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This Is Uncomfortable

Lifestyle Podcast
Reema Khrais
by Reema Khrais
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Mar 7, 2024 · Season 9
A short-haired Korean woman holds a white sign with sloppily painted text: "I am not a doll. I am a person."

Episodes 31 - 40 of 170

  • 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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  • Jan 25, 2024 · Season 9

    “This Is Uncomfortable” is back Feb. 1

    “This Is Uncomfortable” is back Feb. 1

    “This Is Uncomfortable” returns for its ninth season. New episodes coming Thursdays.

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  • Dec 20, 2023 · Season 8

    A note from Reema

    A note from Reema

    Thank you for listening in 2023! Please consider making a year-end donation today.

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  • Dec 7, 2023 · Season 8 · Episode 13

    Free rent’s gonna cost you

    Chris (left) and Jake (right) at Jake's wedding.
    Jake Daugherty

    When home is a horror show

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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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