If there's one thing we know about social media, it's that misinformation is everywhere,

especially when it comes to personal finance.

Financially inclined from Marketplace is a podcast you can trust to help you get serious about your money

so you can build a life you've always dreamed of.

I'm the host, Janelli Espinal, and each week I ask experts important money questions,

like how to negotiate job offers, how to choose a college that you can afford, and how to talk

about money with friends and family. Listen to financially inclined wherever you get your podcasts.

You don't have to be a perfectionist to fear making a big mistake.

But assuming they don't actually affect us,

there is something about other people's mega messups that is deeply compelling

and, dare I say it, even entertaining.

From KERA in Dallas, this is think.

I'm Chris Boyd.

Comedian actor and writer Ed Helms created and starred in the sitcom Rutherford Falls.

He played Andy Bernard on The Office and Stew in the Hangover movies, among many other roles.

But before all that, he was a correspondent on The Daily Show, a gig that required a keen eye for the comedy to be found in real current events.

In his podcast, Snafu, Helms tell some of the weirdest,

dumbest true stories in history. And for those who cannot get enough, he's written a book filled

with even more of them. I found those stories not only funny, but oddly comforting. Like, for all my

flaws, I will never accidentally set a river on fire or lose a $125 million space probe,

which must count for something, right?

The book is called Snafu, the definitive guide to history's greatest screw-ups.

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