A Funeral Director’s Dead Reckoning

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Caleb Wilde, a sixth-generation funeral director, will bury many of his friends and family in his small town. In a culture so unable to talk about death, he tweets to feel less alone. Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Death has this incredible void as well as some type of sacred presence.
0:03.0	It's something that's...
0:05.0	incredible void
0:08.0	as well as some type of sacred presence. It's something that's uncomfortable.
0:17.0	This is death, sex, and money.
0:24.0	I've got bad news for you, Johnson.
0:26.1	We're all dead.
0:27.0	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:30.2	I never want to marry.
0:32.0	And need to talk about more.
0:33.4	Money isn't real George doesn't matter.
0:35.6	I'm Anna Sale.
0:36.7	At the top of the steps we'll be right in the funeral home itself so we'll just sneak her on upstairs and go from there.
0:46.4	So.
0:47.4	Caleb Wild leads me into the wild funeral home through the back. I've never entered a funeral home through
0:54.8	the back door so first thing I asked Caleb to show me around. This is a family-run business. might be at the top of these steps.
1:02.6	This is a family-run business.
1:04.6	The building sits at a corner of Main Street
1:06.5	in Parksburg, Pennsylvania,
1:08.2	a community of just over 3,600 people.
1:11.4	As we make our way to the second floor, I notice the place has the feel of an old home, because it is.
1:17.0	My grandfather was born in this very room, and that chair is where he takes his nap and he often says it he'll probably die in that
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