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Aug 8, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 9
"Cool" is a synonym for "rich" at "Mean Girls'" North Shore High.

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  • Aug 1, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 8

    That thing you buy and don’t tell your parents about

    Joey Lyons and Jack Nixon, our contestants for this week's Financial Face-Off.
    Courtesy: Joey Lyons and Jack Nixon

    We’ll ask about it in another round of Financial Face-Off. Plus: We need your help with a new story.

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  • Jul 25, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 7

    The college fund

    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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  • Jul 18, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 6

    Ziwe Fumudoh makes people uncomfortable

    Ziwe Fumudoh performs during the Movement Voter Project comedy benefit at The Bell House in 2018 in New York City.
    Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Movement Voter Project

    Growing up, she wanted to be a pop star. Her parents wanted her to go into medicine or finance. She ended up as a comedian writing for “Desus & Mero.” This week we talk about how she does money.

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  • Jul 11, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 5

    Lost in the game

    Roze Travis, seen here at a poker game.
    Courtesy: Roze Travis

    When you’re a high-stakes gambler laying down tens of thousands of dollars at a blackjack table, the value of money takes on a whole new meaning.

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  • Jul 3, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 4

    Guess my financial secret

    Sandy Park and Jon Fong
    Courtesy: Sandy Park and Jon Fong

    Our new game, “Financial Faceoff” puts one couple’s financial life to the test. Plus, we’ll get an update from the couple in our first episode, Nika and Terence.

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  • Jun 27, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 3

    Home/work

    Reema and her father, Jamal Khrais
    Courtesy: Reema Khrais

    Reema explores the “jobs” we take on in our families — starting with her own. Plus, one couple comes up with a creative way to stop fighting over a dreaded household chore.

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  • Jun 20, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 2

    Crying at work

    Let it out.
    NBC Universal/Screenshot via Netflix

    What happens when work is the thing that’s making us cry … at work? And Reema asks her old boss an awkward question.

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  • Jun 13, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 1

    When money makes it weird

    Shawnika Giger and Terence McPherson
    Courtesy: Shawnika Giger met Terence McPherson

    Reema tries to settle a debt she’s been avoiding. And what happens when one person in a relationship has way more money?

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  • Jun 3, 2019 · Season 1

    Introducing “This Is Uncomfortable”

    Introducing “This Is Uncomfortable”

    A show about life and how money messes with it. Starting June 13.

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Marketplace’s award-winning narrative podcast, “This Is Uncomfortable,” is a show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, host Reema Khrais digs into stories about the unanticipated ways money shapes our relationships, identities and the choices we make. Join Reema as she cuts through the uncomfortable to get to the root of how money plagues us. Produced and distributed by Marketplace from American Public Media, you can find “This Is Uncomfortable” wherever you get your podcasts.

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