Samantha Irby Is Prepared To Gracefully Bow Out
Writer Samantha Irby currently lives what she calls "a pioneer woman kind of life." Most of that is due to her wife, Kirsten, who is into things like canning tomatoes and pickling vegetables. "I'm not...
6 Maj 202032min
Student Loans And The Pandemic: Your Questions, Answered
Even in pre-pandemic times, student loans were confusing. And since our lives flipped upside down a month ago, a lot has changed in the world of student loans, especially for the types of loans that a...
27 Apr 202025min
They Were Managing Their OCD. Then Came The Pandemic.
When COVID-19 first hit, listener Diane Davis thought she'd be able to handle it—despite the fact that she's been managing a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder for over two decades. "I know wh...
22 Apr 202029min
An Immunocompromised Love Story
We've been thinking about Alana Duran, whom we first met two years ago in an interview about getting a kidney from her brand-new girlfriend at the time, Lori Interlicchio. In addition to being a trans...
15 Apr 202032min
Goodbye, John Prine
"I get these thoughts, and I like to make them into songs. They might sound odd at the time, but then people connect to them throughout their life," John Prine told me when we talked together in 2018....
7 Apr 202023min
"Nobody Comes Here To Hide": Remembering Bill Withers
When I spoke with songwriting legend Bill Withers for the very first episode of Death, Sex & Money, we talked about what it is to be a man. He told me it might not be manly to say "I'm scared," but th...
3 Apr 202022min
"We Are The Glue": Stories From Essential Workers
A few weeks back, we created a Pandemic Tool Kit for those of us who are staying home during the COVID-19 crisis. But we also wanted to hear from those of you who can't stay home right now because you...
1 Apr 202024min
