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Death, Sex & Money

Dan Savage Says Cheating Happens. And That's OK.

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

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

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Infidelity has kept Savage's marriage exciting and fun, and he's not afraid to talk about it. But there are things even the bluntest sex columnist feels uncomfortable discussing. 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

Parenting is like I've compared it to having a heroin problem.

0:04.0

When you're high you've never been so high, but when you're miserable you've never been so

0:08.0

miserable. This is the worst.

0:13.0

And this is death, sex, and money.

0:16.0

You're gonna die, clown.

0:18.0

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

0:22.0

My husband, I believe, is seeing another woman.

0:25.9

And need to talk about more.

0:27.9

Money don't make my world go round.

0:29.7

I'm reaching out to a higher ground. I'm Anna Sale.

0:34.0

And this is Dan Savage, writer, podcaster, expert on sex.

0:40.0

The joke, the idea was, you know, I would treat straight people and straight sex with the same

0:45.3

contempt and revulsion that straight advice columnist had always treated gay people and

0:48.9

gay sex with I would sneer at straight people and their horrible depressing marginal sex lives and there's

0:56.1

disgusting and perverted sexual practices and then give them some advice after just riffing

1:00.5

and joking about how cky straight sex was.

1:02.8

And when did you realize you were tapping into a real need?

1:07.4

When the male started pouring in.

1:10.8

So Dan Savage started out making fun of straight people, but it turned out they really needed him.

1:17.0

For more than 20 years now, he's been answering sex advice questions, in graphic detail with a gleeful dirtiness. So yes, this

1:26.3

episode includes saltier language than usual. A lot of the questions are about

1:31.2

what's a deal breaker and what's worth working through, particularly

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