This Is Uncomfortable

By Marketplace

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Subscribers: 1376
Reviews: 5
Episodes: 161


 Nov 6, 2023

Anna A
 May 21, 2020
great listen on my commute to work!!


 Aug 6, 2019

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 Jul 2, 2019

Lauren
 Jun 20, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to real conversations about a topic that is still so taboo to talk about. Really looking forward to what's to come with This Is Uncomfortable!

Description

This is a show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, Marketplace’s Reema Khrais digs in with stories about the unanticipated ways money affects relationships, shapes identities and often defines what it means to be an adult. How much money do you lend a friend? Who can afford to vote? Can you get your life back after being wrongfully convicted?


Episode Date
How it all began: celebrating 10 seasons!  
Oct 24, 2024
Check your Venmo, please
Oct 17, 2024
The gifts of mortality and movement, from “Notes From America”
Oct 10, 2024
When death is your career
Oct 03, 2024
Windfalls and vet bills
Sep 26, 2024
The things we leave behind
Sep 19, 2024
Hired, fired, can’t retire (updated rerun)
Sep 12, 2024
Wait, I think I’m being underpaid
Sep 05, 2024
What have you learned from the show?
Sep 03, 2024
“Why did you buy more bones?”
Aug 29, 2024
Hanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it”
Aug 22, 2024
“This Is Uncomfortable” is back Aug. 22
Aug 15, 2024
An update from Hana
Jun 28, 2024
Meet Jasmine! And her new pod, “Sacred Scandal: Nation of Saints”
Jun 21, 2024
Join our Uncomfortable book club!
Jun 07, 2024
The promise of a miracle cure
Apr 18, 2024
The high price of cheap clothes
Apr 11, 2024
No more panic shopping
Apr 04, 2024
The bias we don’t talk about
Mar 28, 2024
“How do I stop overspending?”
Mar 21, 2024
So, who’s gonna pay for this?
Mar 14, 2024
You used to be so pretty
Mar 07, 2024
Are rich people bad? From “Classy”
Feb 29, 2024
Money talks, love listens
Feb 22, 2024
Dream on a deadline
Feb 15, 2024
First-gen finances, from “Financially Inclined”
Feb 13, 2024
My name is Hana
Feb 08, 2024
A conversation with Baba
Feb 01, 2024
“This Is Uncomfortable” is back Feb. 1
Jan 25, 2024
A note from Reema
Dec 20, 2023
Free rent’s gonna cost you
Dec 07, 2023
Instrument of sabotage (rerun)
Nov 30, 2023
Are they serious? from “Tiny Huge Decisions”
Nov 23, 2023
Broken hearts can break the bank
Nov 16, 2023
Ask a financial therapist
Oct 06, 2023
A better life
Jul 13, 2023
What happened to my money?
Jul 06, 2023
Reality (TV) bites
Jun 29, 2023
Lost and found, featuring “Snap Judgment”
Jun 15, 2023
The crude reality of debt
Jun 08, 2023
It’s not my fault I was poor
Jun 01, 2023
Pay pigs and piggy banks
May 25, 2023
The cost of secrets
May 18, 2023
The price of eggs
May 18, 2023
We’re diving into the costs of keeping secrets on May 18
May 11, 2023
Wife Strike
Dec 08, 2022
For richer or for poorer
Dec 01, 2022
Bait & switch
Nov 17, 2022
Give and take
Nov 10, 2022
Coach Schmo
Oct 27, 2022
Money Horrors
Oct 20, 2022
Breaking the Oath, Part 2
Oct 13, 2022
Breaking the Oath, Part 1
Oct 06, 2022
On Oct. 6, we’re exploring expectations vs. reality
Sep 29, 2022
No money, no baby
Jul 07, 2022
What’s mine is not yours (rerun)
Jun 30, 2022
Together, apart
Jun 23, 2022
Let’s take it slow
Jun 16, 2022
Bad romance (rerun)
Jun 09, 2022
The naked truth
Jun 02, 2022
Hired, fired, can’t retire
May 26, 2022
Finding Michael, part two
May 19, 2022
Finding Michael, part one
May 12, 2022
So, who’s gonna pay for this?
May 05, 2022
On May 5, “This is Uncomfortable” is back!
Apr 22, 2022
The Mariachi Rent Strike
Dec 16, 2021
Chasing hippos
Dec 09, 2021
Endless circle of debt
Dec 02, 2021
The College Fund (rerun)
Nov 25, 2021
White Gold (from “How We Survive”)
Nov 18, 2021
Alimony till death
Nov 11, 2021
Family secrets
Nov 04, 2021
Ruin-your-life money
Oct 28, 2021
Just trust me
Oct 21, 2021
No more money, please
Oct 14, 2021
On Oct. 14, we’re airing out our dirty laundry
Oct 11, 2021
Meet the scammer
Jun 24, 2021
A big, fat loophole
Jun 17, 2021
Going off script
Jun 10, 2021
Productivity won’t save you (rerun)
Jun 03, 2021
Bad romance
May 27, 2021
I need more money because I need more money
May 20, 2021
The intern uprising
May 13, 2021
What’s mine is not yours
May 06, 2021
A cruel disease
Apr 29, 2021
Pretty hurts
Apr 22, 2021
The marriage penalty
Apr 15, 2021
“Click here for a life-changing opportunity”
Apr 08, 2021
A lifelong scam
Apr 01, 2021
On April 1, we’re all getting scammed
Mar 25, 2021
Productivity won’t save you
Dec 17, 2020
Pandemic motherhood
Dec 10, 2020
There’s no place like home
Dec 03, 2020
The lies we tell our friends
Nov 26, 2020
The student loan trap
Nov 19, 2020
How the WNBA drove Loeffler into overtime
Nov 12, 2020
Can’t buy me love
Nov 05, 2020
Money horror stories III: the ghost of purchases past
Oct 29, 2020
Financial infidelity
Oct 22, 2020
Friendship is a full-time job, with Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow
Oct 15, 2020
Divorce story (rerun), plus a request for your help!
Oct 08, 2020
Can’t make rent, can’t get evicted
Oct 01, 2020
“Why don’t you fix your teeth?”
Sep 24, 2020
Who can afford to vote?
Sep 17, 2020
“This Is Uncomfortable” is back this week!
Sep 15, 2020
Love in the time of coronavirus (rerun)
Sep 10, 2020
WeWork too much (rerun)
Aug 20, 2020
Life in the coronavirus heckhole
Aug 06, 2020
Money makes me sick
Jul 16, 2020
The fight for fair pay in Big Tech
Jul 02, 2020
How to pay for college
Jun 18, 2020
It’s expensive to get arrested
Jun 05, 2020
Barred from benefits (from The Uncertain Hour)
May 28, 2020
School’s out (forever?)
May 21, 2020
Our parents’ debts (from Terrible, Thanks for Asking)
May 15, 2020
From prison to pandemic
May 07, 2020
Confessions of a shopaholic
Apr 30, 2020
A $35,000 COVID bill
Apr 23, 2020
What it’s like getting an abortion in Texas right now
Apr 16, 2020
Zoom therapy in a pandemic
Apr 09, 2020
Love in the time of coronavirus
Apr 03, 2020
Hard choices
Mar 27, 2020
COVID-19 comforts
Mar 20, 2020
What’s a friendship worth?
Mar 12, 2020
WeWork too much
Mar 05, 2020
My boyfriend wants to pay my rent
Feb 27, 2020
In sickness and in fraud
Feb 21, 2020
Total financial control
Feb 13, 2020
What’s your sign?
Feb 06, 2020
Divorce Story
Jan 30, 2020
“This Is Uncomfortable” is back next week
Jan 23, 2020
I have class anxiety (rerun)
Jan 16, 2020
Instrument of sabotage (rerun)
Jan 02, 2020
When money makes it weird (rerun)
Dec 26, 2019
Bonus: Money horror stories II
Dec 12, 2019
Home/work (rerun)
Nov 28, 2019
When your life depends on it
Nov 21, 2019
Love thy neighbor, and pay off their debts, too
Nov 14, 2019
Don’t buy your boss a gift
Nov 07, 2019
Money horror stories
Oct 31, 2019
Sperm, baby, sperm
Oct 24, 2019
Instrument of sabotage
Oct 17, 2019
TIU Live: I hate my boss
Oct 10, 2019
F you, pay me
Oct 03, 2019
Money advice with “Call Your Girlfriend”
Sep 26, 2019
Can’t buy me love
Sep 19, 2019
Everyday liars
Sep 12, 2019
Cashing in on your kids
Sep 05, 2019
Trapped in your personal brand
Aug 29, 2019
The lies we tell our friends
Aug 22, 2019
What dad left behind
Aug 15, 2019
I have class anxiety
Aug 08, 2019
That thing you buy and don’t tell your parents about
Aug 01, 2019
The college fund
Jul 25, 2019
Ziwe Fumudoh makes people uncomfortable
Jul 18, 2019
Lost in the game
Jul 11, 2019
Guess my financial secret
Jul 03, 2019
Home/work
Jun 27, 2019
Crying at work
Jun 20, 2019
When money makes it weird
Jun 13, 2019
Introducing “This Is Uncomfortable”
Jun 03, 2019