Death, Sex & Money podcast

Death, Sex & Money

Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Get more Death, Sex & Money with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of DSM and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Death, Sex & Money show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/dsmplus to get access wherever you listen.

Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Get more Death, Sex & Money with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of DSM and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Death, Sex & Money show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/dsmplus to get access wherever you listen.

 

#504

The Honeymoon That Ended in Immigration Detention

Silvia Camila Muñoz and Bradley Bartell had been married for less than a year when ICE sto... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#503

What Military Service During “Peacetime” is Really Like

Ray Christian joined the U.S. Army in 1978, as a way to get his life started. He became a ... more

08 Jul 2025

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57:22

08 Jul 2025


#502

Baywatch Made Me World Famous. My Stalker Stole My Privacy.

Alexandra Paul always loved connecting with fans. She had many, from her breakout role in ... more

01 Jul 2025

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01 Jul 2025


#501

Allison Williams on Botox, Privilege, and Gen Z’s Love of Marnie From ‘Girls’

On June 11th, actress Allison Williams joined Anna live onstage at the Tribeca Festival in... more

24 Jun 2025

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1:16:20

24 Jun 2025


#500

How Much Can Your Love Life Change in One Summer?

In 2018, we followed eight listeners as they dated over the course of the summer. We heard... more

17 Jun 2025

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17 Jun 2025


#499

Money Advice For This Weird Moment

At a time when inflation, tariffs, and stock market fluctuations are creating confusion an... more

10 Jun 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:39

10 Jun 2025


#498

How a Matchmaking Job Inspired a Film About Dating's Secret Economy

Long before Celine Song was nominated for an Academy Award for her directorial debut, Past... more

03 Jun 2025

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03 Jun 2025


#497

Betraying a Friendship to Get a Viral Story

When blogger AJ Daulerio broke the Brett Favre sexting scandal in 2010, it became one of t... more

27 May 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:37

27 May 2025


#496

Why Chef José Andrés Googled ‘How to Be a Father’

José Andrés is at the helm of more than a dozen restaurants and is famous for the humanita... more

20 May 2025

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20 May 2025


#495

Your IRL Dating Stories

A man delivers an unforgettable pickup line. A woman asks her Uber driver out on a date. A... more

13 May 2025

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13 May 2025


#494

Isabel Allende on Grief, Ayahuasca, and Dating After 70

Isabel Allende didn’t publish her first book until she was 39, after losing nearly everyth... more

06 May 2025

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06 May 2025


#493

The Patient and Cunning Work of Defending LGBTQ Rights with a Republican Supermajority

In West Virginia, Republicans hold one of the largest supermajorities in the country, and ... more

29 Apr 2025

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29 Apr 2025


#492

Are Airline Pilots Allowed to Be Depressed?

To fly a plane, pilots must prove to the Federal Aviation Administration that they’re phys... more

22 Apr 2025

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22 Apr 2025


#491

How the ‘Subway Takes’ Guy Became His Own Nepo Baby

Kareem Rahma, host of the viral web series [Subway Takes] (https://www.instagram.com/subwa... more

15 Apr 2025

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15 Apr 2025


#490

Scorpion Venom and Coffee Enemas Didn't Cure My Mother's Cancer

At a time when skepticism about conventional medicine has become even more mainstream, we’... more

08 Apr 2025

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08 Apr 2025


#489

Laughing About Hard Things

Alongside life's darkest moments there often are moments of absurdity that make us laugh. ... more

01 Apr 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:29

01 Apr 2025


#488

A Middle-Aged Couple Made Porn to Spice Things Up. Then One of Them Got Fired.

When Joe Gow was fired from his position as chancellor and professor at the University of ... more

25 Mar 2025

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52:33

25 Mar 2025


#487

Life After Blowing It All Up: A Sugar Baby Story Revisited

In 2020, we made an episode about a listener who cheated on his wife with sex workers and ... more

18 Mar 2025

49 MINS

49:31

18 Mar 2025


#486

Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’

Anna talks to writer Ada Calhoun, author most recently of the novel [Crush] (https://www.a... more

11 Mar 2025

58 MINS

58:21

11 Mar 2025


#485

From Uncertainty to Total Chaos, Your Stories About the New Trump Term

Since the inauguration in January, we’ve been getting emails and voice recordings from peo... more

04 Mar 2025

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04 Mar 2025


#484

I Was Ready to Write About My Domestic Abuser—Then Lawyers Said No.

When comedian Chelsea Devantez began writing her memoir, she knew exactly where to start: ... more

25 Feb 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:10

25 Feb 2025


#483

Manhood: It’s Complicated

Six and a half years ago, in the wake of the #MeToo movement, we asked our listeners how t... more

18 Feb 2025

50 MINS

50:05

18 Feb 2025


#482

After Sobriety, Chasing Goosebumps Instead of Highs

When the poet and writer Kaveh Akbar likes something, he really likes it. As a high school... more

11 Feb 2025

49 MINS

49:07

11 Feb 2025


#481

The “Chest-Clenching Fear” of My Ex-Husband’s Jan 6 Commutation

In 2023, Anna and [On The Media’s] (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm) Micah Loewin... more

04 Feb 2025

58 MINS

58:36

04 Feb 2025