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.

Hey everyone, so we're working on some new episodes right now for you all.

We're very excited about them, but in the meantime, we wanted to share an episode from our

friends over at Bodies. Bodies is a show created by Alison Baringer and supported by KCRW.

It's an award-winning podcast that explores how people, especially those who are marginalized,

navigate medical mysteries or health-related challenges in their lives.

The story you're about to hear is from a couple years back.

It explores a controversial treatment for acondriplasia, which is the most common form of dwarfism.

I really liked this episode. It raises important ethical questions, and it taught me a lot about a

subject I previously didn't know much about. The latest season of Bodies just wrapped, so if you like

this episode, definitely subscribe to their podcast and check out more of their stories.

All right, we'll be back next week, but in the meantime, here's Alison.

In a large conference room in New York City, seven women sit around the table waiting for a

focus group to start. Angela Singletary is one of them. She doesn't know exactly who is running

the focus group, or even what exactly the focus group is going to focus on.

All she knows is that she's a mother of a child with acondriplasia, a form of dwarfism,

and someone wants her opinion so much that they flew her in from Mississippi to be part of this

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