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May 12, 2022 · Season 6 · Episode 2
Stephanie Stone and her brother, Michael.

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  • May 5, 2022 · Season 6 · Episode 1

    So, who’s gonna pay for this?

    Rachel Lee and Nicole Fresenburg
    Courtesy Rachel Lee

    For the first episode of our new season, we’re looking at a money fight that ended up being about much more.

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  • On May 5, “This is Uncomfortable” is back!

    Listen to the trailer now, and follow the show on your podcast favorite app.

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  • Dec 16, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 10

    The Mariachi Rent Strike

    A scene from the Mariachi rent strike in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights
    Courtesy Union de Vecinos

    For the last episode of our season, we take you through months of court battles, protests and tense negotiations in a Los Angeles rent strike.

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  • Dec 9, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 9

    Chasing hippos

    Gina Serna and her family on a childhood trip to Hacienda Napoles.
    Courtesy: Gina Serna

    Gina Serna dreamed of being a wildlife veterinarian since she was little, but her biggest assignment has painful ties to her childhood.

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  • Dec 2, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 8

    Endless circle of debt

    Felicia and Dalip Singh
    Courtesy Felicia Singh Campaign for City Council

    Dalip Singh thought driving a taxi would be his ticket to the middle class. Instead, he discovered that he’d bought into a massive lending scam.

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  • Nov 25, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 7

    The College Fund (rerun)

    Hayli McKnight and her dad, Rick Carroll, when McKnight was a toddler.
    Courtesy: Hayli McKnight

    When you’re a kid, your parents make all the financial decisions for you. But what happens when you grow up … and don’t agree with their choices?

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  • Nov 18, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 6

    White Gold (from “How We Survive”)

    Daranda Hinkey holds some pieces of clay containing lithium, or “white gold,” that could be key to a decarbonized future.
    Molly Wood/Marketplace

    To get off fossil fuels, you need a lot of batteries. To get a lot of batteries, you need to mine a lot of lithium. Welcome to Thacker Pass, Nevada, where a proposed lithium mine has sparked protests.

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  • Nov 11, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 5

    Alimony till death

    Sonia Delgado at her wedding, as a teenager.
    Courtesy: Sonia Delgado

    When Sonia Delgado divorced her husband after 30 years of a bad marriage, she thought she’d finally seized financial freedom. Instead, she faced a lifetime of alimony.

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  • Nov 4, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 4

    Family secrets

    The Chow family, circa 2003.
    Courtesy Serena Chow

    Matthew Chow spent his adult life trying to build a close relationship with his estranged father. In his father’s will, he found a decades-old family secret.

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About the show

This is Uncomfortable is the award-winning show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, Marketplace’s Reema Khrais explores how money shapes our decisions, relationships, and sense of self through conversations that are intimate, surprising, and deeply human. From the economic headlines that hit our wallets to the choices that keep us up at night, the show digs into the money questions we’re too afraid to ask and gives listeners a way to feel less alone in this increasingly complicated world. Produced and distributed by Marketplace from American Public Media, you can find “This Is Uncomfortable” wherever you get your podcasts.

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