Hi, this is Major. I want to tell you about a podcast from Marketplace called

Financially Inclined. Hosted by Financial Literacy Advocate Janelli Espinal,

Financially Incially inclined teaches listeners money lessons

to help young adults live life their own way. The new season of Financially

inclined out now covers topics ranging from how to build credit

and avoid online scams to how to outsmart impulsive buying.

Financially Incl inclined is presented in partnership with Green Light, the debit card and money app for teens.

Green Light helps teens learn to earn, spend wisely, and invest.

Tune into financially inclined, wherever you find your podcast.

Hey, it's Major. The team is taking some time to slow down as we ramp up for back to school,

whether we're students, teachers, parents, or just, you know, students of life.

In the meantime, we're featuring some favorite episodes from this season so far.

We'll be back with new episodes Monday, September 16th. I'm Major Jackson and this is the slowdown. Once, as a child, I broke off from my parents and became lost at the Tennessee County Fair.

I looked for my family everywhere.

In the sky where the fairest wheel turned like a giant clock.

In the shaded overhang of crashing bumper cars.

In the line of people at the ringtoss where giant plush animals hung from a booth's ceiling.

Everywhere I walked, I kept bumping into a forest of adults and children eating cotton candy.

I remember wishing I could just whistle and

have everyone freeze, have the carnival noise go quiet and hear my parents calling for me.

I often brag about possessing an inner Magellan,

an ability to navigate to a destination without aid. Truth is, I have a history of getting lost. At the

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