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This Is Uncomfortable

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Reema Khrais
by Reema Khrais
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The bias we don’t talk about

Mar 28, 2024 · Season 9
A smiling woman wearing a graduation cap and gown, stands in front of a man and a woman in the background, also wearing academic gowns.

Episodes 21 - 30 of 163

  • Mar 21, 2024 · Season 9

    “How do I stop overspending?”

    “How do I stop overspending?”
    Getty/Tatyana Antusenok

    We get answers to the money questions keeping you awake at night.

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  • Mar 14, 2024 · Season 9

    So, who’s gonna pay for this?

    Rachel Lee and Nicole Fresenburg
    Courtesy Rachel Lee

    We’re looking back to one of our favorite episodes, about a money fight that ended up being about much more.

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  • Mar 7, 2024 · Season 9

    You used to be so pretty

    You used to be so pretty
    Courtesy Haein Shim

    How did beauty become a prerequisite for success in South Korea?

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  • Feb 29, 2024 · Season 9

    Are rich people bad? From “Classy”

    Are rich people bad? From “Classy”
    Pineapple Street Studios

    Recommended listening for “This Is Uncomfortable” fans: How do we make sense of class?

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  • Feb 22, 2024 · Season 9

    Money talks, love listens

    Money talks, love listens
    Courtesy of Mandy Koohi

    They say opposites attract, but what happens when you add money to the mix?

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  • Feb 15, 2024 · Season 9

    Dream on a deadline

    Dream on a deadline
    Eva Li

    How do you keep your dream alive when it’s draining all your money?

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  • Feb 13, 2024 · Season 9

    First-gen finances, from “Financially Inclined”

    First-gen finances, from “Financially Inclined”
    Mallory Brangan

    Recommended listening for “This Is Uncomfortable” fans: How do you navigate money challenges as the first in your family to attend college?

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  • Feb 8, 2024 · Season 9

    My name is Hana

    Hana Albaioumy
    Hana Albaioumy

    How do you think about the future when you’re in survival mode?

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  • Feb 1, 2024 · Season 9 · Episode 1

    A conversation with Baba

    Host Reema Khrais with her father, Jamal.
    Reema Khrais/Marketplace

    In the season premiere of “This Is Uncomfortable,” an intimate conversation between Reema and her father about his childhood in Gaza and what the future holds for their family.

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About the show

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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