Death, Sex & Money podcast

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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. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

#573

Kidnapping Survivor Elizabeth Smart is Doing True Crime Differently

In 2002, when Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bed by a stranger, the media covered it d... more

03 Nov 2026

52 MINS

52:08

03 Nov 2026


#572

Side Effects May Include Headaches, Sleep Eating, Buying Power Tools

For this episode, we asked for your stories about medication side effects. You told us abo... more

27 Oct 2026

52 MINS

52:47

27 Oct 2026


#571

Comedian Murray Hill on the Teachers Who Freed Him From an Unsafe Home

Now famous as a New York City nightlife fixture and for his role on Somebody Somewhere, co... more

20 Oct 2026

57 MINS

57:51

20 Oct 2026


#570

Remembering John Prine on His 80th, With His Wife Fiona

To mark John Prine’s 80’s birthday, Anna catches up with his wife Fiona. Then we revisit A... more

13 Oct 2026

37 MINS

37:45

13 Oct 2026


#569

Ada Limón Lives in 'Vertical Time' in Her Childhood Home

After three years as Poet Laureate, Ada Limón craved a smaller, more private life. Then sh... more

06 Oct 2026

57 MINS

57:35

06 Oct 2026


#568

Stavros Halkias Worries Fame Might Kill Him

This year, Stavros Halkias released a stand-up special, appeared in the Anthony Bourdain b... more

29 Sep 2026

50 MINS

50:40

29 Sep 2026


#567

My Homeschool Curriculum Was My Mother’s Unhappiness

Stefan’s mother said he was too smart for public school and took him out of 4th grade. But... more

22 Sep 2026

55 MINS

55:25

22 Sep 2026


#566

How I “Failed” at OnlyFans

Anna Blake started an OnlyFans account, not as a pleasure project, but to achieve some fin... more

15 Sep 2026

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:04

15 Sep 2026


#565

'Pay-What-You-Want' Defies Logic, Confuses Economists, and Can Really Work

The pay-what-you-want business model is mostly found in museums and churches, but this wee... more

08 Sep 2026

54 MINS

54:43

08 Sep 2026


#564

Behind Closed Tabs: Your Porn Stories

Porn. It’s something that people use in their most intimate, private moments. It’s a way t... more

01 Sep 2026

30 MINS

30:10

01 Sep 2026


#563

'Humane Eldercare Has Become a Luxury Item’

Nursing home care in the U.S. can run families $10,000 a month, a cost Medicare won’t pay ... more

25 Aug 2026

44 MINS

44:42

25 Aug 2026


#562

Passive Aggressive vs. ‘Massive Aggressive’ With Novelist Elizabeth Strout

The bestselling novelist behind works like [Amy and Isabelle] (https://books.apple.com/us/... more

18 Aug 2026

47 MINS

47:26

18 Aug 2026


#561

A Refreshingly Curious Adventure through Our Divided America

Peter Santenello has been documenting his world travels on YouTube for nearly two decades,... more

11 Aug 2026

55 MINS

55:39

11 Aug 2026