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'Death, Sex & Money' Host Anna Sale Interviews Times Critic Dwight Garner Back Home in W.Va.

Anna Sale and Dwight Garner have several things in common – they live in New York City, they are media leaders, and they both have roots in West Virginia.

Many of you remember Anna Sale getting her start in radio right here at West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Now the host of the podcast Death Sex & Money, Anna recently traveled back to her hometown of Charleston to talk with New York Times Literary Critic Dwight Garner.

In this live conversation, they discuss how West Virginia has influenced their lives and careers.

You are invited to listen in to ‘A Conversation with Anna Sale & Dwight Gardner’ – Monday, Aug. 31st at 6:30 p.m. on West Virginia Public Broadcasting. 

To find your local station, visit here. You can also stream the station live on the web. 

You can also listen to the program on demand at any time from the audio streams on this page.

Watch Live: Death, Sex & Money's Anna Sale Interviews New York Times Literary Critic Dwight Garner

Watch Anna Sale, host of the popular podcast “Death, Sex & Money” from WNYC, and Dwight Garner, author and New York Times literary critic, as they discuss how growing up in West Virginia affects their work, as part of FestivALL Charleston. You can watch the live stream here starting at 5:30 p.m. today:

The event is Wednesday, June 24 at 5:30 p.m. with an interview and an audience Q&A session in The Clay Center’s Walker Theater, Charleston, W.Va.

Sale produces one of America’s most popular podcasts for WNYC radio in New York City. Death, Sex and Money is about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Host Anna Sale talks to celebrities and regular people about relationships, money, family, work and making it all count while we’re here. Her guest will be Dwight Garner, a Fairmont native and former Charlestonian, who reviews books for the New York Times.

The Front Porch: Anna Sale on Loving and Leaving West Virginia

As host and executive producer of the hit podcast “Death, Sex & Money” from WNYC, Anna Sale asks famous people and regular folks about the things we need to talk more about, but don’t.

On this week’s “The Front Porch,” Sale talks about her complicated love of West Virginia, and the bittersweet experience of visiting home, once you know you’re gone for good.

Sale remembers starting her career as a journalist at West Virginia Public Broadcasting. She said people would come up to her and say, “That was a great story. Please don’t leave.”

She says moving to a larger city for your career may happen in all small cities and towns, but “it has more of an edge here…I think there is a pride certainly in cheering on West Virginians who are successful outside of West Virginia. But there also comes with it that sense of loss.”

“But it is a strange thing when you are an ambitious young person, who’s excited to explore the world, to have people who love and the community you care about say, we hope you’re successful, but maybe not so much that you leave,” she said.

Sale is interviewing New York Times book reviewer Dwight Garner, a Fairmont native and former Charlestonian, at a live, free show on June 24 at the Clay Center in Charleston. You can RSVP here.

Subscribe to “The Front Porch” podcast on iTunes or however you listen to podcasts.

An edited version of “The Front Porch” airs Fridays at 4:50 p.m. on West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s radio network, and the full version is available above.

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Former WVPB Reporter Anna Sale's 'Death, Sex & Money'

“Talking about death, sex, and money is not news. It’s not news to say: ‘sometimes long term relationships are hard’ or ‘sometimes it’s embarrassing when you realize you’re not earning enough money.’ That’s not a news story. As a result, when we hear those stories, it’s often in the first paragraph in a story about health insurance coverage and then the rest of it is about policy. Or, the first paragraph in a story about tax revenues in a state, you start with someone saying ‘I’m not making as much as I used to make.’ My argument is those stories are worth their own time. It’s worth pausing and listening to what that experience is.” –Anna Sale

You can find out more about the program, listen to episodes, and learn how to subscribe to the podcast by visiting WNYC’s website.

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