This Senator Saved My Love Life

Death, Sex & Money

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4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A story about what Alan Simpson, an expert on the federal deficit, taught me about love—and how it changed everything.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Anna, and this week we're bringing you one of the earliest episodes of our show
0:04.9	from 2014, and it's one of the most personal too, because it's about me.
0:09.2	It's been on my mind because my husband, Arthur and I are celebrating our fifth wedding
0:13.4	anniversary on Saturday.
0:15.6	But this episode is about the time in our relationship when we didn't know if we were
0:19.0	going to stay together.
0:20.2	A lot was different back then.
0:22.2	We didn't have kids.
0:23.2	I still lived in New York City, and we weren't keeping six feet away from other people.
0:28.3	It was a time in my life when I didn't know what was going to happen, and it was really
0:32.4	scary.
0:33.9	Listening back makes me appreciate just how much we've built together in our marriage, and
0:38.6	how much help we've gotten along the way.
0:41.0	I hope you enjoy listening too.
0:43.1	Ms. Alice Seo, this is Alan Kay Simpson in the Wiles of Wyoming, where you have Senator?
0:51.9	This is a message I got on my cell phone.
0:54.3	I need to talk to you about an urgent matter, nothing life threatening at all.
0:59.6	You're going to show you.
1:01.4	Al Simpson is famous for being the Simpson in Simpson bowls, that group that made recommendations
1:06.2	about American debt a few years back.
1:08.8	I'm a reporter, and I was covering politics, but there was no reason for Al Simpson to be
1:13.6	calling me on my personal cell phone.
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