Fun
Death, Sex and Money
Dear Ann,
Sometimes you just want something to listen to while you knit, especially in the car. Something to talk about with your companions. Something that doesn’t make too many demands. That’s how I’d characterize the Death, Sex and Money podcast from WNYC. The show describes itself as “a podcast hosted by Anna Sale about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.” From my sampling of several episodes, I think it really just means people talking about highly personal matters. It’s confessional. And therefore interesting.
I like that the episodes are short. Anna Sale gets in, goes deep, and gets out. It can be very moving. Or her questions can be irritating or naive. But she gets people talking. Here are a few that I think are good:
Our Student Loan Secrets, Part I and Part II. Student debt is a big problem that I think older people just don’t understand.
Kevin Bacon Shows Us His Cash.
I Was Your Father, Until I Wasn’t.
There’s a lot of self-revelation to knit to in Death, Sex and Money. Another nice thing about it is that the name reminds me of Warren Zevon’s great song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5Xv7QqXiM
And while I’m thinking about Warren Zevon, let’s not forget David Letterman’s best interview.
Love,
Kay
Love Zevon! So great in concert! Alas. In college we read a book similarly titled for a feminist philosophy class.
Death, Sex, and Money.
Lawyers, Guns, and Money.
Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (the Pogues’ second studio album).
So, you certainly changed the soundtrack of my weekend… the best interview of Warren, so ty KG.
Interesting! Thanks for expanding my horizons.
Love him and that song (and all his others). So sad.
Thank you for reminding me of the genius that was Warren Zevon. The Letterman interview (I agree, the best ever) led to a two hour trip down the rabbit hole of you tube videos. Thank you so much!
DS&M is the best! My gateway episode was the Jane Fonda interview: http://www.wnyc.org/story/death-and-divorce-gave-jane-fonda-strength/ But the regular-people episodes are also totally fascinating–like the series about post-Katrina New orleans: http://www.wnyc.org/story/in-new-orleans-from-raising-hell-to-raising-kids
Episodes are normally about 25 minutes long, so when I want to get up a good knitting head of steam, I can catch up on several weeks’ worth.