Death, Sex & Money - Saeed Jones Talks About Sex. And Death. And Money.
Death, Sex & Money
Slate Audio
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The writer and poet traces the joy and shame of learning about sex, mourning his mother, and finally feeling financially comfortable.
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| 0:00.0 | Sex is great. |
| 0:01.6 | You know, I think sex can be a source of joy. |
| 0:04.0 | I hope it is for people. |
| 0:05.3 | It can be a source of connection. |
| 0:07.2 | But for me, it was also an unexpected, hard one way to learn about people. |
| 0:18.6 | This is death, sex, and money. |
| 0:21.7 | How much is red? |
| 0:22.4 | You can't afford it, trust me. |
| 0:23.9 | The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot. |
| 0:27.0 | Do you still love me? |
| 0:28.0 | And need to talk about more. |
| 0:30.0 | Because she is coming, and she's coming to kill you. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm Anna Sale. |
| 0:39.2 | Writer and poet Saeed Jones moved to Columbus, Ohio in September. |
| 0:43.9 | He's 33 years old and had been living in New York. |
| 0:47.0 | He has no family or connections in Columbus. |
| 0:49.8 | But the city had made an impression when Saeed passed through town on a cross-country reporting trip. |
| 0:55.3 | I woke up very early to write and go get some breakfast. |
| 0:57.7 | And I crossed the street and I went to this McDonald's. |
| 1:00.2 | And I heard laughter before I opened the door. |
| 1:04.1 | And I opened the door and I stepped in. |
| 1:05.8 | And there was just this table of like four or five older black men all had their newspapers, all had their coffees. |
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