In New Orleans: A Doctor's Adopted Home
Dr. Kiersta Kurtz-Burke spent Hurricane Katrina inside New Orleans’ Charity Hospital. Now that she's got two kids, she keeps her gas tank full in case they need to evacuate.Support Death, Sex & Money ...
20 Aug 201522min
In New Orleans: Big Freedia Bounces Back
Big Freedia is a reality TV star and fixture on New Orleans' bounce scene. But days after Hurricane Katrina, she was sleeping on the street outside of the city's convention center.Support Death, Sex &...
19 Aug 201525min
In New Orleans: Becoming the Demo Diva
Simone Bruni started her career in hospitality, and dreamed of eventually being a stay-at-home mom. But when Katrina hit, she was 32 and single. So she started a demolition company. Support Death, Sex...
18 Aug 201517min
In New Orleans: From Raising Hell to Raising Kids
When Katrina hit, Terri Coleman was a troublemaker—burning cars and getting stoned. She recalls, “The storm allow[ed] my weird adolescent destruction to be socially acceptable.”Support Death, Sex & Mo...
17 Aug 201525min
Life as a Wife
Cindy Chupack came into her second marriage with a house on the beach and an Emmy. Her husband came in with a lot of debt.Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up no...
12 Aug 201515min
Joy Williams' Public Breakup and Private Grief
As her Grammy-winning duo The Civil Wars was publicly falling apart, Joy Williams was privately dealing with a rocky patch in her marriage, a new baby and her father's cancer diagnosis.Support Death, ...
29 Juli 201520min
A Funeral Director's Life After Burnout
We check in with Caleb Wilde, the sixth-generation Pennsylvania funeral director who told me about his struggle with depression last year. Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining m...
15 Juli 201534min
Siblinghood
After hearing from more than 200 listeners about their siblings, it's clear that the people we spend our childhoods with aren't the easiest ones to act like adults toward.Support Death, Sex & Money by...
1 Juli 201540min
