<p>Anna hosted Selected Shorts, an evening where professional actors read short stories in front of a live studio audience at Symphony Space in New York. The theme for the night? Death, sex, and money.</p><p><strong>Stories performed:</strong></p><ul> <li><p><strong>Cat Owner </strong>by<strong> Alissa Nutting </strong>performed by<strong> Phoebe Robinson</strong></p></li> <li><p><strong>The Model Millionaire</strong><em> </em>by<strong> Oscar Wilde </strong>performed by<strong> Peter Francis James</strong></p></li> <li><p><strong>You Again </strong>by <strong>Seth Fried</strong> performed by<strong> Amy Ryan</strong></p></li></ul><p>Hear more readings on the <a href="https://www.symphonyspace.org/programs/selected-shorts-death-sex-money-anna-sale"><u>Selected Shorts podcast</u></a>.</p><p>There’s still time to join our “low-stakes” 30-day creativity challenge, <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/death-sex-money/2025/12/sharon-mashihi-30-day-creative-challenge"><u>listen here</u></a>.</p><p>Death, Sex &amp; Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, <a href="http://slate.com/dsmplus">Slate Plus</a>! 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 <a href="http://slate.com/dsmplus">slate.com/dsmplus</a>.</p><p>And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deathsexmoney/?hl=en">Instagram</a> 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]. </p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>