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Death, Sex & Money

Death, Sex & Money - Tressie McMillan Cottom & Trevor Noah: Optimistic and Depressed

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

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

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Daily Show host says he sometimes struggles to get out of bed. But he's comfortable saying that with a smile. 

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0:00.0

Hey, before we get going, I just want to let you know that suicide comes up in this conversation you are about to hear.

0:07.3

If you're struggling, please ask for help.

0:12.5

People get too, like, sad about it. They get too like, oh, no, you suffer from depression.

0:18.9

Oh, Trevor.

0:19.5

Oh, let me hold you. We think we're, it's... Oh, let me hold you.

0:21.3

We think we're being empathetic.

0:22.9

Oh, let me hold you.

0:24.9

Oh, child.

0:26.2

We're giving and we're being empathetic.

0:28.9

Yeah, but what we do is we create a stigma without realizing it because we feel pity for people.

0:36.6

This is death, sex, and money.

0:39.4

There sure are a lot of bare naked ladies in here.

0:42.5

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

0:46.2

Got, uh, you got my money?

0:48.0

And need to talk about more.

0:49.6

I haven't done that dance since my wife died.

0:52.7

I'm Tressie McMillan Cottom, in for Anna Sale.

0:56.1

And I want to tell you a story about the very first time that I met Trevor Noah. I'm a sociologist,

1:02.4

a professor, and a writer. And a few years ago, I went on the Daily Show to talk about one of my new

1:07.8

books. And I go home, and of course, everybody, you know, is amped.

1:12.4

And it's like, oh, my God, how is it? Everybody wants to know how you smell. I get that question a lot, actually.

1:16.9

Oh, I smell? Yeah, no, serious. How good does he smell good? Does Trevor smell nice?

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