Death, Sex & Money
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Death, Sex & Money
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 A...
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Why Job Hunting Feels So Grim Lately, Especially for Gen Z
This week, Anna learns about how frustrating it is to apply for jobs these days, especially for early-career folks, even those with college degrees. F...
Seth Rogen Has Empathy and Disdain for Bad Hollywood Execs (Talk Easy)
Actor-writer-director Seth Rogen discusses Hollywood's perpetual existential crisis, where art and commerce constantly battle for dominance. On the he...
Will He Still Love Me When I'm Off Ozempic?
In 2021, we released an episode called The Weight of Love, where listeners shared stories about weight, body size, and how those factors affect their...
Bonus: After the Interview, Our Guest Had Some Questions
In our episode with Jim Harris, we talked about how a spinal cord injury left him partially paralyzed, and then how 8 months into his recovery he rega...
'Tom' Felt So Alone Not Being Able To Drive. We Made An Introduction.
We first heard from a listener we’re calling Tom in an episode about life transitions. He told us he had recently gotten his driving license revoked b...
Life After Death: News About the Future of Death, Sex & Money!
Hear about the new life for Death, Sex & Money, with new episodes coming soon! In the meantime, subscribe to Anna's newsletter here to keep in touch a...
Four Interviews and a Funeral
When we heard that Death, Sex, & Money was coming to an end at WNYC, we decided there was only one thing to do: throw ourselves an in-person goodbye c...
Your Inheritance Stories: When Death, Family and Money Mix
Over the past few months, we’ve been collecting your stories about inheritance, from those who have it and those who don’t. You told us about when inh...
Meshell Ndegeocello Thinks Authenticity is Unsustainable
Meshell Ndegeocello has been a working musician since she was a teenager. She’s probably best known for her biggest hit to date, “Wild Night,” a Van M...
Productive Discomfort: A Job Training Program for Single Moms That Centers Mental Health
Hannah is 34, has two kids, and lives in Casper, Wyoming, where she was born and raised. Hannah’s been working in construction for 3 years, ever since...
Maria Bamford on the Lucrative Nature of Oversharing
Maria Bamford is a comedian and actress who you may know from her standup specials, her Netflix show Lady Dynamite, or her 2020 interview with Anna on...
Underdogs, Training Montages and Buzzer-Beaters: When Sports Movies Got You Through It
With their underdog-against-all-odds-redemption stories and epic training montages, sports movies can be the best source of support when we’re deep in...
In Our Marriage, Psychosis Comes and Goes
When Giulia Lukach had her first manic episode, it seemed to come out of nowhere. She was in her late twenties, and had been married to her husband, M...
Raphael Saadiq: Music Was My Therapy. It Had To Be.
This fall, Tony! Toni! Toné! is on tour for the first time in twenty years. Raphael Saadiq's career took off as a member of the R&B trio —a group whos...
An End of Life Doctor’s Shocking Loss
Dr. Bonnie Chen is no stranger to grief. The majority of her patients are facing a terminal illness and, as a palliative care doctor, her job is to he...
Married With No Kids and a Ranching Business with No Heirs
Albert and Sue Sommers met, fell in love and got married in their 40s. Albert is a rancher whose family has worked the same land in Pinedale, Wyoming...
Jonathan Goldstein, Heavy Weights, and What We Owe Old Friends
This week, we are very excited to introduce you all to one of our favorite podcasts: Heavyweight, hosted by Jonathan Goldstein. First, Jonathan chats...
Feeling Lost or Stuck? Try Craigslist, says John Wilson.
The filmmaker behind HBO’s How To with John Wilson shares how his hobbies, like checking Craigslist ads obsessively, make him feel more deeply connect...
A New York City Mover Who Carries More Than Your Boxes
Over the past 20 years, Adonis Williams has moved thousands of people in and out of New York City. With each move, he catches a glimpse of a life in t...
Ellen Burstyn at 90 Today
Anna and Ellen Burstyn check in 9 years after they first spoke. Ellen talks about the relationships that make up her life in this moment, her dog, and...
Revisiting Ellen Burstyn at 81
We’re listening back to one of Anna’s favorite episodes, when actor Ellen Burstyn invited us into her apartment for a sprawling interview about her pa...
I Did Surrogacy For Money And Now I’m Starting Over
Anna follows up with Sarah Short, the mom who became a surrogate to pay off debt. They discuss her divorce, starting her own business, and why this ch...
A Headline Stays Static Even As A Life Transforms
Lawrence Bartley was first on the show in 2014 while he was still in prison. In this new episode, he talks about becoming an award-winning journalist...
Why Ezra Klein Thinks “We're Living Through A Mistake”
The New York Times journalist talks about the difficulties of early parenthood, the lure of communal living, and why he loves Burning Man.
A Trans Elder’s ‘Final Act’: Musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland
The 79-year-old musician tells Anna about coming into his gender identity, “being cared for” by his bandmates, and the joys–and pitfalls–of finding su...
Secrets, Turn-Ons, and Fantasies: Your Stories About Porn
We revisit our most popular episode, featuring your stories about secret hard drives, fantasy plot lines, illegal downloads, titillating Tumblr feeds,...
Bells and Bills: The Price You Paid For Your Wedding
In this episode we asked listeners if they were currently planning a wedding, and if money had become a sticking point. We heard from couples with vas...
The Crude Reality of Debt from This is Uncomfortable
Kate Beaton was determined to work her way out of debt. But nothing could have prepared her for the experience of toiling in the Canadian oil sands.
Why Writer Brandon Taylor Likes Being “A Little Bit Lonely”
The author talks about arguing in high school English classes, learning to manage money, and his evolving relationship with the Internet.
Did yo...
I Still Love My Dad, But I Don't Love Guns
Two years after Anna’s first conversation with a listener named Jack, she called him back for an update on his relationship with his dad, and his rela...
Can You Help Your Kid’s Anxiety By Changing Your Behavior?
Kids look to their parents to keep them safe and to show them how much risk they can handle, but parents are often winging it as they walk that line....
‘It Just Denies Reality’: Abortion Access and the Law After Dobbs
Mississippi-based reproductive justice activist Laurie Bertram Roberts updates Anna on life after Dobbs. Plus, a story from the podcast More Perfect o...
Ocean Vuong on Telling Lies, Building Family and Loving the Knicks
The acclaimed poet talks about falling in love with poetry in New York basements, caring for his brother, and mastering — and walking away from — writ...
Hold On: Should I Tell My Boss I’m Depressed?
In the final episode of Hold On, a national call-in show about our mental health, Anna talks to organizational psychologist Melissa Doman, author of Y...
Hold On: When Shame Keeps You From Therapy
In this episode of Hold On, our live national call-in series about mental health, we asked listeners to call in if the idea of getting therapy was som...
Hold On: Let’s Talk About Psych Meds
1 in 5 American adults are taking medication to treat their mental health, that’s more than the number of people in therapy. Anna talks to sociologist...
Hold On: My Diagnosis, My Self
Anna talks to psychology professor and researcher Dr. Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, about his work studying bias in mental health diagnostics, and takes lis...
Hold On: How to Support our Teens' Mental Health
Anna takes calls from teenagers, and people who love teenagers, about adolescent mental health, along with psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour.
Find re...
Hold On: How Therapists See the Mental Health Crisis
Anna takes calls from mental health professionals along with psychiatrist Dr. Kali Cyrus, and you offer your tips for accessing care.
Fin...
Leaving the Extreme Right, and a Marriage, Behind
Anna and Micah Loewinger, correspondent for On the Media, travel to Montana to talk to Tasha Adams about her decades-long marriage with Stewart Rhodes...