
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


When the poet and writer Kaveh Akbar likes something, he really likes it. As a high school student, he got hooked on poetry. In college, it was alcohol. This week, Kaveh talks to Anna Sale about the factors that led to his sobriety, and he explains exactly how he manages a life that’s full of healthy, wonderful obsessions as well as problematic ones.
Kaveh’s critically acclaimed novel Martyr! is now available in paperback. You can read about his temporary fixation on collecting basketball cards in GQ.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews.
Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, Slate Plus! Members get ad-free podcasts, bonus content on lots of Slate shows, and full access to all the articles on Slate.com. Sign up today at slate.com/dsmplus.
And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our new email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is [email protected].
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By Slate Podcasts4.1
178178 ratings
When the poet and writer Kaveh Akbar likes something, he really likes it. As a high school student, he got hooked on poetry. In college, it was alcohol. This week, Kaveh talks to Anna Sale about the factors that led to his sobriety, and he explains exactly how he manages a life that’s full of healthy, wonderful obsessions as well as problematic ones.
Kaveh’s critically acclaimed novel Martyr! is now available in paperback. You can read about his temporary fixation on collecting basketball cards in GQ.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews.
Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, Slate Plus! Members get ad-free podcasts, bonus content on lots of Slate shows, and full access to all the articles on Slate.com. Sign up today at slate.com/dsmplus.
And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our new email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is [email protected].
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

38,526 Listeners

8,473 Listeners

3,628 Listeners

1,376 Listeners

3,526 Listeners

1,022 Listeners

2,852 Listeners

998 Listeners

1,030 Listeners

5,637 Listeners

6,297 Listeners

1,875 Listeners

1,396 Listeners

53 Listeners

2,323 Listeners

2,069 Listeners

243 Listeners

2,124 Listeners

23,905 Listeners

1,284 Listeners

12,291 Listeners

1,192 Listeners

5,769 Listeners

441 Listeners

3,071 Listeners

60 Listeners

632 Listeners

48 Listeners

747 Listeners

97 Listeners

5 Listeners

132 Listeners

0 Listeners