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Sep 5, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 13
Kris Jenner and Kendall Jenner backstage during the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

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  • Aug 29, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 12

    Trapped in your personal brand

    Actor Aparna Nancherla at SXSW last year in Austin, Texas.
    Sasha Haagensen/Getty Images

    Aparna Nancherla talks about tying her job to her struggles with mental health. Plus: How we all became our own mini corporations.

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  • Aug 22, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 11

    The lies we tell our friends

    Jack Brunson and his wife, Jayme, in front of the home they bought with his inheritance.
    Courtesy: Jack Brunson

    …to hide our money (or lack thereof).

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  • Aug 15, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 10

    What dad left behind

    Dean Antonio, pictured here with a photo of his dad, Jim.
    Peter Balonon-Rosen/Marketplace

    When money, death and grief mix there’s no playbook for what to do. For years, one young man has been stuck.

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  • Aug 8, 2019 · Season 1 · Episode 9

    I have class anxiety

    "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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  • 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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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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