Death, Sex & Money - Rashema Melson's Weakest Yet Bravest Moments
Death, Sex & Money
Slate Audio
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Rashema Melson recently got her college degree. Leading up to graduation day, she cracked open the "time capsules" we recorded with her, right before she dropped out of Georgetown—and right before she came back.
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| 0:00.0 | I know somebody here asked me, if you can have anything in life, what would you want? |
| 0:05.1 | And out my mouth, I didn't say a college degree. |
| 0:07.9 | I said, I want a home. |
| 0:09.9 | I want genuine love. |
| 0:11.4 | I want intangible things. |
| 0:16.7 | This is death, sex, and money. |
| 0:19.8 | And I'm going to need a million dollars to afford college. |
| 0:22.5 | The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot. |
| 0:25.7 | Don't she kiss me? |
| 0:26.8 | It's just like she used to kiss me. |
| 0:28.6 | And need to talk about more. |
| 0:30.5 | Damn. |
| 0:31.4 | Are you having me scared to death? |
| 0:34.1 | I'm in a sale. |
| 0:37.1 | This past May, while I was still out on maternity leave, an email in my inbox caught my eye. |
| 0:42.3 | It was from Rashima Melson. |
| 0:44.8 | And it was like the most excited I've been. |
| 0:47.1 | It was like the best email to receive. |
| 0:50.9 | Like several things about it made me excited. |
| 0:54.2 | First of all, that you were letting us know that you were graduating in a week and you wanted us to know. |
| 0:59.5 | Rishima first talked with me when she was a college sophomore at Georgetown, when she was adjusting to life on campus after living in a D.C. homeless shelter in high school. |
| 1:09.0 | After that, she dropped out and got married. |
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