How Doing Standup Made Novelist Elizabeth Strout Face Facts
“I was a very uptight white woman from New England, making fun of myself for being an uptight white woman from New England.”
From Somewhere with Anna Sale
Writings, recommendations, conversations and FUN from Anna Sale, host of Slate's podcast Death, Sex & Money. We're all coming from somewhere.
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"Too much science class and not enough field trip" in US media
a prescription for better coverage of America from a YouTuber I like
My friend Ann
Back from a brief newsletter break last week.
A sexy soundtrack for your summer weekend
...thanks to Melvin Lindsay, Christopher Johnson and The Quiet Storm
Two Men on Their Attunement with Animals
I'm married to one of them.
A FUN HANG to start your holiday weekend
Emmy Winner Jeff Hiller is back on Death, Sex & Money
What'd your teen self get right? And what'd you totally miss?
PEN15's Anna Konkle on revisiting, and re-enacting, hazy adolescent memories
'If it's hysterical, it's historical.'
past, present and our sweet scarred nervous systems
A sex party...or cuddle a puppy at home?
you choose!
Has shame gotten in the way in your friendships?
a great conversation with writer and actor Andrew McCarthy about restarting friendships
Death, SNAKES and Money
I have a thing for snake guys with big dreams
Zen and the art of body maintenance
Kara Swisher on tech's silly obsessions to prevent decay and death
A very personal account of when punk met capitalism
Chris Dowd of Fishbone on music, money, stage-diving at 60 and losing his best friend Jeff Buckley
Rick Steves Says Travel is the Antidote to Fear
America's Travel Guide on Iran, PLUS come to NYC for DSM at Tribeca Festival in June
A worker who left publishing for OnlyFans
Author Rufi Thorpe's secret weapon while writing Margo's Got Money Troubles
Lots of new listening to lap up!
plus, a response to some of our bad advice
The kinds of secrets you're telling AI chatbots
in the first of a two-part series, you share encounters that changed everything
Putting my politics reporter hat back on
A sit-down interview with the oyster-farming outsider candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine
Not Wanting Kids Cost Me My Marriage
...and we won AN AWARD!
Young men tell me about their internet
and why they started a TikTok to offer counter-programming
Taking it all in.
plus, an appreciation of LA and a doc to watch: 'Stranger With A Camera'