This Is Uncomfortable
Marketplace
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?
Episodes
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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.
Jan 23, 2020 • 3min
“This Is Uncomfortable” is back next week
We’re back Jan. 30 with new stories about life and how money messes with it. You know, the light stuff, like divorce, workaholism and financial fraud. Here’s a sneak peek.
Jan 16, 2020 • 20min
I have class anxiety (rerun)
A listener struggles to navigate all the unspoken rules of middle-class life.This is our last rerun before we return with new episodes later this month. To stay on top of when we’re coming back, subscribe to our emails at marketplace.org/comfort.
Jan 2, 2020 • 24min
Instrument of sabotage (rerun)
In the cutthroat world of professional classical music, Eric Abramovitz was headed toward a shining career. Until something — or someone — got in the way.We’re rerunning a few of our favorite episodes over the holiday season, and we’ll be back with new episodes in 2020. To stay on top of when we’re coming back, subscribe to our emails at marketplace.org/comfort.
