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  • May 26, 2022 · Season 6 · Episode 4

    Hired, fired, can’t retire

    Sian-Pierre Regis and his mother, Rebecca Danigelis.
    Duty Free Film

    Rebecca Danigelis never planned to stop working. Raising two kids as a single mom, everything she earned went to making sure they got the best education she could afford. But when her son Sian-Pierre’s career took off, hers started to crumble.

  • May 19, 2022 · Season 6 · Episode 3

    Finding Michael, part two

    A photo of Stephanie Stone and her brother, Michael, as children.
    Courtesy Stephanie Stone

    What the search for a loved one reveals about how the country handles death.

  • May 12, 2022 · Season 6 · Episode 2

    Finding Michael, part one

    Stephanie Stone as a baby with her brother, Michael.
    Courtesy: Stephanie Stone

    What happens to the tens of thousands of people in the U.S. who die indigent and whose bodies go unclaimed every year?

  • May 5, 2022 · Season 6 · Episode 1

    So, who’s gonna pay for this?

    Rachel Lee and Nicole Fresenburg
    Courtesy Rachel Lee

    For the first episode of our new season, we’re looking at a money fight that ended up being about much more.

  • On May 5, “This is Uncomfortable” is back!

    Listen to the trailer now, and follow the show on your podcast favorite app.

  • Dec 16, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 10

    The Mariachi Rent Strike

    A scene from the Mariachi rent strike in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights
    Courtesy Union de Vecinos

    For the last episode of our season, we take you through months of court battles, protests and tense negotiations in a Los Angeles rent strike.

  • Dec 9, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 9

    Chasing hippos

    Gina Serna and her family on a childhood trip to Hacienda Napoles.
    Courtesy: Gina Serna

    Gina Serna dreamed of being a wildlife veterinarian since she was little, but her biggest assignment has painful ties to her childhood.

  • Dec 2, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 8

    Endless circle of debt

    Felicia and Dalip Singh
    Courtesy Felicia Singh Campaign for City Council

    Dalip Singh thought driving a taxi would be his ticket to the middle class. Instead, he discovered that he’d bought into a massive lending scam.

  • Nov 25, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 7

    The College Fund (rerun)

    Hayli McKnight and her dad, Rick Carroll, when McKnight was a toddler.
    Courtesy: Hayli McKnight

    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?

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Marketplace’s award-winning narrative podcast, “This Is Uncomfortable,” is a show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, host Reema Khrais digs into stories about the unanticipated ways money shapes our relationships, identities and the choices we make. Join Reema as she cuts through the uncomfortable to get to the root of how money plagues us. Produced and distributed by Marketplace from American Public Media, you can find “This Is Uncomfortable” wherever you get your podcasts.

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