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Oct 29, 2020 · Season 3 · Episode 6
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  • Oct 22, 2020 · Season 3 · Episode 5

    Financial infidelity

    One poll found around 40% of people hid a financial decision from their partner.
    WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images

    More than 40% of Americans say they’ve hidden some kind of financial decision from their partners. Even if the dollar amount is small, the emotional impact can be huge.

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  • Oct 15, 2020 · Season 3 · Episode 4

    Friendship is a full-time job, with Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

    "Call Your Girlfriend" hosts and "Big Friendship" co-authors Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow
    Milan Zrnic

    The “Call Your Girlfriend” co-hosts talk about couples therapy and their new book “Big Friendship.” Plus, they take your questions in “The Group Chat.”

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  • No walls were harmed in the making of this podcast.
    Screenshot via Netflix

    Money gets complicated when a marriage falls apart. Also, we’re looking for your stories about relationships and money.

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  • Oct 1, 2020 · Season 3 · Episode 3

    Can’t make rent, can’t get evicted

    Marilyn Hoffman, sitting on the porch of her North Carolina home. She's able to stay... for now.
    Reema Khrais/Marketplace

    Marilyn Hoffman is one of some 28 million Americans who could face eviction because of the coronavirus pandemic. And rent’s due again today.

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  • Sep 24, 2020 · Season 3 · Episode 2

    “Why don’t you fix your teeth?”

    Ryanne Jones, seen here at 22, promised herself she would give her son the health care she'd lacked growing up. "If it meant that I barely ate for a week, that kid went to his yearly checkup."
    Courtesy: Ryanne Jones

    One woman’s smile becomes a marker of poverty that feels impossible to escape.

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  • Sep 17, 2020 · Season 3 · Episode 1

    Who can afford to vote?

    A polling place during Kentucky primary election on June 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky.
    Brett Carlsen/Getty Images

    The fight over voting rights in this country has always been tied to money and power.

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  • “This Is Uncomfortable” is back this week!

    Subscribe now for more uncomfortable stories about voting, power, health and moving back in with your parents.

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  • Sep 10, 2020 · Season 3

    Love in the time of coronavirus (rerun)

    Mina Hughes and Seth Anderson had to cancel their wedding because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Courtesy: Mina Huges and Seth Anderson

    There are a lot of couples stuck at home right now. Some of them are out of work or dealing with canceled plans. Today, we’ll hear from two couples whose relationships are being tested.

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  • Aug 20, 2020 · Season 2

    WeWork too much (rerun)

    WeBorn, WeWork, WeDie.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Why we’re obsessed with our jobs, even though they’ll never love us back.

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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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