Dear Stu Podcast
Stuart Wilson-Smith
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A Bedtime Story
Dear Stu, I am exhausted this week from work and dealing with a sinus infection that won’t seem to go away. Tired as I am, when I go to bed I can’t seem to really wind down and stop thinking. You’d…
Dear Stu is Also a Podcast Now?
Dear Fergus and Friends,I share with you the happy news that:(1) All Dear Stu posts will soon include voiceover audio at the top of each article.(2) These audio versions of posts will be available in…
My New BFF is Not Real
Dear Stu,I have been dipping my toes into the vast pool of knowledge that is ChatGPT, and I'm wondering if I've gone too far. A little context: I use my AI bot (I've named her "Chatty Patty") A LOT…
Meet the Parents (and confront them about your childhood)
Spoiler warning: this letter references events and personalities in Welcome to Plathville Seasons 1-4. Dear Fergus,Thank you for sharing the tea with me about the hit reality show Welcome to…
So You Want to Baptize an Alien
Dear Stu,I am a person of christian faith and I am fascinated by aliens. I don’t see any problem or conflict between faith and science but I do wonder about cases we haven’t encountered yet.…
A Cure for Meanness?
Dear Stu,I had a question come up and I thought about a conversation I had with you some years ago at the Wendy’s tomato protest in Columbus. I had a supervisor once who was nice and normal to me and…
When They Talk About Our Weight
Content Warning: discussion of body shaming, food consumption shaming. Dear Stu,I have lived on my own for almost 20 years now. My town is about 7 hours away from my mother’s house (which I grew up…
Descartes, Media Literacy, and You
Dear Fergus,(A reminder that letters addressed to Fergus are actually to everybody)Thanks for drawing my attention to that spurious article about the Dalai Lama and Paul McCartney serenading a…
Summer Blues
Dear Stu,A friend of a friend of a friend told me you might be able to empathize with this. A lot of people seem to get down or depressed when winter arrives. I get it. It’s cold and the days start…
Work to Live or Live to Work
Dear Stu,I don’t hate my job, but I am unmotivated by it. I am less than 3 years out of college and I didn’t expect to feel as jaded as this already. I was looking forward to work life, having my own…
People make fun of how much I dote on my pets. Am I crazy?
Dear Stu,I am not married and don’t have any children. I do, however, share my apartment with a dog named Angus and an elderly cat, Ferbie. I love these two creatures and as much work as they can be…
Is writing an AI sermon ethical?
Dear Stu,I have been able to listen to a wide variety of sermons (homilies?) in my lifetime as a Catholic. Some are good, some are dry or difficult to follow. In either case, I appreciate it when the…
From Here
Welcome: Part IDear Reader,Welcome to Dear Stu, a place to reflect on life’s deepest questions with the facilitation of a man named Stu. That is me. Creating a Substack has been a dream of mine since…
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Dear Stu Podcast has published 13 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality.
Dear Stu Podcast is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 9m.
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