Death, Sex & Money

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ms. Pat Spent Years Hiding She Was Poor. Then She Got on Stage

2026-11-10 · 49 min · Episode 610

A welfare caseworker first told Ms. Pat she had a knack for turning painful stories into comedy. She was 20, fresh out of prison for selling drugs, and already in charge of six kids–some hers, some the children of…
Kidnapping Survivor Elizabeth Smart is Doing True Crime Differently

2026-11-03 · 52 min · Episode 609

In 2002, when Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bed by a stranger, the media covered it day and night. When Elizabeth returned home nine months later, she slowly began to learn to tell her own story, in her own words.…
Side Effects May Include Headaches, Sleep Eating, Buying Power Tools

2026-10-27 · 53 min · Episode 608

For this episode, we asked for your stories about medication side effects. You told us about the weird, from sleep-eating to compulsive spending. You told us about making trade-off calculations: Is an improved mood…
Comedian Murray Hill on the Teachers Who Freed Him From an Unsafe Home

2026-10-20 · 58 min · Episode 607

Now famous as a New York City nightlife fixture and for his role on Somebody Somewhere, comedian Murray Hill used to keep his personal history private. In fact, the persona of “Murray Hill” started as a drag king…
Remembering John Prine on His 80th, With His Wife Fiona

2026-10-13 · 38 min · Episode 605

To mark John Prine’s 80’s birthday, Anna catches up with his wife Fiona. Then we revisit Anna’s 2018 conversation with John, where he discussed his bestselling album Tree of Forgiveness. Podcast production by Cameron…
Ada Limón Lives in 'Vertical Time' in Her Childhood Home

2026-10-06 · 58 min · Episode 603

After three years as Poet Laureate, Ada Limón craved a smaller, more private life. Then she saw a sign: her childhood home was for sale. In this episode, Anna and Ada talk about writing, memory, chronic pain and making…
Stavros Halkias Worries Fame Might Kill Him

2026-09-29 · 51 min · Episode 602

This year, Stavros Halkias released a stand-up special, appeared in the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony, and continued his run on the hit Netflix show Tires. Despite the high points, he says this year has also been…
My Homeschool Curriculum Was My Mother’s Unhappiness

2026-09-22 · 55 min · Episode 600

Stefan’s mother said he was too smart for public school and took him out of 4th grade. But instead of studying, Stefan’s homeschool curriculum was organized around keeping his mother company and pretending he wouldn’t…
How I “Failed” at OnlyFans

2026-09-15 · 1 hr 0 min · Episode 599

Anna Blake started an OnlyFans account, not as a pleasure project, but to achieve some financial stability. When she found out she hated the work and made little money, her relationship to sex – and to money – had to…
'Pay-What-You-Want' Defies Logic, Confuses Economists, and Can Really Work

2026-09-08 · 55 min · Episode 597

The pay-what-you-want business model is mostly found in museums and churches, but this week we’ll hear from entrepreneurs and artists who are implementing it in unlikely places. Guests include: Katie Bishop, owner of…

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Oldest episode in feed: 05/2014 · over 12 years
Typical length: 35 min
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