Dear Prudence: My Husband Wants Our 9-Year-Old Son to Play Tackle Football. Help!

In this episode, Bomani Jones (host of HBO’s Game Theory With Bomani Jones and The Right Time With Bomani Jones) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer questions from letter writers about workplace socializing, friends who are no longer likable people, and youth football.

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Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Brandon Nix.

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