Death, Sex & Money | Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’

Anna talks to writer Ada Calhoun, author most recently of the novel
Crush, about a married woman succumbing to extramarital temptation
(she wrote it while she herself was separating from her husband)
and then to comedian Rosebud Baker about her new Netflix comedy
special, The Mother Lode, which is all about late-stage pregnancy
and early motherhood. This episode was recorded live at On Air Fest
in New York City on February 20th.  Death, Sex & Money is
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