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May 28, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 18
![Some of the first recipients wait to receive benefits at the division office of the State Employment Service in San Francisco, California, 1938.

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  • May 21, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 17

    School’s out (forever?)

    When we started talking with Mayán Alvarado-Goldberg and Mahta Ahmed, she was planning to go to Northwestern on a full-tuition scholarship, and he was applying for the super-competitive engineering program at UCLA.
    Courtesy: Mayán Alvarado-Goldberg

    When you’re 17 or 18, you make choices that can dictate the course of your life. Making those choices during a pandemic is even harder.

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  • May 15, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 16

    Our parents’ debts (from Terrible, Thanks for Asking)

    Our parents’ debts (from Terrible, Thanks for Asking)
    Courtesy: Terrible, Thanks for Asking

    This week, we’re featuring one of our favorite episodes of one of our favorite podcasts.

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  • May 7, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 15

    From prison to pandemic

    After his exoneration and release from prison, Kevin Harrington had to spend two weeks self-quarantining at a hotel.
    Courtesy Daniel Harrington

    Kevin Harrington was exonerated last month after spending 17 years in prison for a first-degree murder conviction. He and his family are overjoyed, but the coronavirus pandemic means freedom looks a little different right now.

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  • Apr 30, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 14

    Confessions of a shopaholic

    Online shopping doesn't hit quite the same.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Is a global pandemic the best or worst time to confront a shopping addiction and pay off a dozen credit cards? For this woman, it’s been a bit of both.

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  • Apr 23, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 13

    A $35,000 COVID bill

    A worker decontaminates an ambulance.
    John Moore/Getty Images

    Danni Askini fought cancer for 18 months before getting COVID-19. Their focus was on surviving, not the cost of care. That didn’t make the bill any easier to take.

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  • Apr 16, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 12

    What it’s like getting an abortion in Texas right now

    What it’s like getting an abortion in Texas right now
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    The clock is ticking for one college student after she finds out she’s pregnant in the middle of a pandemic, in a state that’s trying to restrict abortion.

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  • Apr 9, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 11

    Zoom therapy in a pandemic

    Zoom therapy in a pandemic
    Courtesy: Megan McCoy

    How do I keep from fighting with my partner about money? What do I say to a friend who’s just lost a job? This week we get a little therapy.

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  • Apr 3, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 10

    Love in the time of coronavirus

    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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  • Mar 27, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 9

    Hard choices

    As states across the country close all non-essential businesses, this moment of uncertainty is causing people to rethink what it means to do the right thing.
    SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

    Today we hear listeners’ stories of pay cuts, layoffs and telling employers they’re putting people at risk.

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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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