Michelle Williams

You guys, stop, stop. I hope I've lived up to the seat on the couch. Can I do a podcast where I interview you guys? Because it's so weird to have so much attention on oneself and your whole life. You don't take a trip down memory road and look at your life very often.

A little indulgence.

A little indulgence.

A little indulgence.

So you can come here and get it out. Next time I'm going to make you guys walk through. I want to open up your roads.

So you can come here and get it out. Next time I'm going to make you guys walk through. I want to open up your roads.

So you can come here and get it out. Next time I'm going to make you guys walk through. I want to open up your roads.

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, Michelle Williams talks about starring in Dying for Sex, a dark but funny series based on a true story about a woman with stage four cancer who, facing death, decides to take ownership of her sexual pleasure. It's something Williams says she herself didn't really consider until recently.

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, Michelle Williams talks about starring in Dying for Sex, a dark but funny series based on a true story about a woman with stage four cancer who, facing death, decides to take ownership of her sexual pleasure. It's something Williams says she herself didn't really consider until recently.

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, Michelle Williams talks about starring in Dying for Sex, a dark but funny series based on a true story about a woman with stage four cancer who, facing death, decides to take ownership of her sexual pleasure. It's something Williams says she herself didn't really consider until recently.

Also, we hear from Sarah Snook. She's best known for her role on HBO's Succession as Shiv Roy. Snook was recently nominated for a Tony for her performance on Broadway and the stage adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

Also, we hear from Sarah Snook. She's best known for her role on HBO's Succession as Shiv Roy. Snook was recently nominated for a Tony for her performance on Broadway and the stage adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

Also, we hear from Sarah Snook. She's best known for her role on HBO's Succession as Shiv Roy. Snook was recently nominated for a Tony for her performance on Broadway and the stage adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Sometimes a show reaches out and grabs you by the collar with its honesty. That's what happened after I watched the first episode of the new FX series Dying for Sex. I knew immediately that I had to watch the rest of it alone.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Sometimes a show reaches out and grabs you by the collar with its honesty. That's what happened after I watched the first episode of the new FX series Dying for Sex. I knew immediately that I had to watch the rest of it alone.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Sometimes a show reaches out and grabs you by the collar with its honesty. That's what happened after I watched the first episode of the new FX series Dying for Sex. I knew immediately that I had to watch the rest of it alone.

I needed to sit with it, to cry without feeling self-conscious, to laugh without an audience, because the show is so intimate, so distinctly human. Adapted from the Wondery podcast of the same name and based on a true story, Dying for Sex follows a woman named Molly, played by my guest today, Michelle Williams.

I needed to sit with it, to cry without feeling self-conscious, to laugh without an audience, because the show is so intimate, so distinctly human. Adapted from the Wondery podcast of the same name and based on a true story, Dying for Sex follows a woman named Molly, played by my guest today, Michelle Williams.

I needed to sit with it, to cry without feeling self-conscious, to laugh without an audience, because the show is so intimate, so distinctly human. Adapted from the Wondery podcast of the same name and based on a true story, Dying for Sex follows a woman named Molly, played by my guest today, Michelle Williams.

Molly leaves her marriage after a terminal breast cancer diagnosis and embarks on a sexual adventure. But that doesn't even scratch the surface. Yes, there is sex, sometimes kinky, a little awkward, often hilarious. But the show is really about everything surrounding it. It's about what happens when the fear of dying outweighs the fear of never having truly lived.