Ben Sinclair Is A Fan Of Endings

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The High Maintenance star reflects on his childhood, what he's learned from his divorce, and why he's starting to smoke less weed.

Looking for some TV recs? Here are five of my favorite High Maintenance episodes. I only picked from the last four seasons of HBO for ease in finding. The whole web series is amazing, which you can find here.

"Dongle" (Season 3, Episode 7): A Puerto Rican man who just arrived in New York starts work on a road crew and starts a flirtation with his bodega guy.

"Googie" (Season 2, Episode 6): The Guy is recovering home after a bike injury after smoking a lot of pot and streaming a lot of television, he goes out for a walk.

"M.A.S.H." (Season 3, Episode 1): A wake brings together a collection of people upstate, who join together in an inspired music jam.

"Adelante" (Season 4, Episode 6): An encounter with ex in an Uber pool, and a dental hygienist goes on a date with a patient and then returns to her home in the Bronx.

"Scromple" (Season 2, Episode 5): The Guy and his ex-wife run into each other in a hospital.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, how are you all?
0:03.1	I recorded this interview with Benson Claire from High Maintenance a few weeks ago.
0:08.0	Today, I'm recording in a makeshift studio in my back bedroom.
0:12.4	We at Death Sex and Money are talking a lot about how to be there with you, while so much
0:16.7	of what's familiar is falling away.
0:19.7	More on that later in the show.
0:21.3	For now, just enjoy this conversation.
0:25.3	Well, one thing that I have been kind of going into this with was hoping that I could
0:30.6	distance myself from the divorce stone guy persona that is well documented.
0:38.2	But I am divorced and I do get stoned.
0:42.0	This is Death Sex and Money.
0:47.7	Why do you want to be friends with your ex?
0:50.1	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:53.4	How do you live your life?
0:55.2	And need to talk about more.
0:57.0	Forgot.
0:58.0	Did you want to buy some weed?
1:00.5	I'm Anna Sale.
1:05.3	In HBO's High Maintenance, Benson Claire plays a weed dealer in New York, who bikes around
1:10.8	the city, shows up at your doorstep, and then opens up his backpack to sell you what you
1:15.0	want.
1:16.0	So, you're a pot dealer.
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