This Is Uncomfortable
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Subscribers: 1410
Reviews: 6
Episodes: 169
talk&listener
Jul 5, 2025
Great show! I love how you find topics that are taboo and talk about them in a helpful, insightful way. Keep it up!
Nov 6, 2023
Anna A
May 21, 2020
great listen on my commute to work!!
Aug 6, 2019
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Jul 2, 2019
Lauren
Jun 20, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to real conversations about a topic that is still so taboo to talk about. Really looking forward to what's to come with This Is Uncomfortable!
Description
| Episode | Date |
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The things we leave behind (updated rerun)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Who wants to be a crypto millionaire?
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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"You'll never be ready to buy a home"
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May 22, 2025 |
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Work Drama: Your questions, our advice
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May 15, 2025 |
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New Nun Syndrome
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May 08, 2025 |
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Will you be my nanny?
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May 01, 2025 |
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"This Is Uncomfortable" is back May 1
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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“Unlocking the Gates” on housing and economic opportunity
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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How it all began: celebrating 10 seasons!
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Check your Venmo, please
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The gifts of mortality and movement, from “Notes From America”
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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When death is your career
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Windfalls and vet bills
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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The things we leave behind
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Hired, fired, can’t retire (updated rerun)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Wait, I think I’m being underpaid
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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What have you learned from the show?
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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“Why did you buy more bones?”
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Hanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it”
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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“This Is Uncomfortable” is back Aug. 22
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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An update from Hana
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Meet Jasmine! And her new pod, “Sacred Scandal: Nation of Saints”
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Join our Uncomfortable book club!
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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The promise of a miracle cure
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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The high price of cheap clothes
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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No more panic shopping
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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The bias we don’t talk about
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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“How do I stop overspending?”
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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So, who’s gonna pay for this?
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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You used to be so pretty
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Are rich people bad? From “Classy”
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Money talks, love listens
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Dream on a deadline
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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First-gen finances, from “Financially Inclined”
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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My name is Hana
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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A conversation with Baba
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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“This Is Uncomfortable” is back Feb. 1
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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A note from Reema
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Free rent’s gonna cost you
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Instrument of sabotage (rerun)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Are they serious? from “Tiny Huge Decisions”
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Broken hearts can break the bank
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Ask a financial therapist
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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A better life
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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What happened to my money?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Reality (TV) bites
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Lost and found, featuring “Snap Judgment”
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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The crude reality of debt
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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It’s not my fault I was poor
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Pay pigs and piggy banks
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May 25, 2023 |
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The cost of secrets
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May 18, 2023 |
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The price of eggs
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May 18, 2023 |
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We’re diving into the costs of keeping secrets on May 18
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May 11, 2023 |
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Wife Strike
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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For richer or for poorer
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Bait & switch
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Give and take
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Coach Schmo
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Money Horrors
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Breaking the Oath, Part 2
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Breaking the Oath, Part 1
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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On Oct. 6, we’re exploring expectations vs. reality
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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No money, no baby
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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What’s mine is not yours (rerun)
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Together, apart
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Let’s take it slow
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Bad romance (rerun)
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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The naked truth
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Hired, fired, can’t retire
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May 26, 2022 |
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Finding Michael, part two
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May 19, 2022 |
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Finding Michael, part one
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May 12, 2022 |
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So, who’s gonna pay for this?
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May 05, 2022 |
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On May 5, “This is Uncomfortable” is back!
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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The Mariachi Rent Strike
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Chasing hippos
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Endless circle of debt
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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The College Fund (rerun)
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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White Gold (from “How We Survive”)
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Alimony till death
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Family secrets
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Ruin-your-life money
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Just trust me
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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No more money, please
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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On Oct. 14, we’re airing out our dirty laundry
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Meet the scammer
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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A big, fat loophole
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Going off script
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Productivity won’t save you (rerun)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Bad romance
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May 27, 2021 |
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I need more money because I need more money
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May 20, 2021 |
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The intern uprising
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May 13, 2021 |
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What’s mine is not yours
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May 06, 2021 |
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A cruel disease
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Pretty hurts
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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The marriage penalty
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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“Click here for a life-changing opportunity”
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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A lifelong scam
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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On April 1, we’re all getting scammed
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Productivity won’t save you
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Pandemic motherhood
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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There’s no place like home
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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The lies we tell our friends
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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The student loan trap
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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How the WNBA drove Loeffler into overtime
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Can’t buy me love
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Money horror stories III: the ghost of purchases past
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Financial infidelity
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Friendship is a full-time job, with Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Divorce story (rerun), plus a request for your help!
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Can’t make rent, can’t get evicted
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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“Why don’t you fix your teeth?”
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Who can afford to vote?
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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“This Is Uncomfortable” is back this week!
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Love in the time of coronavirus (rerun)
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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WeWork too much (rerun)
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Life in the coronavirus heckhole
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Money makes me sick
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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The fight for fair pay in Big Tech
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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How to pay for college
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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It’s expensive to get arrested
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Barred from benefits (from The Uncertain Hour)
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May 28, 2020 |
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School’s out (forever?)
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May 21, 2020 |
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Our parents’ debts (from Terrible, Thanks for Asking)
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May 15, 2020 |
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From prison to pandemic
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May 07, 2020 |
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Confessions of a shopaholic
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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A $35,000 COVID bill
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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What it’s like getting an abortion in Texas right now
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Zoom therapy in a pandemic
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Love in the time of coronavirus
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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Hard choices
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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COVID-19 comforts
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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What’s a friendship worth?
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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WeWork too much
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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My boyfriend wants to pay my rent
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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In sickness and in fraud
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Total financial control
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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What’s your sign?
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Divorce Story
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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“This Is Uncomfortable” is back next week
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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I have class anxiety (rerun)
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Instrument of sabotage (rerun)
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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When money makes it weird (rerun)
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Bonus: Money horror stories II
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Home/work (rerun)
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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When your life depends on it
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Love thy neighbor, and pay off their debts, too
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Don’t buy your boss a gift
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Money horror stories
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Sperm, baby, sperm
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Instrument of sabotage
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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TIU Live: I hate my boss
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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F you, pay me
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Money advice with “Call Your Girlfriend”
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Can’t buy me love
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Everyday liars
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Cashing in on your kids
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Trapped in your personal brand
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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The lies we tell our friends
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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What dad left behind
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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I have class anxiety
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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That thing you buy and don’t tell your parents about
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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The college fund
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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Ziwe Fumudoh makes people uncomfortable
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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Lost in the game
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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Guess my financial secret
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Home/work
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Crying at work
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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When money makes it weird
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Introducing “This Is Uncomfortable”
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Jun 03, 2019 |