Anna Sale: Let’s Talk About Hard Things

Anna Sale’s podcast, “Death, Sex and Money”, is not afraid to dig into the tough, thorny topics that most of us are eager to avoid. Time and again, in her work and personal life, she has found that it is during these difficult and direct conversations that genuine community and connection begin to take root. In this talk, she shares how to start doing the hard work of listening, sharing, and finding common ground. Her forthcoming book, called Let’s Talk About Hard Things, will be published by Simon & Schuster in spring of 2021. This talk was recorded remotely on May 19, 2020. About this speaker: Anna Sale is the creator and host of Death, Sex & Money, the podcast from WNYC Studios about “the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.” She has contributed to Fresh Air with Terry Gross and This American Life and is the author of the forthcoming book Go There: The Art of Talking about Hard Things (Simon and Schuster). She grew up in West Virginia and now lives in Berkeley with her husband and two daughters.