This is one of my favorite podcasts. I enjoy the topics and the skillful way the host interviews guests. It’s a refreshing show and one I look forward to seeing in my podcast feed. Keep up the good work, DSM team!

The valentines episode is the 3rd time you have played that episode. Seriously? Another rerun with no new content this week. Replaying old episodes with zero new episodes is not podcasting. Such a dumb move. I’m miss when you talked about things like death, sex, and money. Now it’s just boring interviews with people no one has ever heard of. Bring back the juicy episodes! So many reviews say this, you gotta listen to us Anna! Stop interviewing boring people. Every week it’s a rerun or an interview with the worlds most boring person

Anna sale is an amazing interviewer. Her thoughtful questions are what we all wanna ask but are afraid to say, she does it artfully. The taboo topics are approached respectfully and we can all learn from each other’s life experiences. I don’t miss an episode and so glad they found a new home!!

I have been a long time listener of DSM and was delighted when they found a new home with Slate. However, since this significant change, I don’t enjoy this podcast anymore. Anna Sales former curious, inquisitive and thoughtful interviewing style has been replaced with a defined trepidation, along with a lot of ‘um’s…when interviewing guests. Her hesitation to probe deeply and empathetically feels like a muted Anna, which is not what initially attracted me to listening to this podcast. Additionally, I haven’t even found the guests particularly interesting, much less insightful. My guess is that Slate now controls much of what is said, how it is said, and that there is an overall agenda that feels meaningless. Will be unfollowing this podcast.

Ay muchos como yo q solo queríamos morir en pas pero mujeres como tú no dejan por q aman el amor viennn ):

Ana or Anna I liked so many of your episodes how could you not?! However the palpable awkwardness and blatant ignorance you showed in your interview towards the straightforward recovering addict (can’t remember his name) was just so painful to listen to bc of your inability to listen well enough to then ask thoughtful questions but instead you double downed on that overall theme of shame in the way you framed your questions and your natural responses to his answers and it’s another example of the lack of humanity towards this small population & dismisses how addicts feel From the other side, I see it too that you heard it of course and still released it and I’m sure you heard how terrible you sounded but wanted your audience to understand how nuanced a topic it was and how necessary even if your interview was just beyond terrible. You were offensive. You sounded like an elitest. Those are just among the key takeaways I got. You’re known for being an empath always no matter how hard the subject is, and that’s never overt, but it’s clear you’re there to listen and be there for someone to admit to a problem or talk to you about it. You were not that person in this interview and I can’t listen to you loving forward. I felt you lacked humanity and I’m disappointed beyond belief. Thanks and I hope you see any feedback so that you can get better with topics that personally you not the interviewer/podcaster cannot seem to digest or handle. I need to unsubscribe from the anger I feel listening to you in that episode

Long time listener. Anna is the reason. She’s empathic, sharp, generous. But I have to say, the most recent episode about the overdose crisis felt odd. Anna definitely kept it on the rails; it was the guest I found really hard to listen to. I know his article was published by Slate, which I suspect was—at least partially—why he was booked. But a good portion of his points struck me as unfocused and contradictory. I was really trying to understand where he was coming from, but it was difficult, even coming from someone who has experienced serious mental health issues of her own. I think the reason why was there didn’t seem to be a mirroring of the kind of empathy Anna was extending in his direction. Her point about wanting her kids to be safe in cities where drug use is open, common, and effecting public health was met with a level of selfishness that shocked me so much, I almost stopped listening. “I don’t want my kids to die” she says. “I hear that” he says, “I don’t have kids and I’m never going to have kids…” This was a tough one for me. Glad I listened, but it definitely boiled my blood a bit. Did not make me feel the way I usually do after a DSM episode— enlightened, hopeful, closer to understanding another perspective.

Nice show!!!!!!

London Breed is a fascist who supports the criminalization of the houseless. Shame on you.

So glad DSM has found a new home!

This show highlights guests who are outliers or who aren’t in touch with their own motivations. The money/anorexia woman must have had everyone screaming at the podcast. She’s very deluded for someone training to be a therapist. I blame Anna Sale for having her air her unreflected craziness.

Keep up the great podcast Anna. I appreciate you.☮️💟

I love this podcast. As so many others have said, Anna is a great interviewer. I can always count on her to ask the hard questions. Having said that, I have to say that I was really disappointed with the recent episode with the sociopathic mother, Patric. I feel like so many great but uncomfortable questions weren’t asked! Why? This topic is insanely interesting but by the end of the episode, I was screaming, “Really, that’s it?!” Why not ask more questions about attachment, love, and how her inability to maybe emote the feeling of love affects her children, affects her experience or her partner’s experience of her as a mother? This episode was just so extremely whitewashed that I have to think the guest refused to delve in to certain topics. There had to be some prior agreement that Anna and the guest would only scratch the surface of how her sociopathy has impacted her life and relationships. Also, it would have been more enlightening to speak with her partner. We only received a one-sided perspective …a one-sided perspective from a Sociopath. The interview was just not what I’ve come to expect from Anna.

I’ve been listening to DSM since I was in college, 9 or 10 years ago now! It’s remained my favorite podcast though so many periods in my life. Grateful to Anna Sale and the team for fighting to keep this insightful, unique podcast alive.

Really well produced. Great stories. I love this podcast. Anna is the BEST interviewer I have ever heard. The unbiased, non judgmental tone is something you don’t often hear. She is amazing.

Thanks for the wonderful topics and expanding my views 🥰

Big thanks to Slate for picking up Death, Sex & Money. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to listen to Anna Sale was almost like experiencing a break up. I’ve been listening to this podcast since 2020 and there’s nothing like it. I’ve saved the following episodes because they’re worth the re-listening: 424, 409,393,385,364,356 and 304. I frequently share these episodes either family, friends, loved ones & colleagues because it helps me communicate subjects that are necessary but too uncomfortable to talk about.

I recently heard about DSM from Jonathan Goldstein's Heavyweight and have been a listener and supporter ever since. So grateful for Slate providing a home for this podcast gem. Thank you Anna and Slate and hope thatHeavyweight can find a new home too. As an avid podcast listener, I also hope that online podcast platforms will support these smaller soul-impacting podcasts instead of concentraining their budgets on the overhyped shallow mega programs.

Once I heard the episode on Big Freida (sp?) about her experience during Katrina and being displaced and finding her grove back in New Orleans, I knew this was my new favorite storytelling podcast. These stories keep me listening again and again, there’s just so much love and compassion and a chance for understanding in these deeply personal stories without feeling like the guest is being exploited. One of my favorite podcasts ever!

I have been listening to D, S,

Talking about the hard stuff—and what’s harder than sex, death and money?— isn’t so hard with Anna, the most compassionate interviewer I've heard on a podcast. Every show is a gem.

Thanks to Anna Sale and team for your great work. So glad you will keep going!

I have been an on and off listener of DSM for 5+ years. There is a sort of a cathartic feeling each time I listen an episode. Even if the story or interview I am listening to may not exactly match my own circumstance, there is small nugget of the feeling the subject is experiencing that feels like my own. TYSM for digging deep, asking the tough questions with such kindness and empathy. One of my favorite episodes of the show was the interview with Madeline Albright. There was something so real and unvarnished that came across in that conversation. Anna Sale, I aspire to have your level of EQ when I grow up!

I’m finally writing a review after nearly 10 years of listening to my favorite and ONLY podcast that I follow regularly, DSM. As someone who is always trying to speak with a kind of blunt truth to others, it’s great to see a show tackling the things we NEED to talk about, and not just sticking to one topic alone. That becomes one-note and this show is varied and I love that. My most recent favorite was with Ezra Klein (why he thinks we’re living through a mistake) because I also have three kids all under 6 years old (also why this is the only show I follow), and parenting topics can be fraught but this was one I shared with fellow parents. I hope to be a death doula one day, so I love intimate stories of death because it’s a topic I just love to discuss. It has a little “This American Life” feel to it in that it’s about real people (which are my favorites not celebrities as much), and the episode about people who accidentally killed someone in a car accident has stayed with me deeply. Thank you for all the work you put into this important show.

So happy to know DS&M is making a comeback! It’s such a well produced show that shines the spotlight on incredibly important topics. Anna Sale, if ever you read this, please know that you make we want to ask better questions, both as a therapist and as I continue reflecting on my own life. I appreciate your thoughtfulness, candor, and willingness to explore the hard conversations everyone needs to be having. I discovered the podcast last year, at the time the Estrangement series was being featured, and I got hooked. Really loved those stories in particular, but am excited for anything you’ll put forth in the future!

I can’t pick a favorite episode but I have loved all of the listener call-in shows about any topic: student debt, estrangement, cheating. The celebrity interviews I didn’t love so much. There are so many interview shows out there and this one just didn’t rise above the rest.

This podcast is usually what I turn to when something upsetting or unexpected happens in my life and I need to see how other people handled it. It makes me feel less isolated knowing other people are dealing with exactly what I’m going through. Hi Anna and team! Per Anna’s voice memo from 1/22, just wanted to say how excited I am to hear you’re stayin alive! My favorite podcasts that you guys have made includes the strip club during quarantine, the abandonment series, and I really like the interviews you do with authors/celebs. Harvey Firestein, John green, and the author of queenie being some of the standouts. I’m going to be looking through your catalog shortly for episodes about getting laid off as that just happened to me at the start of January 2024. Hearing the new opportunity you guys have makes me hopeful for my prospects. Have a good deserved break before coming back roaring :)

I’m a long time listern and was so excited - and relieved - to hear that Death, Sex, and Money will continue! The podcast takes on complicated and difficult issues in both humorous and serious ways, to engage listeners with the nuance of topics we encounter every day but don’t seem to know how to discuss. Can’t wait for more episodes in 2024!

Glad the podcast lives! The Estrangement series was really well done. I’ve enjoyed the multi episode theme series the most!

I just love the breadth of this podcast. The whole team is amazing and I find myself often laughing, crying, and nodding along all within one episode. I love them all but I think my favorite series is’, ‘Becoming a Father in ‘Prison’! I love hearing from both sides and the honesty behind it and Anna addressing the harmful original title.

Always an episode to make me laugh or cry. I love the episodes in fun like the mover Adonis, and the series on erectile dysfunction inspired me to be more open in conversations with my partner.

Even when listening to stories that I can’t “relate” to, I still found a profound message that I could take away. My favorite episodes include “A Prison Guard in Transition,” “Titus’s Burgess Airs His Laundry,” and “A Trans Parent’s Adoption Journey.” Each of these had such powerful messages that made me reflect on who I am and who I want to be. I have listened to DSM since I was a freshman in college and I have grown with the show itself. I can’t wait for new episodes!

Don’t know how to talk _____? We’ll, just listen then. I’ve been a long time fan of Death, Sex & Money. It’s been a way for me to start meaningful conversations with my friends and family, usually during a long car ride about topics that are a bit taboo like Student Debt, the cost of having a baby, cancer, sibling rivalry and so on. I’m thrilled by the variety of topics and the first hand narrative of the guests on the show. It’s a podcast unlike any other that I’ve encountered. A true gem!!

Heart-stirring depth, humor, deep conversations about what it is to be human. Anna’s laugh makes my heart smile. Loved the interview with Chaz Ebert.

Anna is an amazing interviewer and DSM covers important topics that other podcasts don’t get into as much

So many moments from Death, Sex, and Money stick with me after all of this time listening: Ellen Burstyn coining “a should-less day”, which is still boldly displayed on my favorite coffee mug. Another was the interview with Saeed Jones and me immediately listening to the audiobook of their memoir “How We Fight For Our Lives” to follow. The episode with Mahershala Ali led me to enthusiastically watching his life changing movie Moonlight. Most notably, DSM introduced me to Chris Garcia’s podcast Scattered. My father immigrated from Cuba as a 5 year-old. I have never been able to have conversations with my abuela and abuelo, his parents, about their life in Cuba given their profound losses emotionally, physically, and economically. I binged Scattered, piecing together both Cuba’s and my personal family history. Attending Chris Garcia’s standup in Sacramento a few years back allowed the two of us to meet and for me to tell him how meaningful his work is to me. So thank you, Anna. I hope you get to keep making more meaningful DSM episodes for years to come!

Any episode with Ellen Burstyn is always a conversation I need to hear. I also appreciate the episodes that discuss sex work without shame or judgement.

I have been listening to the Death, Sex and Money podcast for a few years. It has covered so many different topics and perspectives, but all of he interviews have a special intimacy and emotion because of the way Anna Sale holds conversations with her guests. One of the episodes that got me hooked was “After Suicides, a Texas Veterinary Community Opens Up.” I thought it was very insightful and impactful. Listening to this episode helped me to reflect on the suicide attempts of a couple of my friends and better process to them.

The episode “How to Say Goodbye to Your Pets” came just in time for me, and I’m sure many other listeners. It was almost a year before I put down my pet, but it allowed me to think through how to do right by my old and declining pet, and helped me prepare emotionally. I returned to the episode 2 more times as I prepared for his death and it really helped. “An End of Life Doctor’s Shocking Loss” also helped as the end got closer… and made me cry (in a good way). Other episodes that particularly stand out to me are: “What I live with: the aftermath of fatal accidents” - I had never heard this discussed before and it really moved me; I am so glad this was a topic. Interview(s) with a sex worker Estrangement episodes Student loans episodes - not fun but helpful lol

Love the stories DSM brings to us. The episode with Niecy Nash is my favorite 🖤

I love this podcast and Anna Sales’ intelligent conversations. As a grieving mother I’m always interested in how the rest of the world manages death. Keep up the good work.

Death, Sex & Money has been one of my go-to podcasts for years. And that’s saying a lot because I listen to A LOT of podcasts and rotate through many of them pretty quickly. DSM is one of only about three shows that I consistently come back to. Anna is a master interviewer who balances hard questions with genuine warmth. She and her team have created a dynamic community of listeners and are the best I’ve seen at connecting with them as humans, not just listeners. One of my favorite recent episodes was about estrangement. I’ve been estranged from a family member on and off for many years and have felt very alone in the journey. That episode made me feel seen and helped me shed some of the shame I’ve carried around from my decision to distance myself from a close family member. Frankly, it doesn’t even matter which episode you start with if you’re new to the show. The conversations are always insightful and deeply human.

… is the Bill Withers interview. I send it to family, friends, new acquaintances, and potential suitors ALL THE TIME! And probably listen to it once a year myself for creative inspiration. It’s truly an example of fantastic interviewing and contact creation. I’m so happy for Anna and the team that the podcast has found a new home working with Slate. Kudos to you guys and keep it up! You are legend!

Anna is a remarkably patient, thoughtful, and intuitive host, and she handles interviews with an openness and tact that makes even the most difficult and uncomfortable conversations approachable and relatable. She helps me understand people better, understand the world better, and understand myself better. A couple of my favorite episodes are Why I Steal, and the series she did on student loans. As a college professor, it’s important to me that my students are set up for success, and there’s nothing more powerful to them than to hear from people who are or have been recently in their positions saying ‘if I had it to do over, this is what I’ve learned…’

I don’t remember how I first started listening to DS&M, but the episode from early 2020 with author Carmen Maria Machado confirmed everything I knew deep down about my toxic relationship and gave me the conviction to break things off… for that I will forever be grateful!!

Good luck with Slate transition! I feel like you all could do many more episodes on the estranged topic. Family, coworkers, folks you met in an organization that you were once close with, etc.

I think the episodes I like the most for this podcast talk about taboo topics - like, a woman who has serious mental health challenges, deciding to have two babies. Glad to hear the podcast lives on!

This podcast is so well done. Relevant and interesting REAL issues that affect all of us covered in a thoughtful and meaningful way. You broaden my world and make my heart bigger. I rarely feel connected to humanity but this podcast helps me to see. I listened to each episode immediately. It has made my life brighter and more rich. I would listen just to hear Anna’s laugh. The best!

The first episode I ever listened to had me hooked! It was about a mover in NYC named Adonis…it was funny, touching and simply beautiful. I haven’t stopped listening ever since. I am so thankful for the DS&M team, the show makes me a better person.

I’ve been listening to this podcast since the beginning and find it inspiring, uplifting and informative. Anna Sales’ approach to interviewing folks from all walks of life and experience is gentle, compassionate while also being incisive and unafraid to ask the hard questions. Favorite show? There are too many but learning about the other side of sex workers’ lives, shop lifters, and people struggling with finances has really opened up my eyes and heart to new worlds. This is a brave and compassionate show that goes beyond the usual to stir up and open our inner worlds.