This Is Uncomfortable
Marketplace
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.
Episodes
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Apr 3, 2020 • 23min
Love in the time of coronavirus
There are a lot of couples stuck at home right now. Some of them are out of work or dealing with canceled plans. Today, we’ll hear from two couples trying to figure out what their future will look like.
Mar 27, 2020 • 19min
Hard choices
As states across the country close all non-essential businesses, people are rethinking what it means to do the right thing. Today we hear listeners’ stories of pay cuts, layoffs and telling employers they’re putting people at risk.
Mar 20, 2020 • 16min
COVID-19 comforts
The coronavirus is changing how we think about money and community. We set out to see how people are coping and put together this audio care package.And we want to check in on you, too — let us know what you’re going through and how you’re getting through it at uncomfortable@marketplace.org.
Mar 12, 2020 • 19min
What’s a friendship worth?
Would you spot a friend money if they needed it? How about if they asked every month? This week: the limits of friendship.
Mar 5, 2020 • 24min
WeWork too much
When WeWork acquired her company, she got executive training, fancy corporate retreats and a dope Patagonia jacket. It was almost enough to make her forget everything she lost. This week: Why we’re so obsessed with our jobs, although they’ll never love us back.
Feb 27, 2020 • 25min
My boyfriend wants to pay my rent
Sam Sanders, host of NPR’s “It’s Been A Minute” and Marketplace product specialist Sarah Menendez are here give advice on salary sharing, expensive olive oil, and bridesmaid duties in the latest installment of “The Group Chat.” Got anything you want to run by the group? Tell us at uncomfortable@marketplace.org, and don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter at Marketplace.org/comfort.
Feb 21, 2020 • 22min
In sickness and in fraud
When a shady business partner leaves a newly married couple on the hook for over $300,000, it tests the limits of “for better or worse.”For even more “This Is Uncomfortable,” sign up for our new weekly newsletter at marketplace.org/comfort.
Feb 13, 2020 • 26min
Total financial control
After getting married, Angie’s husband started to scrutinize every purchase. The situation soon got so much worse. We look at what happens when money becomes a form of control.
Feb 6, 2020 • 25min
What’s your sign?
Reema (a skeptical Libra) talks with astrologer Chani Nicholas about the booming business of astrology and together they answer listener questions about overspending and toxic bosses.
Jan 30, 2020 • 22min
Divorce Story
Money gets complicated when a marriage falls apart. First we’ll hear from a divorce lawyer who ends up representing herself. Then from a couple trying to plan for the day they hate each other.
