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Every week, the Death, Sex & Money team suggests the audio we love in our newsletter, but we wanted to find out what podcasts our listeners can’t get out of their head. Get new suggestions from your fellow DSM fans in your inbox every Wednesday at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter, and find out how you can send your own suggestion!
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Grief and relief
Mar 1, 2017Tap to summarize“I recommend Cariad Lloyd’s incredible Griefcast. Cariad lost her father in her mid-teens very soon after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She’s now using this experience to talk to other comedians about their experiences with death and grief. The show really hits home both in its frank discussion of what comes before death and dealing with the emotions that follow. My chest tightened and ached, and my heart was in my throat the whole time I was listening to it, but it felt such a relief to hear people talking about death in such an open and honest way.” – Heather, 32, South London, UK
Transcribe →Motivation to sign your donor card
Feb 23, 2017Tap to summarize“My podcast episode recommendation is ‘His My Arms,’ episode 30 of The Lapse. Will Lautzenheiser lost his arms and legs to flesh-eating disease and received arm transplants a few years ago. His whole story is incredible, but the reverence with which he speaks about his donor’s arms brought out the ugly sobs in me. Just a beautiful tribute to the most amazing gift a human can give to another, and an excellent piece to share with anyone hesitating about signing their donor cards.” – Stephanie, 38, Ottawa, Canada
Transcribe →Blurring the lines with Will Arnett
Feb 23, 2017Tap to summarize“Marc Maron’s WTF podcast in particular has always comforted me, because it’s people talking about the arc of their lives in the course of an hour. The Bill Hader, Danny McBride, and Demetri Martin episodes all immediately come to mind when I think about it. I think those conversations helped me during my breakup because it was sobering to hear someone older than me recall the peaks and valleys of their lives. You never know how long the peak or valley will last when you’re in it (and I was certainly in a valley after my breakup), but hearing someone step outside of their own life and realize how they arrived at where they are gave me solace in the fact that there’s no right way to go through life.” – Carson, 27, Tampa Bay, FL
Transcribe →A murder in New York
Feb 23, 2017Tap to summarize“One of the biggest surprises for me in new and favorite podcasts has been Stranglers by Earwolf. It’s about the Boston Stranglers. Yes, plural. It looks at the crimes that unfolded in the early 1960s, the possible suspects, and the difficulties of investigating a sensationalized series of murders. The production values are top-notch and there are still new stories and details that have surprised even this Bostonian (and there’s even a possible NYC connection—see Episode 5, “The Gotham Strangler.”) It’s gripping storytelling—and yes, that is a poor choice of words—that keeps me pulling the covers up even more during a late-night listen.” – Robert, 37, Boston, MA
Transcribe →How family and religion shape our lives
Feb 23, 2017Tap to summarize“I have listened to the On Being podcast with Marie Howe probably five times since I first heard it. This is extremely rare for me. Marie speaks poetry in every line. I love how she talks about mothering, parenting, and the wisdom of her young child. The episode is called “The Poetry of Ordinary Time” and it serves as a reminder to me to appreciate the beauty of the mundane. It also reminds me of the incredible power of poetry to help me do that. – Mary, 31, Petersburg, AK
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