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Oct 2024
1h 28m

Don't Blame Us (Penelope Trunk Returns)

Meghan Daum & Sarah Haider
About this episode

In this episode, Penelope Trunk returns for another session of therapeutic sado-masochism. We relay listeners’ most personal questions and Penelope duly dismisses their trauma and punishes them for such public displays of vulnerability—everyone wins!

We hope this leaves you with a sense of relief and lightness. It’s like a deep tissue massage for your (lame) psyche. And if not, don’t blame us. You knew what you were getting into.



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