Hey everyone, I'm Rimechres, host of This is Un Comfortable, a podcast from Marketplace.

This season, we explore how secrets can shape our financial lives.

We've got stories about the creative lengths people go to pay off student debt,

what it's like to become addicted to financial submission,

and how easy it can be to get stuck in a vicious cycle.

We take a look at how secrets take a toll on our lives,

and what price some are willing to pay for the truth.

Listen to This is Uncomfortable, wherever you get your podcasts.

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We're going to do our best, right?

Almost blew the intro, but we'll get there.

I mean, that's all we can do.

I guess.

All right, let's do the news. Shall we?

Megan, do you want to go first?

All right, I will go first.

I brought an item. It's a story that I have been covering for quite a long time actually.

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