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On today’s show: if you cheat in your relationship, should your boss fire you? Is it possible to sue the person who cheated on you – and win? It feels like sometimes we forget that cheating isn’t really a crime punishable by law in the Western world anymore. But what happens if it’s turning into one?

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Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and today, filling in for Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1), we have Eilish Gilligan (@eilishgilligan). Get well soon Mich!!

Why Are We Still So Scandalized by Cheating? in The Cut

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