Anna Sale

Well, the way I experience it is, you know, I was raised in West Virginia. I am a polite person. I am eager to please socially. And so it feels like this moment where I kind of like flip around my cards and say, like, I've got a little punk rock edge to me. And so then that can be fun in social situations, especially where it's a little bit more buttoned up or stuffy.

Well, the way I experience it is, you know, I was raised in West Virginia. I am a polite person. I am eager to please socially. And so it feels like this moment where I kind of like flip around my cards and say, like, I've got a little punk rock edge to me. And so then that can be fun in social situations, especially where it's a little bit more buttoned up or stuffy.

Well, the way I experience it is, you know, I was raised in West Virginia. I am a polite person. I am eager to please socially. And so it feels like this moment where I kind of like flip around my cards and say, like, I've got a little punk rock edge to me. And so then that can be fun in social situations, especially where it's a little bit more buttoned up or stuffy.

I mean, a lot has changed. I would say that the origin story for me of wanting to make a show about the most important building blocks of our lives or the ones that we can't avoid is that I was desperately looking for guides at the point where I started the show. You know, I was 33, 34. I was divorced. I was living in New York. We were working in the same building together.

I mean, a lot has changed. I would say that the origin story for me of wanting to make a show about the most important building blocks of our lives or the ones that we can't avoid is that I was desperately looking for guides at the point where I started the show. You know, I was 33, 34. I was divorced. I was living in New York. We were working in the same building together.

I mean, a lot has changed. I would say that the origin story for me of wanting to make a show about the most important building blocks of our lives or the ones that we can't avoid is that I was desperately looking for guides at the point where I started the show. You know, I was 33, 34. I was divorced. I was living in New York. We were working in the same building together.

You know, it was a time where I was like... I don't really know what I'm doing here and I just want to have conversations with people where I don't feel so alone in not knowing what I'm doing here and to feel reassurance that it's something you figure out along the way. And Then over the course of the last 10 years, I got married. I became a parent. I've got two kids. I cross country.

You know, it was a time where I was like... I don't really know what I'm doing here and I just want to have conversations with people where I don't feel so alone in not knowing what I'm doing here and to feel reassurance that it's something you figure out along the way. And Then over the course of the last 10 years, I got married. I became a parent. I've got two kids. I cross country.

You know, it was a time where I was like... I don't really know what I'm doing here and I just want to have conversations with people where I don't feel so alone in not knowing what I'm doing here and to feel reassurance that it's something you figure out along the way. And Then over the course of the last 10 years, I got married. I became a parent. I've got two kids. I cross country.

I live in a house. I have two dogs. My life is characterized by stability right now. Like I'm living out the consequences of some really big choices I made in my early adulthood. And so now I think this is also a response to the political climate and what's shifted over the last 10 years. I'm really interested in...

I live in a house. I have two dogs. My life is characterized by stability right now. Like I'm living out the consequences of some really big choices I made in my early adulthood. And so now I think this is also a response to the political climate and what's shifted over the last 10 years. I'm really interested in...

I live in a house. I have two dogs. My life is characterized by stability right now. Like I'm living out the consequences of some really big choices I made in my early adulthood. And so now I think this is also a response to the political climate and what's shifted over the last 10 years. I'm really interested in...

And ambiguity and uncertainty and having conversations that add complexity rather than certainty, it serves each of us and it also is going to serve how we have to make decisions together.

And ambiguity and uncertainty and having conversations that add complexity rather than certainty, it serves each of us and it also is going to serve how we have to make decisions together.

And ambiguity and uncertainty and having conversations that add complexity rather than certainty, it serves each of us and it also is going to serve how we have to make decisions together.

This is Death, Sex, and Money. The show from Slate about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more. I'm Anna Saleh. In 2014, Jim Harris was 32 years old and kite skiing on a South American ice cap. The wind would catch the kite and pull him forward. But then the wind changed and dropped him hard.

This is Death, Sex, and Money. The show from Slate about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more. I'm Anna Saleh. In 2014, Jim Harris was 32 years old and kite skiing on a South American ice cap. The wind would catch the kite and pull him forward. But then the wind changed and dropped him hard.

This is Death, Sex, and Money. The show from Slate about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more. I'm Anna Saleh. In 2014, Jim Harris was 32 years old and kite skiing on a South American ice cap. The wind would catch the kite and pull him forward. But then the wind changed and dropped him hard.

Jim injured his spine, and then about eight months into his rehabilitation, he found himself having another profound physical experience, again set against a beautiful outdoor backdrop, this time soundtracked by a live jam band. A friend had invited Jim to an outdoor music festival, and by then he'd recovered the ability to walk with a walker.

Jim injured his spine, and then about eight months into his rehabilitation, he found himself having another profound physical experience, again set against a beautiful outdoor backdrop, this time soundtracked by a live jam band. A friend had invited Jim to an outdoor music festival, and by then he'd recovered the ability to walk with a walker.