David Sedaris
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2,542 appearances
5 recordings
4 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 17 Aug
David Sedaris’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Blood was rarely drawn, no limbs were broken.
Could my parents have made their point without resorting to violence?
Probably.
But it would have taken more time.
And with six kids to dress and get out the door, that was a precious commodity.
I see parents now who worry they're being abusive if they don't spend at least an hour putting their child to bed.
An hour I said to my sister Amy, do you remember ever once being tucked in?
Can you imagine Mom and Dad reading to us or singing?
Can you imagine them kissing us?
Ugh she said, stop.
And look at us, we're fine.
We can handle stuff.
We never get offended by anything.
Part of this is that there were so many of us.
A child needs brothers and sisters.
The more the better.
Good siblings will press your favorite doll's face onto a red hot barbecue, then steal the money, the tooth fairy left under your pillow.
They'll deposit things inside of you when you're four, then sleep with your boyfriend twelve years later.
Will in short prepare you to live in the real world.
Better still, they'll dilute the eye of Sauron like attention given to an only child.
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