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slash setup welcome to the nerd wallet smart Podcast, where we answer your personal finance questions

and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money.

I'm Sean Piles.

And I'm Liz Weston.

To have your money questions answered in a future episode, call or text us on the Nerd Hotline

at 901-7306373.

That's 901-730 Nerd.

Or email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com.

It is such a joy to hear from all of you, so please keep your questions coming.

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If you like what you hear, please leave us a review and tell your friends. Okay, one last

plug before we get into the episode. We want to know what has the pandemic taught you about money?

How has the way you've handled your money changed in 2020? We're working on a special episode

about all the money lessons we've learned this year, but to make this happen, we've got to hear from you.

That's right. Hit us up on the Nerd Hotline to share your stories. You can always write us over email or text us whenever you want, but I'd really love to include as many of your actual voices in this as possible. So please leave us a voicemail or email us a voice memo so we can really bring

this thing to life. We really can't wait to hear from you. Okay, let's get on to the episode.

This week, Sean and I answer a listener's questions about what they can do to protect themselves

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