You know those conversations you play over and over and over in your head, but find really difficult to actually have?

That's exactly what Death's Sex and Money does. It gets those thorny issues out into the open.

It's hosted by Anna Sal, who has surprisingly comfortable conversations with her guests about uncomfortable topics,

like the highs and lows of divorce, about near-death experiences and funny one-night stands.

All of these things shape the way we live and the decisions we make.

Some of her guests are famous, some not, and very often they're from the community of listeners,

all talking about what we're figuring out as we go along.

Join in and find Death's Sex and Money from WNYC Studios, wherever you listen to your podcasts.

When I was about nine years old, my dad called me downstairs.

I was playing Nintendo, so I paused the game and quickly marched down.

We had just moved into our first house in North Carolina, so there were boxes and things scattered everywhere.

And my dad, he was standing in the middle of it all.

And when he saw me, he pointed at the landline sitting on his desk and told me to record my voice on the answering machine.

That moment was the start of my very first job as the family translator.

Hi, this is Rima Khrase and you've reached and this is uncomfortable about life and how money messes with it.

This week, we're looking at why the jobs we do in our families are so important.

We don't get paid for them and not saying you should, but they can have a real impact on the financial and emotional well-being of your family.

When my dad asked me to record that message, I was pretty intimidated.

I spent over an hour obsessively cycling through my lines.

Would I tell callers they've reached the Khrase family?

Or would I Americanize it and say, you've reached the Khrase family?

I went with Khrase.

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