
He asked Strayed to take over the column, and she agreed. “Dear Sugar” began as an advice column on the online literary community The Rumpus, written first by Almond under the pseudonym and imagined identity of “Sugar.” When he received a fan letter from Strayed, an acquaintance who didn’t realize that he was the one behind the column, he had a revelation: the voice he was channeling as Sugar was actually hers. On the first episode, listeners will hear from Oprah Winfrey, who responds to a letter-writer struggling with saying “no” to demanding family members.

The new season debuts Saturday, July 15, with new episodes coming out every Saturday of the season. Known for offering “radical empathy,” “Dear Sugars” brings advice to the heartsick with answers to listeners’ most pressing and painful relationship dilemmas. This collaboration between The Times and WBUR follows the tremendous success of their producing partnership on “Modern Love: The Podcast.” The New York Times is thrilled to announce that it is bringing “Dear Sugar Radio,” the advice podcast from WBUR, hosted by best-selling authors Cheryl Strayed (“Wild” and “Tiny Beautiful Things”) and Steve Almond (“Against Football”), to a new audience of Times listeners with a refreshed name - “ Dear Sugars” - and identity. TW: IG: To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: Learn more about your ad choices.Oprah Winfrey Joins Hosts Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond for First New Episode She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Brian Lindstrom and their two teenagers. In addition to writing her widely acclaimed essays, stories and scripts, Strayed has hosted two hit podcasts for the New York Times - Sugar Calling and Dear Sugars, which she co-hosted with Steve Almond. Tiny Beautiful Things is currently being adapted for a TV show for Hulu and will star Kathryn Hahn. Wild was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern. About Cheryl Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, as well as the bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things, Brave Enough, and Torch. How to gather the courage to know a truth thing–and to live by it. Ways to be a better advice-giver, and how to keep “floating in the direction of your own life.” 5.

Why every problem Cheryl’s ever had has been solved by a list–and how to use her strategy. How to know when it’s time to leave, and whether your partner deserves to be free of you.

Pod Squad Qs about co-parenting after infidelity, setting boundaries with friends, and reconciling an estranged parent relationship.
