Defying Utang Na l'Ob

Gene Seymour: Utang na l'ob doesn't just factor in money. It's all about the other things that I feel that I owed my mom, or I owed my parents to be partnered and have a good job with benefits. He says his mother suggested beneficiaries but he didn't want them because they don't know much about him. Seymour: What if the greatest tragedy of your life was just covered up? Listen to NPR's embedded podcast in its latest series, Taking Cover.