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This Is Uncomfortable

This is a show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, Marketplace’s Reema Khrais digs in with stories about the unanticipated ways money affects relationships, shapes identities and often... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Total financial control

Total financial control

After getting married, Angie’s husband started to scrutinize every purchase. The situation soon got so much worse. We lo... Read more

13 Feb 2020

27mins

Ranked #2

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When money makes it weird

When money makes it weird

Reema tries to settle a debt she’s been avoiding. And what happens when one person in a relationship has way more money?

13 Jun 2019

31mins

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Crying at work

Crying at work

What happens when work is the thing that’s making us cry … at work? Plus: Reema asks her old boss an awkward question.

20 Jun 2019

23mins

Ranked #4

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Home/work

Home/work

Reema Khrais explores the “jobs” we take on in our families — starting with her own. Plus, one couple comes up with a cr... Read more

27 Jun 2019

20mins

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Money horror stories

Money horror stories

This Halloween, we have listeners’ frightening stories of impulse buys, spooky scams and a very Hungry Heart.

31 Oct 2019

21mins

Ranked #6

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Instrument of sabotage

Instrument of sabotage

In the cutthroat world of professional classical music, Eric Abramovitz was headed toward a shining career. Until someth... Read more

17 Oct 2019

24mins

Ranked #7

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Sperm, baby, sperm

Sperm, baby, sperm

Two couples won a chance at pregnancy, but money has complicated their journeys to build a family.

24 Oct 2019

24mins

Ranked #8

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Don’t buy your boss a gift

Don’t buy your boss a gift

“Nancy” host Tobin Low and journalist Julia Furlan join us this week to give advice on office gifts, financial independe... Read more

7 Nov 2019

24mins

Ranked #9

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Love thy neighbor, and pay off their debts, too

Love thy neighbor, and pay off their debts, too

An aspiring dancer finds a way to become debt-free. All she has to do is take on someone else’s.

14 Nov 2019

24mins

Ranked #10

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Guess my financial secret

Guess my financial secret

Our new game, “Financial Faceoff” puts one couple’s financial life to the test. Plus, we’ll get an update from the coupl... Read more

3 Jul 2019

13mins

Ranked #11

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The lies we tell our friends

The lies we tell our friends

Most of us tell little white lies at some point or another to make things less weird about money. But what happens when ... Read more

22 Aug 2019

24mins

Ranked #12

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F you, pay me

F you, pay me

Caitlin Boston asked for a raise. Her boss gave her a hard no. Then she made it her mission to figure out what she was w... Read more

3 Oct 2019

21mins

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Hard choices

Hard choices

As states across the country close all non-essential businesses, people are rethinking what it means to do the right thi... Read more

27 Mar 2020

19mins

Ranked #14

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Lost in the game

Lost in the game

When you’re a high-stakes gambler laying down tens of thousands of dollars at a blackjack table, the value of money take... Read more

11 Jul 2019

23mins

Ranked #15

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My boyfriend wants to pay my rent

My boyfriend wants to pay my rent

Sam Sanders, host of NPR’s “It’s Been A Minute” and Marketplace product specialist Sarah Menendez are here give advice o... Read more

27 Feb 2020

26mins

Ranked #16

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I have class anxiety

I have class anxiety

A listener struggles to navigate all the unspoken rules of middle-class life.

8 Aug 2019

19mins

Ranked #17

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Bonus: Money horror stories II

Bonus: Money horror stories II

Earlier this year, Hayden started getting these surprise gifts in the mail. Once he realized who sent them to him, he wo... Read more

12 Dec 2019

21mins

Ranked #18

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Everyday liars

Everyday liars

You tell your mom you’re broke. You pretend to have student loans. You wear knock-off couture. People tell lies about mo... Read more

12 Sep 2019

13mins

Ranked #19

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The college fund

The college fund

 When you’re a kid, your parents make all the financial decisions for you. But what happens when you grow up … and don’t... Read more

25 Jul 2019

22mins

Ranked #20

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Can’t buy me love

Can’t buy me love

After hooking up with her roommate, one woman can’t seem to avoid him — or his spending habits, and a couple tries showi... Read more

19 Sep 2019

23mins

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