Sugar Babies Cost Me $8,000 And My Marriage
A few months ago, a listener we're calling Ethan sent us an email. The subject line was: "Sugar babies cost me $8,000 and my marriage." Ethan told us that he hired sex workers from the website Seekin...
4 Maalis 202031min
Maria Bamford Didn't Wait For It To Be Perfect
When comedian Maria Bamford moved to LA in her early 20s, she struggled to cover her food and rent as she was breaking into the comedy world. "Although I had a college degree, I just did not know how ...
26 Helmi 202029min
Cancer Changed Ken Jeong's Comedy
Ken Jeong described his role as Mr. Chow in the 2009 blockbuster The Hangover as "the most obscene love letter to a spouse one could ever have.” He peppered his dialogue with bits of Vietnamese as an ...
19 Helmi 202023min
No Slumping With Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp's mother first put her in dance classes when she was a child living in Southern California. "I've always been highly programmed," Twyla told me. But when she got to New York and realized h...
12 Helmi 202029min
Who Are Your 'Quick And Deep' Friends?
Last week, we partnered with the NPR podcast Code Switch to bring you two episodes all about race and friendship. If you haven’t heard those episodes yet, definitely go back, and take a listen to thos...
29 Tammi 202013min
