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Death, Sex & Money

Death, Sex & Money - When Grief Looks Like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

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

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Ward's husband, Steve, died unexpectedly when she was in her early 30s. Afterward, she says in some ways she re-experienced adolescence—while feeling older than ever. 

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0:00.0

when somebody dies, people are definitely, like, they do not know how to, like, talk to you about it,

0:05.9

which I think is normal.

0:07.6

Like, I have been on the other side of it where, like, somebody's been like, so-and-so died,

0:11.1

and I'm like, oh, I don't know how to respond, even though this just happened to me.

0:19.1

This is death, sex, and money.

0:22.2

I just killed my best friend.

0:24.0

And your worst enemy.

0:25.6

Same difference.

0:26.9

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

0:30.2

Are you guys like boyfriend, girlfriend?

0:32.1

And need to talk about more.

0:33.9

You're an incompetent sellout.

0:35.6

I'm an assail.

0:39.6

Rachel Ward had been a widow for two years the first time we talked back in 2015,

0:45.1

and it had been a long two years.

0:47.8

I guess I'm kind of hoping this is also sort of a juncture in my life and a transition point.

0:52.7

You're hoping.

0:54.0

Hope so.

0:55.4

She'd just written a medium post that went viral.

0:58.4

It was titled,

0:59.0

I'm sorry I didn't respond to your email.

1:01.2

My husband coughed to death two years ago.

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