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Death, Sex & Money

Married, Paralyzed and Moving On

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

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

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A couple reflects on the big strides they've made together since a cycling accident left one of them paralyzed two years ago—and on the things they still need to face.  Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter! Every Wednesday we send out podcast listening recommendations, fascinating letters from our inbox and updates from the show. Sign up at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter. And follow the show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're coming up on the anniversary of your accident,

0:02.8

Heroki, does that date stick out in your mind?

0:06.6

Yeah, definitely.

0:07.2

I mean, I've definitely felt like this week,

0:10.6

I've been feeling a bit down actually just I think is the a sense of

0:16.7

as the as the time passes and it becomes more permanent you know it becoming more real.

0:28.4

This is death, sex and money. I wish I was dead.

0:30.4

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot. I have to show me that's why we think about a lot.

0:34.0

I have to show me that sometime.

0:35.0

I think that can be arranged.

0:37.0

And need to talk about more.

0:39.0

I'm putting in half the money or I'm not going in.

0:41.0

Grace! I'm not going there. Grace!

0:43.0

I'm Anna Sale.

0:46.0

Hi Rachel, Hi Hiroki.

0:48.0

Oh, no, I'm okay.

0:49.0

Oh, hello.

0:51.0

When I asked Rachel Swidden Bank and Hiroki Take Yuichi to go to a studio in London to talk with me,

0:56.4

they took a minute to get the settings right.

0:58.8

I'm noticing there's a little bit of bleed.

1:01.6

Can you turn down your headphones because I'm hearing myself back?

1:05.0

Do you know how to do that?

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