Segments From This Episode

• Live in Portland, it’s Marketplace Money

  by Marketplace Staff

  Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland opens the special live "Financial Futures" show in Portland, Ore., with the Live Wire comedy troupe.

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• Discussing the basics of budgeting

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  Beth Kobliner, author of "Get a Financial Life," joins Tess Vigeland on stage to discuss how parents can talk about money with their kids.

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• This dad’s money tips aren’t a tall order

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  Tess Vigeland welcomes former professional basketball player Chris Dudley of the Portland Trailblazers, who is now a certified financial planner — and a parent of three.

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• Families and Oompa Loompas

  by Marketplace Staff

  Two Portland families join Tess Vigeland on stage to share their philosophies on kids and money. And from the Oregon Children's Theater production of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the Oompa Loompas pay a visit.

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• Comics founder draws on early lessons

  by Marketplace Staff

  Mike Richardson, founder of Dark Horse Comics, talks to Tess Vigeland about comics, money and his own childhood.

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• Kids’ winning essays on money

  by Marketplace Staff

  Eighth-graders Gracie Hackenberg and Avery Butler read their winning essays during the taping of the "Financial Futures" show in Portland, Ore.

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• Talking money with teens

  by Marketplace Staff

  Personal finance expert Beth Kobliner and her teenage daughter, Rebecca, join Tess Vigeland to discuss "The Talk" — about money and, well, that other thing.

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• Rocker knows about being in a jam

  by Marketplace Staff

  Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla tells Tess Vigeland about the challenges he faced with debt earlier in his music career.

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• Tess’s closing words on kids and money

  by Marketplace Staff

  Tess Vigeland offers some closing advice to parents about helping their kids understand personal finances.

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