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Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.Get more Death, Sex & Money with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of DSM and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Death, Sex & Money show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/dsmplus to get access wherever you listen.
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Jul 15, 2020 • 30min
A Widow’s Guide To Grieving
"My therapist told me that it was okay to be mad at him for dying, whether or not it's rational. Because nothing about this is logical or makes sense." Looking for more Death, Sex & Money conversations about grief and loss? Check out our playlist here. Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. And support our work at deathsexmoney.org/donate.And stay in touch with us! Sign up for our newsletter and we'll keep you up to date about what's happening behind the scenes at Death, Sex & Money. Plus, we'll send you audio recommendations, letters from our inbox and a note from Anna. Join the Death, Sex & Money community and subscribe today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 10, 2020 • 54min
Books We Love: Michael Arceneaux’s “I Don’t Want To Die Poor”
The writer joined me live on Zoom to talk student loan debt, luxury CBD drinks, and why he's not going to "pimp out [his] trauma."
Tune in this Tuesday, July 14th, at 4 PM Eastern for the second in this series of live book interviews! I'll be talking with authors, podcasters, and best friends Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow (Call Your Girlfriend) about their new book, "Big Friendship," and how they've weathered the storms of adult friendship. Watch live here.
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Jul 8, 2020 • 33min
What Money Can't Solve
A confession is tortured out of a suspect. He goes to prison. Back in 2016, he got a check for what he endured. But forgiveness is not part of the bargain.
NPR's Planet Money collaborated with us on this episode. Listen to their version with an update from Darrell here. And to view the online archive of documents from the Invisible Institute's Police Torture Archive referenced in this episode, click here.
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Jul 1, 2020 • 32min
Skin Hunger: Part 2
In this collaboration with the podcast Love + Radio, we hear from listeners whose relationships ended right before the pandemic—or because of it. Thanks to the team at Love + Radio for their work on this collaboration.Subscribe to the Death, Sex & Money newsletter here. And email us anytime at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 29, 2020 • 27min
Skin Hunger: Part 1
In a deep exploration of 'skin hunger', the longing for touch emerges as a vital aspect of human connection. Listeners share personal accounts of missing physical affection, especially during isolation. The podcast highlights the emotional toll on families navigating relationships and grief. Stories reflect on the complexities of seeking support while respecting boundaries, and the unsettling effects of crime on communities deepen the discussion. All this, intertwined with the struggle to cope with loss from afar, underscores the profound need for intimacy.

Jun 24, 2020 • 28min
When Six Feet Isn't An Option
Two stories on incarceration and coronavirus: an update from Lawrence Bartley, whose time sheltering in place has him reflecting on his time in prison, and a woman who wrote to him, worried about her incarcerated husband's safety.
For more conversations with Lawrence, here is our first one from 2014, a follow-up with his wife Ronnine from 2017, and our check-in with both of them a few months after he was released in 2018, and read his essay for The Marshall Project here.
You can find our WNYC colleagues' work here: "Dispatches from People Stranded in Place," "Inside the Prison Pandemic," and "Keeping Released Prisoners Safe and Sane." And don't forget to check out the latest season of Ear Hustle.
Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. And support our work at deathsexmoney.org/donate.
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Jun 17, 2020 • 33min
An Essential Worker, Going Back In
A conversation with Sharron, a certified nursing assistant in Virginia, who we first met in our essential workers episode this spring.
Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. And support our work at deathsexmoney.org/donate.
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Jun 10, 2020 • 29min
I Love You, But There's This Money Thing...
From budgeting blue books to a $60,000 engagement ring: your stories about love and money.
Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. And support our work at deathsexmoney.org/donate.
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Jun 5, 2020 • 24min
"This Has Been A Long Time Coming."
We asked you what you needed to say in this moment of reckoning with police brutality, structural racism, and grief. Here's what you told us.
We want to keep talking with you about this. Send us a voice memo about what's on your mind right now, to deathsexmoney@wnyc.org.
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Jun 3, 2020 • 33min
Financial Therapy: How Much Should I Help My Family?
"It's difficult to sometimes separate myself from being the one that always has to have it together."
This episode is part of a special Financial Therapy series here on Death, Sex & Money, hosted by Amanda Clayman. If you have a money anxiety weighing you down, send an email or a voice memo to financialtherapy@wnyc.org. Find the entire series at deathsexmoney.org/financialtherapy. We'd also love to know what you thought of this series. Give us your feedback at deathsexmoney.org/ftsurvey.
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