"The Lying Stops Now": Your Hardest Conversations

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

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

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Talking with kids about death. Telling family that you've fallen in love with a man in prison. Breaking up with a longtime friend. Today: the hardest conversations you've ever had.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Anna.
0:02.1	We've been hearing from a lot of you recently about what this show has meant to you during
0:06.4	the past year and during our show, Seven-Year History.
0:10.2	This past seven years, one concept has been, you know, the podcast.
0:15.4	This listener, Daniel, from Colorado, has been listening since we launched in 2014.
0:21.2	He's written into our inbox along the way to talk about grief, therapy, a breakup, and
0:26.5	masculinity.
0:27.5	I just wanted to say thank you again for pushing hard conversations.
0:35.1	Discovering death sex and money helps me a lot.
0:38.3	Death sex and money is not just a podcast.
0:41.0	It's a community of listeners who share and learn from each other.
0:45.9	We hope that this show has helped you make choices, understand people better, and have
0:50.9	those important conversations in your life.
0:54.0	If death sex and money has been helpful to you and you have the resources available, I'm
0:58.8	asking you to please make a financial contribution to death sex and money today.
1:03.8	We cannot make this show without our listeners pitching in and supporting us.
1:08.2	And as we come to the end of our fiscal year, we're asking you all to please donate now.
1:14.0	The very best way to give is to become a death sex and money sustaining member.
1:19.0	It helps us plan and it allows you to just give a little at a time.
1:22.8	If you sign up at the $10 a month level, we'll send you a copy of my new book Let's Talk
1:27.8	About Hard Things.
1:29.4	You can also give $120 all at once and get a copy of the book.
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