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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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Dec 9, 2015 • 28min
Autism Isn’t What I Signed Up For
When we posted an article on Facebook about deciding to have children, Diane Gill Morris told us, "If someone had told me this is what it’d be like, I never would have had kids."
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Nov 25, 2015 • 26min
Holland Taylor Steps Off Her Island
Actress Holland Taylor built a reputation by playing self-assured characters who keep others at a distance. But at 72, she's finally ready to take a chance on love.
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Nov 18, 2015 • 31min
Why You're Not Having Sex
We asked you why you're not having sex—right now, or ever. These are your stories.
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Nov 4, 2015 • 31min
Kevin Powell Doesn't Fight Anymore
In this episode taped before a live audience in New York, writer and original Real World cast member Kevin Powell talks about confronting the anger and violent impulses in his past.
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Oct 28, 2015 • 28min
All in the Family of Norman Lear
The 93-year-old writer and producer behind shows like The Jeffersons and All in the Family talks about his childhood and how it shaped the way he's raised his own six kids.
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Oct 21, 2015 • 27min
The Power of Yesi Ortiz
On the air, Yesi Ortiz is a warm, flirty host for a popular L.A. hip hop station. Off the air, she's a single mother of six adopted kids. Managing both roles is a more than a challenge.
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Oct 7, 2015 • 30min
An Astronaut’s Husband, Left Behind
Dr. Jonathan Clark lost his wife, astronaut Laurel Clark, in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle explosion. As he grieved, he also learned how to be a single parent to their son.
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Sep 23, 2015 • 37min
The Sex Worker Next Door
Emma's a single mom and supports her family with the income she makes from sex work. The money's good. But she struggles with the secrecy, and the shame.
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Sep 9, 2015 • 25min
From Chaos to Sesame Street
For 44 years, Sonia Manzano explained letters, numbers, and life to kids on Sesame Street. But her own childhood left her with a lot of questions that lingered into adulthood.
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Aug 21, 2015 • 25min
In New Orleans: How to Get Elected Coroner
Dr. Jeffrey Rouse is the Orleans Parish coroner—a job he describes as the “interface between law and medicine.” A decade ago, he was preparing for a life in academia, not public office.
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