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You know how you always want to know about everyone else's money?

On the podcast, what we spend, guests will for one week tell us everything they spend their money on.

My son slammed $6 with the blueberries in five minutes.

And everything that makes them feel.

I want to own a house.

I want to have a child.

But this morning, I really wanted a coffee.

Because at the end of the day, money is always about more than your

balance. Listen to and follow what we spend, an Odyssey original podcast, available now

wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, it's Major. As we take a look back at the slowdown's

deep well of episodes, we're revisiting some standout moments from past hosts.

Today, we're going into the vault to bring you an episode from Tracy K. Smith, one of the

voices that helped shape the slowdown into what it is today. This is just one of the many

special selections from our archives.

Music This is just one of the many special selections from our archives.

I'm Tracy K. Smith, and this is The Slowdown. Ever since I could read, I've loved the things words could help me to understand.

Words taught me to look for layers of the world I'd never before known were there. I turned to words constantly, to help me clarify a thought, to dig deeper into an idea, to keep something

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