Episode 86 | Night Humps
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Episode 86 | Night Humps

Stefani and Ray read from The Slate's Dear Prudence column, in this week's episode. A man grinds up against his girlfriend in his sleep, calling for his ex-. A woman discovers her wife's secret and mysterious checking account. Sister's quarrel over the importance of one's wedding over the other's vacation. Finally, a man is looking for the words to tell his boyfriend that he's not interested in living in the free home next-door to his parents. [Kadabra 2021 Malbec]

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Episode 85 | A Hooded Temple
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Episode 85 | A Hooded Temple

It’s back to the classics this week with life advice from the one and only Dear Abby. A woman ponders her future with her husband after constant gaslighting following sexual assault. When the boyfriend is away for work, the naked, divorced spiritual advisor physically heals his girlfriend, then sleeps over. “Kennedy’s” volleyball future is threatened by Dad’s bigoted views on her trans coach. Finally, a wife’s had enough of her husband letting it all hang out. [Segura Viudas Cava]

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Episode 84 | Advocating for the Devil
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Episode 84 | Advocating for the Devil

This week, the Biffs read from Reddit’s Am I The Asshole thread (Aunty AITA). A woman’s presumptuous boyfriend plans a work trip, leaving the responsibility of his kids to her. Someone gets defensive after their moment of levity backfires as insensitivity during a funeral. A professional with experience working with individuals diagnosed with ASD pushes the envelope with a friend about her child’s behaviors. Another writer catches mom’s wrath when he refers to someone as “baby momma.” [Azul y Garanza 2020 Tempranillo]

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Episode 83 | Scientifically Fertile-Looking
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Episode 83 | Scientifically Fertile-Looking

The Biffs give Sally Land of The Sun’s Dear Deidre a run for her money in this week’s episode. What’s a man to do when his wife feel ‘dirty & disgusting’ showing him any sort of affection? Is it curtains for this woman’s cowardly nice-guy? Is Mom in the right to accept blame for her son’s inability to warm up to girlfriend? It’s an episode of conviction and impassioned conversation. [Commanderie du Bardelet 2019 Bordeaux Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc)]

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Episode 82 | Lemme Project These Hands
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Episode 82 | Lemme Project These Hands

This week, the Biffs read Natalie Bencivenga’s Ask Natalie for the first-, and certainly not the last-, time. Things go awry for one reader after finding out her best friends knew about her husband’s affair. Following a one night stand, this writer wants to know if she should even trouble the standee for reimbursement related to the termination of the pregnancy. Low libidos bring husbands to consider a separate lover for the high-riding counterpart. [Cote Mas 2022 Rose Aurore]

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Episode 81 | Those Weren’t My Britches
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Episode 81 | Those Weren’t My Britches

Agony aunt, Coleen Nolan, of UKs Mirror, takes center stage with the Biff's this week. Secret's out and a writer questions whether or not to bring up his partner's affair. Mystery boxers make it home with another writer's wife, following her work trip. A woman wants out of her six-month marriage when her husband begins to treat her as a possession. [90+ Cellars Prosecco]

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Episode 80 | Dear Elad Vissad
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Episode 80 | Dear Elad Vissad

This week, the Biffs give advice in response to listener questions. It’s a soap opera scenario when a writer’s long lost twin ends up with her ex-. What we’re sure is a Lifetime movie plot gets a PBS response when a man confesses to his girlfriend that he’s investigating her family. Finally, a ghost-writing best friend wants in on the accolades that the credited author is receiving. Do you need advice? Send us your questions, comments, and all of your concerns to illadvisedthepodcast@gmail.com. [Chloe 2022 Pinot Grigio]

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Episode 79 | Polly Want a Condom?
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Episode 79 | Polly Want a Condom?

The Biffs take on artificial intelligence this week with ridiculous questions generated by Chat GPT using the prompt, "Twisted questions and scenarios you would send the Biffs of Ill Advised w/ Stefani & Ray, an advice podcast." Let's take a break from the norm and take on a chatty parrot, a spell gone awry, gossiping rodents, and a family of buccaneers. How the AI platform responds will shock you. Don't miss the fun in this episode. [Nomadica Sparkling White]

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Episode 78 | How to Kidnap Us
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Episode 78 | How to Kidnap Us

The BiFFs hit the Slate’s trusted How To Do It column this week. A barely legal young woman asks if she should go “all the way” with her step dad. A man’s stupid face is a barrier to getting his wife off. Lastly, learn how to handle a homophobic homosexual’s disturbing online persona. [Misty Cove Estate 2022 Sauvignon Blanc]

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Episode 77 | Kudos For Gettin’ It
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Episode 77 | Kudos For Gettin’ It

It’s been a minute, so the BiFFs revisit Toronto Life’s Urban Diplomat this week for some fun discussion. Potty-mouth-Penny and her foul influence is tainting the carpool. Social media past puts a grad-school-grad’s career in jeopardy. An Uber rider isn’t keen on stars for stars. A pro-life sticker has potential for a spike in car insurance claims. Finally, a senseless streetcar rider shares her personal conquests on speakerphone.. and there were children around. [A de Arínzano 2020 Rosé]

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Episode 76 | Pacha Mama
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Episode 76 | Pacha Mama

The BiFFs take to The New York Times’ The Ethicist Column, this week. A step-mother feigns love for her step-children, even decades later. Estranged siblings leave a writer debating going around the sister to meet nieces and nephews. Suspected child-abuse leaves a writer unable to reconcile their own ethical dilemma. [Pacha Reserva 2019 Carmenere]

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Episode 75 | Charles Bundy
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Episode 75 | Charles Bundy

The BiFFs test their Sense and Sensitivity this week with Harriette Cole’s column. A woman puts herself on the line to hide her best friend’s affair. A woman flags her ex- for trying to worm his way back into their toxic situation. Mom’s feelings for gay dad cloud her judgement as a parent. Exes living under the same roof fail to set the ground rules for at-home-rebounds. [Prophesy 2019 Buttery Chardonnay]

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Episode 74 | Non-Vegetarian Wine
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Episode 74 | Non-Vegetarian Wine

It's back to the classics this week for the BiFFs, with Dear Abby. A woman's willingness to help another, and protect her right to choose, leads to divorce. A husband's trips with his ex-wife and their daughters, leaves his new wife with unsettled tropical romance vibes. A sister in denial, spins her toxic relationship into post-mortem glorification. [Riff 2019 Pinot Grigio]

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Episode 73 | Mt. Me beautiful
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Episode 73 | Mt. Me beautiful

This week, the BiFFs discuss The Guardian's advice column penned by Eleanor Gordon-Smith, with 'fupas on fleek.' Stefani and Ray discuss what body image is to a seven-month old baby, and how that translates to future perception. And a writer's ex-husband and children warm up to the mistress that destroyed their marriage twenty years earlier, when she re-enters their lives. [Mt. Beautiful 2022 Sauvignon Blanc]

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Episode 72 | In The Privacy of Your Public
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Episode 72 | In The Privacy of Your Public

In this week’s episode, the BiFFs return with the Slate’s Dear Prudence column. It’s all rainbows and butterflies until you find your husband’s slam book on his computer. A guilt-ridden writer just wants peace years after framing her sister for a domestic crime. And Mom, when the door’s closed and the vacuum’s running, maybe knock? [Double Black 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon]

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Episode 71 | Hurricane Richard
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Episode 71 | Hurricane Richard

A mother with a convoluted experience with her husband and his interfamilial relations spurs a long and thoughtful discussion with the BiFFs. BFFL Shorty drops in with a question of her own when a conniving ex- pushes the envelope, encroaching on her professional life. {Voga Prosecco]

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Episode 70 | Consent to Treat
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Episode 70 | Consent to Treat

Rachel Sievers (counselor, coach, & retired psycho-therapist) of the Consent to Treat Podcast joins the BiFFs this week to peruse the Washington Post’s Ask Amy Column. A father asks whether he should warn his future son-in-law about the psychological perils that await him, pre-nuptials. A writer asks for guidance for dealing with her psychologist-sister’s niche for crossing boundaries. Stefani get’s real with Rachel in a beautiful, vulnerable conversation. [Tiny [Pink] Bubbles Prosecco d.o.c. Sparkling Rosé]

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Episode 69 | Beg Daddy
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Episode 69 | Beg Daddy

It’s Pride Month and what better way to kick it off than with Metrosource’s Ask Daddy, an advice column for LGBTQ readers. A man struggles to reassure his partner, despite his unconditional support as she navigates her gender identity. Another contemplates the future after catching his man having intimate conversations with his ex. And finally, a writer asks for a definition of “masculinity” in the face of bigotry. [Château Moncontour 2017 Chenin Blanc]

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Episode 68 | Hollalula
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Episode 68 | Hollalula

The BiFFs are joined by lifelong bestie, Shorty (Chantay), to help answer one of life's long-pondered questions: Am I the Assh*le? Join them as they go through the Reddit thread to tackle some interesting scenarios, such as: when your boyfriend gets mad at you for being in a bathing suit, laughing at your sister-in-law when she asks for help with her weight, and being a secret to your partner's homophobic friends. [D’Autrefois 2022 Chardonnay]

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Episode 67 | Grand Jeté
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Episode 67 | Grand Jeté

This week, the BiFFs revisit Carloyn Hax and her column. A friendship faces uncertainty when a reader is labeled as ‘no fun’ by her best-friend when her focus is evading the husband’s advances. A Mother-in-Law with manipulative side-eye rocks another reader’s peace. And a boyfriend faces-off with his girlfriend’s mastermind cat. [Lobster Reef 2022 Sauvignon Blanc]

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