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White Gold (from “How We Survive”)

Nov 18, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 6
Daranda Hinkey holds some pieces of clay containing lithium, or “white gold,” that could be key to a decarbonized future.

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  • Nov 11, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 5

    Alimony till death

    Sonia Delgado at her wedding, as a teenager.
    Courtesy: Sonia Delgado

    When Sonia Delgado divorced her husband after 30 years of a bad marriage, she thought she’d finally seized financial freedom. Instead, she faced a lifetime of alimony.

  • Nov 4, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 4

    Family secrets

    The Chow family, circa 2003.
    Courtesy Serena Chow

    Matthew Chow spent his adult life trying to build a close relationship with his estranged father. In his father’s will, he found a decades-old family secret.

  • Oct 28, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 3

    Ruin-your-life money

    Piles of cash hidden in a drawer.
    Getty Images

    What happens when you stumble on something with the potential to change your life? First, Oscar almost had a panic attack. Later, regret consumed them.

  • Oct 21, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 2

    Just trust me

    Ibby Hanlon and her husband Chris.
    Courtesy: Ibby Hanlon

    After a series of unexpected events change one woman’s body — and finances — forever, she questions her faith in the medical system.

  • Oct 14, 2021 · Season 5 · Episode 1

    No more money, please

    Morgan Curtis and her father, John, seen here in the '90s.
    Courtesy: Morgan Curtis

    The more Morgan Curtis learned her family’s multi-generation wealth, the less she wanted anything to do with it. On this episode, we’ll talk with her and her dad.

  • "This Uncomfortable" is back Oct. 14!
    Marketplace

    This season, we’re revealing family secrets, taking the lid off the cost of divorce and so much more. New episodes every Thursday.

  • Jun 24, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 12

    Meet the scammer

    HAMBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 28:  Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. The 29th Chaos Communication Congress (29C3) attracts hundreds of participants worldwide annually to engage in workshops and lectures discussing the role of technology in society and its future. (Photo by Patrick Lux/Getty Images)

    How do you bounce back from getting scammed? Become a scammer yourself, obviously.

  • Jun 17, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 11

    A big, fat loophole

    Anthony's bags, with everything he took to Cambodia.

    What if we told you there was a way to walk away from your debts with no financial consequences? There’s just one big catch.

  • Jun 10, 2021 · Season 4 · Episode 10

    Going off script

    Ana Sauceda, right, and her dad.
    Courtesy Ana Sauceda

    Ana Sauceda spent a decade trying to fit her parent’s script before throwing it out and writing her own.

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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.