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Dec 2, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 8
Felicia and Dalip Singh stand in front of a yellow cab.

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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.
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    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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  • Oct 28, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 3

    Ruin-your-life money

    Piles of cash hidden in a drawer.
    Getty Images

    What happens when you stumble on something with the potential to change your life? First, Oscar almost had a panic attack. Later, regret consumed them.

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  • Oct 21, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 2

    Just trust me

    Ibby Hanlon and her husband Chris.
    Courtesy: Ibby Hanlon

    After a series of unexpected events change one woman’s body — and finances — forever, she questions her faith in the medical system.

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  • Oct 14, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 1

    No more money, please

    Morgan Curtis and her father, John, seen here in the '90s.
    Courtesy: Morgan Curtis

    The more Morgan Curtis learned her family’s multi-generation wealth, the less she wanted anything to do with it. On this episode, we’ll talk with her and her dad.

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  • "This Uncomfortable" is back Oct. 14!
    Marketplace

    This season, we’re revealing family secrets, taking the lid off the cost of divorce and so much more. New episodes every Thursday.

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  • Jun 24, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 12

    Meet the scammer

    HAMBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 28:  Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. The 29th Chaos Communication Congress (29C3) attracts hundreds of participants worldwide annually to engage in workshops and lectures discussing the role of technology in society and its future. (Photo by Patrick Lux/Getty Images)

    How do you bounce back from getting scammed? Become a scammer yourself, obviously.

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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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