Money is essential, but there's so much we aren't taught about it.

In fact, while I was in college, I've racked up $20,000 in credit card debt on top of my student loan.

That was all before I actually learned anything about money.

I'm Janelia Spinal, an online new podcast financially inclined from Marketplace.

I'll teach you simple money lessons so you don't make the same mistakes I did.

Listen to financially inclined wherever you get your podcasts.

You know those conversations you play over and over and over in your head,

but find really difficult to actually have?

That's exactly what death sex and money does.

It gets those thorny issues out into the open.

It's hosted by Anna Salm, who has surprisingly comfortable conversations with her guests

about uncomfortable topics, like the highs and lows of divorce,

about near-death experiences and funny one-night stands.

All of these things shape the way we live and the decisions we make.

Some of her guests are famous, some not, and very often they're from the community of listeners,

all talking about what we're figuring out as we go along.

Join in and find death sex and money from WNYC Studios, wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Hey everyone, I'm Marie Macherese, and welcome to This Is Uncomfortable,

a podcast from Marketplace about life and how money messes with it.

So apparently about half of U.S. households carry some amount of credit card debt.

The average balance is about 6,000.

That kind of debt is typically something people go through alone, usually silently.

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