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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…

Death, Sex & Money

I Have a Crush on My Therapist. Now What?

How a Very Polite Danny McBride Creates Characters That Go Berserk

The Sexy Soundtrack for the ‘New Black Middle Class’

The Pet Detective

How Much Should You Spend on a Wedding?

Emmy-Winner Jeff Hiller Returns! Talking Bodies and Money in a Changing Hollywood

Was Dad Being a Creep? And Other Childhood Memories to Decipher

Spouses Peter Dinklage and Erica Schmidt on Bad Interviews, Fame, and Parenting

Something Rotten at Stanford

A Sex Party Love Story

The Parent-Child Anxiety Trap

A Brat Pack Star Remembers How to Have Friends

Death, SNAKES & Money

Kara Swisher on the Rich Guys Trying to Live Forever

The Thrills and Heartbreaks of Being a Funk Rock Pioneer

Rick Steves Says Travel is the Antidote to Fear

Why I Paid OnlyFans Models to Read ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’

Doree Shafrir On The Out Of Control IVF Train

A Court Settlement Made Me a Millionaire. I’ve Barely Touched the Money.

A Career Change? In This Economy?

AI Confessions: A Chatbot Ended My Marriage

AI Confessions: A Chatbot Saved My Life

After Two Wars and PTSD, He Became an Oyster Farmer. Why is He Running for Senate?

Not Wanting Kids Cost Me My Marriage

The TikTok Channel Telling Male Athletes to Love Each Other

Becoming a Parent Of Six, At 25

The Women Who Made George Saunders A Wife Guy

Maria Bamford Isn't Ready to Joke About Her Divorce

A 101-Year-Old Rediscovers a Love Lost to War

Why Autopsies Are in Decline and Why it Matters

Stories About Death, Sex and Money to Start the New Year

The Family Drama of Inheritance

The Chaste Sexiness and Fantasy of Hallmark Holiday Rom-Coms

Samin Nosrat’s Recipe for Self-Compassion

What Hearing Aids and Anger Management Still Miss

When Your Famous Dad Can Charm Anyone But Can't Pay the Bills

“The Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay”

Tig Notaro's Documentary About Her Friend's Death Is Also Really Funny

Money on the Mind: How to Budget for Aging Parents…and Yourself

Raising A Country Musician Through Swagger and Psychosis

Money on the Mind: Prepping for Retirement Without Losing Your Mind

After SNL, Ego Nwodim Has Her Weekends Back

Money on the Mind: To Have Kids or Not to Have Kids

Her Boyfriend Was Killed in a Random NYC Attack. Right-Wing Trolls Mocked Her.

How a Former Polygamist “Sister Wife” Learned to Love Monogamy

Nick Offerman's Principled Hypocrisy

A War Photographer on the Limits of Bearing Witness

Why Job Hunting Feels So Grim Lately, Especially for Gen Z

From Brazilian Butt Lifts to Botox: Your Beauty Confessions

Private Equity Blew Up My Life

Why Filmmaker Jay Duplass Had to (Kind of) Break Up With His Brother

Sex-Positive Parents, Crass Grandparents, and a Weird and Wonderful Childhood

Your Moving Stories

The Internet Taught Me to Diet, Then Saved Me With Weightlifting

He’ll Move Your Couch, and Keep Your Secrets

How the Ultra-Rich Think…and What They Fear

The Real-Life Willy Wonka Who Built Tony Hawk a Secret Desert Train

Seth Rogen Has Empathy and Disdain for Bad Hollywood Execs (Talk Easy)

The Elvis Impersonator That Married 75 People a Day

The Honeymoon That Ended in Immigration Detention

What Military Service During “Peacetime” is Really Like

Baywatch Made Me World Famous. My Stalker Stole My Privacy.

Allison Williams on Botox, Privilege, and Gen Z’s Love of Marnie From ‘Girls’

How Much Can Your Love Life Change in One Summer?

Money Advice For This Weird Moment

How a Matchmaking Job Inspired a Film About Dating's Secret Economy

Betraying a Friendship to Get a Viral Story

Why Chef José Andrés Googled ‘How to Be a Father’

Your IRL Dating Stories

Isabel Allende on Grief, Ayahuasca, and Dating After 70

The Patient and Cunning Work of Defending LGBTQ Rights with a Republican Supermajority

Are Airline Pilots Allowed to Be Depressed?

How the ‘Subway Takes’ Guy Became His Own Nepo Baby

Scorpion Venom and Coffee Enemas Didn't Cure My Mother's Cancer

Laughing About Hard Things

A Middle-Aged Couple Made Porn to Spice Things Up. Then One of Them Got Fired.

Life After Blowing It All Up: A Sugar Baby Story Revisited

Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’

From Uncertainty to Total Chaos, Your Stories About the New Trump Term