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Life Hax

by The Washington Post

#6 Relationships
▼1 today #66 Society & Culture
▼10 today

Carolyn Hax has been a Washington Post advice columnist for 30 years. Shane O’Neill just started. Together, they’re answering your messiest, toughest and most debatable relationship questions. Life Hax is a podcast for tackling those thorny issues. Should you tell your friend her husband is cheating? Is your honeymoon the right time to come out as bisexual? And why do a surprising number of people keep trying to poison their loved ones? Tune in every Thursday to catch the hosts answering these questions directly from listeners. And submit your own questions and quandaries to Carolyn and Shane by emailing lifehax@washpost.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

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I think my daughter's best friend is why she's still single.

This week on Life Hax, a concerned mother complains that her daughter has a platonic male best friend who she refuses to date. Mom is convinced the two are standing in th

Oct 22
33 min

She slept with my husband. Then she slept with theirs. Do I tell?

Need advice? Welcome to Life Hax, a brand new podcast co-hosted by Washington Post advice columnists Carolyn Hax and Shane O’Neill. Each week, they’ll answer your most pr

Oct 15
30 min

Introducing: “Life Hax” advice podcast

Need advice? Welcome to Life Hax, a brand new podcast co-hosted by Washington Post advice columnists Carolyn Hax and Shane O’Neill. Carolyn’s been a professional advice c

Oct 8
1 min

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#6 ▼ 1 Relationships US

#66 ▼ 10 Society & Culture US

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So excited just from the video trailer - you two have a great rapport and I can tell we’re all going to get the emotional interest (and occasional schadenfreude) of an advice column with lots of laughs along the way. It’s wait wait don’t tell me with in-laws! It’ll be on my regular podcast rotation!

Alliwelch · Oct 2026

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