Author Anna Sale Says We Should Talk About Hard Things

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

As the host of NPR’s podcast “Death, Sex & Money,” Anna Sale is not afraid to talk about those difficult topics (and more) with complete strangers. But as she notes in her new book, “Let’s Talk About Hard Things,” sometimes it’s easier to talk to a bartender or a podcast host “because it’s downright terrifying to discuss the things that are the most important to us with the people who are most important to us.” Yet, that is exactly what we should do, argues Sale, because talking -- and listening -- will help us connect with the world around us. We’ll talk with Sale about how to approach difficult conversations, especially as some of us look to reconnect coming out of this pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.0	Coming up on forum, we're going through a lot these days with the pandemic, processing the deaths of loved ones, trying to make ends meet because our finances took a turn.
1:00.0	We're dealing with being cooped up too long.
1:03.0	And the last thing on our lists, at least for some, is to be vulnerable and weighed into open,
1:08.0	honest conversations with others about what we're going through.
1:12.6	But Anna Salle, host of the podcast, Death, Sex, and Money, says that's exactly when we need to.
1:18.6	We'll learn more when she joins us after this news. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. When Anna Sales' first marriage was unraveling, what ultimately helped her find a sense of clarity
1:46.8	was talking to other people about the choices they'd made when they felt lost.
1:52.2	This planted the seeds for what would later become sales, popular podcast, death, sex, and money,
1:57.0	known for having honest conversations about taboo topics. But having those difficult conversations in real life can be a lot trickier than between two strangers on a podcast, says Sale.
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