Help.. More specifically, help that comes in the form of advice. It’s the stuff we look for when we’ve got a problem that needs fixing. Thanks to the internet, advice is pretty easy to find. There are advice columns on just about everything, from what to do with your finances to how to spice up your love life. But pre-internet days, if you had a weird or embarrassing problem that you wouldn’t want to ask your friends and family about, there was no one better to help you out, than an agony aunt. We speak to Niamh Fitzpatrick, a radio agony aunt to learn more about what it’s like to dispense advice to the lost and confused.

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