The Crude Reality of Debt from This is Uncomfortable
Kate Beaton was determined to work her way out of debt. But nothing could have prepared her for the experience of toiling in the Canadian oil sands.This episode is from This is Uncomfortable, a podcas...
19 Heinä 202342min
Why Writer Brandon Taylor Likes Being “A Little Bit Lonely”
The author talks about arguing in high school English classes, learning to manage money, and his evolving relationship with the Internet.Did you know we have a weekly email newsletter for the Death, S...
12 Heinä 202328min
I Still Love My Dad, But I Don't Love Guns
Two years after Anna’s first conversation with a listener named Jack, she called him back for an update on his relationship with his dad, and his relationship to firearms.You can take our 10th anniver...
5 Heinä 202340min
Can You Help Your Kid’s Anxiety By Changing Your Behavior?
Kids look to their parents to keep them safe and to show them how much risk they can handle, but parents are often winging it as they walk that line. In this episode, Anna talks to Alexis, a parent of...
28 Kesä 202332min
‘It Just Denies Reality’: Abortion Access and the Law After Dobbs
Mississippi-based reproductive justice activist Laurie Bertram Roberts updates Anna on life after Dobbs. Plus, a story from the podcast More Perfect on two legal scholars’ reimagining of abortion law....
14 Kesä 202334min
Ocean Vuong on Telling Lies, Building Family and Loving the Knicks
The acclaimed poet talks about falling in love with poetry in New York basements, caring for his brother, and mastering — and walking away from — writing.Did you know we have a weekly email newsletter...
7 Kesä 202337min
Hold On: Should I Tell My Boss I’m Depressed?
In the final episode of Hold On, a national call-in show about our mental health, Anna talks to organizational psychologist Melissa Doman, author of Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work...Her...
27 Touko 202348min
Hold On: When Shame Keeps You From Therapy
In this episode of Hold On, our live national call-in series about mental health, we asked listeners to call in if the idea of getting therapy was something they felt excluded from, either because of ...
24 Touko 202346min
