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Death, Sex & Money

Death, Sex & Money - Sonia Manzano & Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

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

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Longtime Sesame Street actor Sonia Manzano and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talk about leaving their childhood homes in the Bronx, facing their insecurities, and coming to understand the power of the written word. 

This episode is part of our Great Guest Takeover series! Look out for more episodes guest-hosted by former Death, Sex & Money guests, including Ellen Burstyn and Chris Gethard, later this month.

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0:00.0

Through and through, I'm a lawyer and a judge, but my life experiences do permit me to see things that others may not.

0:12.2

This is death, sex, and money.

0:16.1

Bigford, don't you remember we told you? Mr. Hooper died.

0:19.9

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

0:24.4

You do still love each other, don't you?

0:26.5

And need to talk about more.

0:28.6

I'm sad because I need more money.

0:32.1

I'm Sonia Manzano in for Anna Seale.

0:35.4

Last year, I was a guest on this show.

0:38.4

It was right around the time that I announced my retirement from Sesame Street, where I played

0:43.1

the role of Maria for more than 40 years.

0:46.1

Hi, Snoppy.

0:47.1

Hi, Maria.

0:48.1

And I just finished writing my memoir called Becoming Maria Love and Chaos in the South Bronx.

0:54.9

When the death, sex, and money team asked me to come back and guest host an episode

0:58.8

while Anna was out on maternity leave, I knew right away who I wanted to ask to join me in the studio.

1:05.1

Hello, my love. How are you doing? I'm good. I sent an email off to the other Sonia from the Bronx, Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor.

1:16.3

Do you remember how we met our first meeting?

1:18.7

Our first meeting, I think, was at the Bronx Children's Museum's dream big event that happened the summer of 2010 when my first summer after

1:31.5

becoming a Supreme Court justice. And you hosted the event that year. Right, right. I hosted

1:37.2

the event, but I did meet you before. Oh, now you'll never, you'll let me. This was,

1:42.8

you were not confirmed yet and it was in your apartment.

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