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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.
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