3. Social Qs: Judgy friends can't accept my new job?;
4. What can I do to become more involved with activism?;

Consider joining and/or donating to the ACLU, SPLC, Amnesty, or SURJ. There are also those doing more urgent work around immigration and refugees, including CAIR, MPower Change, National Partnership for New Americans, United We Dream, and NY Immigration Coalition. With any of these, on your own, and/or by finding activist groups in your community, you can call, email, write, visit your representatives, and get involved in local and state politics. Political and social change starts from the ground up and takes all of us.

Submit your favorite questions or questions you may have for the podcast to [email protected], anonymously at bit.ly/askhanandmatt, or to [email protected] for a Han-only written answer on hanandmattknowitall.com.

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