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Death, Sex & Money - How to Face Your Fears With Steve-O, Laurel Braitman, and Rev. angel

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We asked you to tell us about the fears in your life that are holding you back. In this episode, we share your stories and questions with Steve-O, Laurel Braitman, and Rev. angel Kyodo williams. Each of them, in one way or another, had fear and bravery inform their work and their lives. They offer advice and insights on what’s worked for them, and what they’ve learned from navigating fear.

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0:00.0

Hello?

0:01.4

Hello.

0:02.1

Can you hear us all right?

0:03.8

Yeah, dudes.

0:05.1

Yes.

0:05.3

Yeah.

0:08.5

This is death, sex, and money.

0:13.5

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.

0:22.3

I'm Anna Saith.

0:28.6

Today's show is all about fear, when to heat it, when fear is a good tool for self-preservation,

0:35.9

and also when you should push through it, when fear is holding you tool for self-preservation, and also when you should push through it,

0:38.8

when fear is holding you back from necessary change, and how to tell the difference.

0:44.0

Listeners, you have been sending in your dilemmas about fear.

0:47.4

I have my own difficulties with it, and we have convened a panel of three expert guests

0:52.8

to listen to your questions about fear and

0:55.1

maybe offer some guidance.

0:56.5

They've all had fear and bravery inform their work in some way, whether conceptually or

1:01.9

quite literally, let me introduce them to you now.

1:05.9

Our first guest is Stivo, who you know from MTV's Jackass, where he performed, of course, countless, extreme,

1:12.7

often painful, sometimes disgusting stunts. He's also an author and a stand-up comedian.

1:18.7

He's also nearly 15 years sober. And from my years of enjoying Jackass, I can tell you he knows

1:24.4

how to be the kind of friend who pushes you when you need it. And he also

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