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Megan Detrie

Senior producer

Megan Detrie formerly senior produced “This Is Uncomfortable,” a new podcast hosted by Reema Khrais. What was your first job? Subway sandwich artist. What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs? Comfortable headphones What’s something that you thought you knew but later found out you were wrong about? How to pronounce "rhetoric." What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why? Gold clogs.

Latest from Megan Detrie

  • Jul 11, 2019

    Lost in the game

    Roze Travis, seen here at a poker game.
    Courtesy: Roze Travis

    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.

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  • Sandy Park and Jon Fong
    Courtesy: Sandy Park and Jon Fong

    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.

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  • Jun 27, 2019

    Home/work

    Reema and her father, Jamal Khrais
    Courtesy: Reema Khrais

    Reema 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.

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  • Jun 20, 2019

    Crying at work

    Let it out.
    NBC Universal/Screenshot via Netflix

    What happens when work is the thing that’s making us cry … at work? And Reema asks her old boss an awkward question.

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  • Shawnika Giger and Terence McPherson
    Courtesy: Shawnika Giger met Terence McPherson

    Reema tries to settle a debt she’s been avoiding. And what happens when one person in a relationship has way more money?

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  • Introducing “This Is Uncomfortable”

    A show about life and how money messes with it. Starting June 13.

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