Death, sex, money, things we think about a lot and that are the turf of podcast host Anna Sale.

This week on selected shorts, stories she chose are read by actors, including Amy Ryan and Richard Kind.

Your choice? Stay with me, Meg Wallitzer.

You're listening to Selected Shorts,

where our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction,

one short story at a time.

Thank you. Anna Sale was a political reporter at WNYC when she had an epiphany.

Death, sex, and money were the subjects that everyone thought about and wanted to be brave enough to talk about. She provides that opportunity in her emotionally generous podcast, now in its 12th year.

In the podcast, she connects with real people and their stories. But these are also themes we see

address time and again in fiction. Selected shorts partnered with

sale a few years ago, and we were delighted to have that opportunity again at a recent

live show. For this program, we chose stories that engage directly with the core ideas

at the heart of her show, how we navigate our relationships, our losses, and our desires, and how money and mortality

shape the choices we make. Together, these stories reflect the shared human concerns that

inspired this collaboration. Here's Anna Salle speaking from the stage at Symphony Space.

Hello, good evening.

Welcome to Selected Shorts.

I am your host this evening.

My name is Anna Sale.

I'm so glad to be here.

In addition to hosting Selected Shorts this evening, I host the Slate podcast, Death, Sex, and Money.

Yes.

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