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Quality Control Purposes

By: Malcolm Fleschner
  • Summary

  • Advice columns like Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Miss Manners and Savage Love remain wildly popular with newspaper readers. But the advice doled out by these self-styled experts is not always worth the paper its printed on. So join hosts Malcolm Fleschner and Kurt Wolfrum as we conduct a little hilarity-filled quality control on a different assortment of advice columns each week and judge for yourself who gives better responses: us, them or maybe even you!
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Episodes
  • Episode 9: "Duck Club" Update, Mementos of a Dead Ex-Boyfriend, New Partner for an Old Vibrator, ChatGPT Love Advice — and much more!
    May 29 2023

    Malcolm and Kurt share a shocking follow-up to last episode’s workplace sex club letter, as well as advice regarding letters from:

    • A man whose girlfriend is not willing to part with her deceased ex-boyfriend’s memento box
    • A woman whose husband is the object of frequent flirting from their younger female coworker 
    • A daughter who reconnected with an abusive father on his deathbed — but then he survived!
    • A man who wants to know if he can introduce his new girlfriend to his late wife’s vibrator

    Plus our new idea for an “astral” advice column, classic Dear Abby letters, and thoughts on love from ChatGPT.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 8: A boss uncovers an office sex club, cutting ties with dead husband’s clingy family, angling for a cut of deceased drug dealer brother’s cash — and much more!
    Jan 26 2023

    In this episode Kurt and Malcolm offer our not-remotely expert takes on:

    - How a widow can tell her annoying former sister-in-law “Barbara” that their “relationship” is over
    - Legal options for a woman who wants her portion of the $240,000 left in deceased brother’s dresser drawer
    - What a manager should do after discovering a wide-ranging COMPETITIVE sex club operating right under her nose 
    - A wealthy man concerned about continuing a relationship with his comparatively impoverished girlfriend

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    50 mins
  • Episode 7: Introducing boyfriend to polyamory, dealing with a copycat “friend,” staying friends with an ex, getting hassled for parking in the handicapped spot — and much more!
    Sep 20 2022

    In this episode Kurt and Malcolm offer our expert takes on:

    • How a woman in a committed relationship (and a small child) can talk her boyfriend into pursuing polyamory
    • The best way for dealing with a Facebook friend who copycats to such an extent we fear she’s looking to commit murder and take her friend’s place
    • A writer with chronic pain who has to field critical comments from strangers over handicapped parking and unsympathetic friends
    • A woman whose long ago ex-boyfriend and current friend insists on describing her as his ex to his new lady friends
    • A writer who is just so damned good at helping others that she’s become the go-to source of advice for far too many friends
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    57 mins

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