Two Friends, at 35 and 95, Confront Loss and Find Hope
Climate activists Jess Serrante and Joanna Macy are 60 years apart. They’re also close friends who’ve been sharing stories and commiserating about the state of the world for the past 10 years. When Je...
27 Aug 202447min
Life and Death Inside the Playboy Mansion
Crystal met Hugh Hefner when she was 21 and he was 81. They spent 10 years together at the Playboy mansion before he died and she became a widow. In this episode she reflects on their marriage, and ho...
20 Aug 202447min
Miranda July’s Perimenopausal Thriller
When Miranda July entered her early forties, she noticed a grim feeling emerge. “It wasn't coming from me,” she said, “I guess it came from this lack of imagery, or stories, or even just basic medical...
13 Aug 202451min
A Former Debt Collector's Unpaid Bills
When Angela first started working at a debt collection agency, she says she barely understood what her job was. "I was so completely awestruck that people didn't pay their bills," she told Anna in 201...
6 Aug 202431min
Olympic Legend Greg Louganis on Outliving and Outperforming Expectations
During the 1988 Summer Olympics, diver Greg Louganis was competing under extreme pressure. In the preliminary round, he split his head open on the diving board, got stitched up, and decided to stay in...
30 Jul 202438min
What’s Missing From the Overdose Crisis Conversation
From a young age, James T. Morrison used drugs to help him feel better. He started with pills that were prescribed to him–medications like Xanax and Klonopin–but he soon moved on to basically whatever...
23 Jul 202446min
The Mayor of the Most Controversial City in the U.S.
San Francisco mayor London Breed grew up learning again and again about the dangers of drugs and addiction. She lived in public housing in the city in the 1980’s and saw friends and family members in ...
16 Jul 202449min
Sex Parties and Shakespeare With Carvell Wallace
Carvell Wallace’s brilliant new memoir Another Word for Love has been rightfully praised for its passages about childhood trauma, about apologies and forgiveness, and about the healing power of love. ...
9 Jul 202449min
