Why I Steal

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

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

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

"I want it, so I take it." A serial shoplifter explains why she steals, and how—and we hear about what's happened in her life since we first talked four years ago.

Thanks to Tasbeeh Herwees for her help with this story. You can find Tasbeeh's article for GOOD Magazine about the shoplifting community on Tumblr here. To listen to our 2017 episode featuring your responses to Alice's story, click here.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Hannah. The clock is ticking. There's not much time left to donate to
0:05.8	death, sex, and money in 2021 and to get your official, saver, action pack
0:11.4	before the end of the year. If you missed last week's episode all about the
0:15.8	things I am savoring these days. Right now we are offering our brand new
0:20.8	denim tote bag and a very cozy diner mug, both with the death, sex, and money
0:27.0	logos on the side together. As a thank you, if you make a one-time donation to
0:32.6	the show of $120 or more. In the three days leading up to the end of last year,
0:39.3	125 of you stepped up and made donations to death, sex, and money. This
0:44.5	year we are hoping to double that and I know we can do it with your help.
0:49.5	Between now and December 31st, please go to deathsexmoney.org slash donate or
0:55.8	text DSM to the number 701-01 and give what you can to help keep our show going,
1:03.0	to help it be strong, to help us plan for the future. Listener contributions are
1:08.6	how we make this show. No matter how much you give right now, it makes a big
1:13.4	difference for the show, what you hear, and for this community we've built
1:18.4	together. Speaking of community, today's episode, when it first came out in 2017,
1:24.2	really got a lot of you talking. We got so many responses to it that we made a
1:28.9	follow-up episode to this one featuring your reactions and you can find a
1:32.8	link to that in our show notes. But before you listen to that, listen all the
1:37.1	way through to the end of this episode with Alice. It includes a link the update
1:42.1	about what's happened since our first conversation took place four years ago.
1:46.8	Thank you so much for listening to death, sex, and money. Thank you so much to
1:52.2	those of you who support us financially. If you want to join in, please do at
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