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Oct 28, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 3
Piles of cash hidden in a drawer.

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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!
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    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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  • Jun 17, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 11

    A big, fat loophole

    Anthony's bags, with everything he took to Cambodia.

    What if we told you there was a way to walk away from your debts with no financial consequences? There’s just one big catch.

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  • Jun 10, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 10

    Going off script

    Ana Sauceda, right, and her dad.
    Courtesy Ana Sauceda

    Ana Sauceda spent a decade trying to fit her parent’s script before throwing it out and writing her own.

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  • Jun 3, 2021 · Season 4

    Productivity won’t save you (rerun)

    Productivity won’t save you (rerun)
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    In this episode from December, we look at our obsession with productivity and why the urge to optimize everything we do makes us feel like we’re never enough.

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  • May 27, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 9

    Bad romance

    When Mira Celper, right, saw her mom, Leigh Hendry, quickly fall in love with a man she only knew through phone calls, she became suspicious.
    Courtesy Mira Celper

    Mira Celper’s relationship with her mom grew strained when her mom started dating the mysterious David. As her mom fell deeper in love, Mira couldn’t shake the feeling that something about David was off.

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  • May 20, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 8

    I need more money because I need more money

    Aisha Salaudeen
    Courtesy: Aisha Salaudeen

    This week, we take a deep dive into one woman’s past to understand why she can’t seem to kick her financial anxiety.

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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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