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Mar 20, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 8
Empty shelves at a Vons supermarket in Burbank, California on March 14, 2020

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  • Mar 12, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 7

    What’s a friendship worth?

    Peter Balonon-Rosen and Che Holloway
    Courtesy: Peter Balonon-Rosen

    Would you spot a friend money if they needed it? How about if they asked every month? This week: the limits of friendship.

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  • Mar 5, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 6

    WeWork too much

    WeBorn, WeWork, WeDie.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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

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  • Feb 27, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 5

    My boyfriend wants to pay my rent

    Some problems are bigger than others.
    Tony Wagner/Marketplace

    Some problems are bigger than others. NPR’s Sam Sanders joins us to answer your questions on this week’s installment of “The Group Chat.”

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  • Feb 21, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 4

    In sickness and in fraud

    Rob Harris, 1998.
    Courtesy: Rob and Michelle Harris

    Two Honolulu newlyweds got back from their honeymoon to find he’d been scammed out of a small fortune, and now she was on the hook, too.

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  • Feb 13, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 3

    Total financial control

    Financial abuse is very common, occurring in 99 percent of domestic violence cases, but it's harder to detect.
    Photo illustration by Scott Barbour/Getty Images

    Financial abuse features in 99% of domestic violence cases. This week on the show, we consider money as a means of control.

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  • Feb 6, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 2

    What’s your sign?

    Chani Nicholas is a professional astrologer, but that's not what she tells people at parties.
    Courtesy: Chani Nicholas/Luke Fontana

    Astrologer Chani Nicholas tells us how you make money in an ancient art in 2020 and takes some of your questions, too.

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  • Jan 30, 2020 · Season 2 · Episode 1

    Divorce Story

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

    A divorce lawyer winds up representing herself. And a couple tries to plan ahead in case they hate each other someday.

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  • “This Is Uncomfortable” is back next week

    This season, we’ll dig into topics like dating and divorce, financial fraud and work/life balance. Here’s a sneak peek.

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  • Jan 16, 2020 · Season 1

    I have class anxiety (rerun)

    "Cool" is a synonym for "rich" at "Mean Girls'" North Shore High.
    Image via Paramount Pictures

    A listener struggles to navigate all the unspoken rules of middle-class life.

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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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