A Son and His Mom Laugh Through Darkness

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

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

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Bex Montz and his mom Katie Ryan laugh a lot together, even when they're talking about depression, suicide, and the sudden death of Bex's dad. Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up now. Follow the show on Twitter @deathsexmoney and Facebook at facebook.com/deathsexmoney. Sign up for the Death, Sex & Money newsletter at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter! Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi it's Anna. Before we start this episode I want to remind you there are just a few days left to contribute to death sex and money and to have your donation matched by the Tao Foundation and to say thank you so much for your support, we are sending everyone who donates
0:15.8	any amount between now and the end of the year a death, sex, and money sticker.
0:20.6	We really appreciate your support so much. Okay, here's the show.
0:25.0	I was a demon child. He suffered a lot.
0:29.0	And that makes me sound like I'm fucking Jesus. Like I just...
0:32.0	You were suffering a lot and yeah it was awful yeah it was
0:36.6	tough. This is death, sex, and money.
0:43.0	What were you looking for?
0:44.0	Huh, money?
0:45.0	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:48.0	The dead know only one thing.
0:50.0	It is better to be alive.
0:52.0	And need to talk about more.
0:54.0	Did you have sex?
0:56.0	To hell with sex.
0:57.0	I'm Anna Sale.
1:00.0	Earlier this year we did an episode about near death experiences.
1:04.1	Bex Monce was one of the people I interviewed.
1:06.6	He's a 23 year old trans man who survived a suicide attempt
1:10.8	and he wrote into the show about it.
1:12.4	Like I legitimately didn't think that anything was going to come of it because I just don't think that my life is that interesting.
1:20.0	Yeah, it's probably not going to go on air.
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