By Zoe Greenberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — George had a problem, and he had reached out to Yowei Shaw for help.

After a decade-plus relationship, his wife had come out as queer and divorced him. (George is a Midwesterner using a pseudonym.)

Shaw, the Philly-based creator and founder of the new podcast Proxy , listened to his story and began her search for help.

The divorce wasn’t the issue — it was more the dizzying emotional disorientation that followed. George had gone to therapy and divorce groups and talked with friends, but no one could exactly relate. His ex wasn’t eager to talk. Most fundamentally, he wanted to understand how his life had changed so suddenly.

So Shaw tracked down the perfect proxy: a queer woman who had also left her straight marriage and wa

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