Stories from the Heart
Miranda Sawyer explores personal story-telling with Anna Sale, of New York podcast Death, Sex and Money, and Lea Thau, who documented her own love life in the podcast Love Hurts.
Miranda Sawyer continues her exploration into the world of podcasts by rounding up some of the best from around the globe.
This week's programme features personal storytelling concerning issues which some of us find it hard to talk about: love, sex, family and money. Matters of the heart.
Guests include Anna Sale, creator and host of New York-based podcast, "Death, Sex and Money", and Lea Thau, who documented her own love life in a series for Los Angeles-based Strangers podcast "Love Hurts".
Producer: Jim Frank
Researcher: Chris Pearson.
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Anna Sale

Joining Miranda this week is Anna Sale, who presents 'Death, Sex & Money'. Anna describes her show as "a podcast about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation".
(Image taken by Amy Pearl / Courtesy WNYC)
Lea Thau
Miranda speaks to Lea Thau, producer of the Los Angeles-based 'Strangers' podcast. Last year Lea documented her own love life in the series "Love Hurts".
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Broadcasts
- Sat 14 Nov 201510:30BBC Radio 4
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