Matt and Sam are joined by writer, editor, and beloved advice columnist Brandy Jensen to answer listener questions about how to be a person again (or for the first time).
For a slight change of pace, we invited our dear friend Brandy Jensen—author of the world's best advice column, Jezebel's Ask a Fuck-Up, and features editor at the new Gawker.com—to answer listener questions about reentering the world post-vaccine, dating, conservative relatives, whether the "Trad Caths" are right, and mourning the lives we did not live.
As you'll see, we ended up addressing many classic Know Your Enemy themes—mercy, redemption, humility, etc.—and we had a great time doing it. Thank you to everyone who wrote in with such intimate and profound questions. You're all very beautifully fucked-up.
Further Reading:
Adam Philips, Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life, Macmillan, 2013
Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, October 3, 2020
Brandy Jensen, "Ask a Fuck-Up on a Fucked-Up Year," Jezebel, December 31, 2020