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Death, Sex & Money

The 7 Hardest Conversations I've Ever Had On This Show

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

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

4.67.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Making a guest mad about money. Getting called out. Digging into my own beliefs about monogamy. These are the hardest conversations I've had here on the show, as a podcast host, parent and partner.

Hear more of the interviews we excerpted in today's episode:

My Awkward Money Talk With Sallie Krawcheck

Why She Steals: Your Reactions

The Sex Worker Next Door

Chaz Ebert On Life Without Roger

A Son and His Mom Laugh Through Darkness (featuring Bex Montz and Katie Ryan)

A Son, A Mother And Two Gun Crimes (featuring Dwayne Betts and Gloria Hill)

Dan Savage Says Cheating Happens. And That's OK.

We're still collecting your stories about the hardest conversations you've ever had. Send us a a voice memo or an email: [email protected].

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I've never vocalized that.

0:02.0

It's just that it's so ethnic and uncomfortable to talk about.

0:04.7

Honestly, I prefer to avoid the subject.

0:07.7

I think we're going to have to skip that question.

0:09.3

This makes me very uncomfortable.

0:10.6

We don't talk about it.

0:11.4

I'm actually surprised that she say something about it to you Anna,

0:14.8

because we don't know you at all.

0:20.8

This is Deaths X and Money from W and YC.

0:23.2

I'm Anna Sael.

0:24.7

This show is about the things we think about a lot

0:27.7

and need to talk about more, as we say.

0:30.8

Of course, talking about hard things that you don't have much practice

0:34.6

talking about out loud can be unsettling and uncomfortable.

0:39.8

I can also feel like the deepest exhale you didn't know you were waiting for.

0:45.2

I've been a part of conversations that run the gamut while hosting this show.

0:49.4

Sometimes as an interviewer, it feels like I'm witnessing someone

0:53.0

name something that they never have before, which can seem liberating and empowering.

0:58.4

Other times, I hit on places where someone isn't ready to share,

1:02.4

which is totally fine by me.

1:04.1

Or when the person I'm talking to doesn't like what our conversation

1:07.6

is making them realize about themselves.

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