What It’s Like to Be an Advice Columnist During a Global Pandemic

SHOW NOTES

With so many people suffering during the early days of the pandemic, can you just imagine what advice columnists must’ve seen in their inboxes from people desperately seeking coping solutions to an unprecedented global crisis? Well, this week, Charlie shares fascinating insights from an article (What It’s Like to Be an Advice Columnist During a Global Pandemic, TIME) that interviews several of the most popular advice columnists in America today to get their take on how the advice people sought changed drastically during the pandemic and how that, in turn, changed them and how they give advice.

LINKS MENTIONED IN SHOW

Article: What It’s Like to Be an Advice Columnist During a Global Pandemic (link)
Caroline Hax weekly advice column live chat (Washington Post) (link)
Book: Miss Manners’ Guide to Contagious Etiquette (an advice book for surviving the pandemic) (link)