S3 Ep261: Loaning Money During Covid-19 + Getting A Secret Society Invitation

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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True Crime, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

It’s safe to say that most people are nervous about money right now, so what happens if someone in your life asks to borrow some cash? Can you loan a friend or family member - or your partner - money without ruining the relationship? Or are there better ways to help? Bethany is tackling that touchy topic on today’s episode. Then, Kathleen got a mysterious letter from a secret society! Who are they? Will she join? Is it an MLM? And, as always, you tell us what’s on your mind with your voicemails.

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:

- https://madamenoire.com/1032017/when-you-should-and-shouldnt-lend-money-to-your-partner/14/
- https://www.hermoney.com/connect/confessionals/confession-borrow-money/
- https://www.bustle.com/p/9-reasons-you-should-never-loan-money-to-your-significant-other-according-to-experts-11916203

- https://www.creditcanada.com/blog/ways-to-help-a-friend-in-debt
- https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/how-help-people-who-have-lost-their-jobs-due-coronavirus-ncna1187881
- https://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/lending-money-survey-2019/
- https://www.businessinsider.com/theres-only-one-smart-way-to-lend-money-without-destroying-your-relationships-2016-3#-6
- https://forge.medium.com/is-it-ever-okay-to-lend-your-partner-money-a27ba55cd0d5

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:

- https://nyunews.com/2018/04/01/4-2-theme-itried/

- https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-to-join-the-illuminati-and-other-secret-societies

- https://www.vox.com/2015/5/19/8624675/what-is-illuminati-meaning-conspiracy-beyonce

- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/secret-societies-you-might-not-know-180958294/

- https://www.history.com/news/secret-societies-freemasons-knights-templar

- https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/freemasons-discrimination-handshake-secret-society-women-latest-a8200721.html

- https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/disneys-secret-supper-club

- https://factionary.co/bones-breaks-eaten-amelia-earhart-the/3/

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm checking you out.
0:01.5	I'm checking you out.
0:03.3	Ah, here we go.
0:04.9	Stop laughing, this is erotic.
0:07.6	I'm on a new medication and you think it's making me lose to me?
0:11.8	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.
0:13.9	Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.
0:18.0	I did.
0:18.8	Now I want a peanut colada.
0:21.1	An acquired taste.
0:23.2	This is your acquired taste podcast.
0:28.6	I'm Bethany, America's sweetheart.
0:31.6	Your braid wearing, blue eyeliner wearing, flowy pants wearing friend.
0:37.1	And I'm Kathleen, your skincare crisis having trash picker upper, phones are waterproof,
0:43.6	question mark friend.
0:45.3	And every week Kathleen and I meet up to discuss our lives, what's weird in the world?
0:49.2	And we invite you to, we invite you to join us this week.
0:52.2	We're talking about I've been invited to join a secret society.
0:57.0	I've received a top secret email and I'm trying to figure out if this is a real thing
1:05.2	or if it's an MLM disguised as a secret society.
1:08.2	Kathleen, I could not be more jealous of you if I tried.
1:12.0	This is something, it's like how people who really want to see ghosts never see ghosts.
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