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
Mentioned books
Jul 25, 2019 • 23min
The college fund
When you’re a kid, your parents make all the financial decisions for you. But what happens when you grow up … and don’t agree with their choices?
Jul 18, 2019 • 23min
Ziwe Fumudoh makes people uncomfortable
Growing up, Ziwe Fumudoh wanted to be a pop star. Her parents wanted her to go into medicine or finance. She ended up as a comedian writing for “Desus & Mero.” This week we talk about her work and money.
Jul 11, 2019 • 24min
Lost in the game
When you’re a high-stakes gambler laying down tens of thousands of dollars at a blackjack table, the value of money takes on a whole new meaning.
Jul 3, 2019 • 13min
Guess my financial secret
Our new game, “Financial Faceoff” puts one couple’s financial life to the test. Plus, we’ll get an update from the couple in our first episode, Nika and Terence.
Jun 27, 2019 • 20min
Home/work
Reema Khrais explores the “jobs” we take on in our families — starting with her own. Plus, one couple comes up with a creative way to stop fighting over a dreaded household chore.
Jun 20, 2019 • 23min
Crying at work
What happens when work is the thing that’s making us cry … at work? Plus: Reema asks her old boss an awkward question.
Jun 13, 2019 • 31min
When money makes it weird
Reema tries to settle a debt she’s been avoiding. And what happens when one person in a relationship has way more money?
Jun 3, 2019 • 3min
Introducing “This Is Uncomfortable”
This is a show about life and how money messes with it. Every Thursday, we’ll dig into the unanticipated ways money affects relationships, shapes identities and defines what it means to be an adult. The first episode drops June 13.
