We’re diving into the costs of keeping secrets on May 18

This Is Uncomfortable

Marketplace

News, Business

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

“This Is Uncomfortable” is back for its eighth season on May 18.

This season, we’re exploring how secrets shape our financial lives — the secrets we keep and the secrets we want to know.

We’ll look at how those secrets take a toll, from the traumas we hold on to, to the price we’ll pay to learn the truth.

Listen to the trailer, and follow “This Is Uncomfortable” wherever you get podcasts.

And to get even more Uncomfortable during the season, sign up for our newsletter. Each Friday morning, we’ll bring you a note from host Reema Khrais, new stories from listeners, tough money questions and recommendations from our team. Here’s the latest issue.

Give now to support “This Is Uncomfortable” during our May fundraiser.

Transcript

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0:00.0	He was like, I found your birth mom, I'm pretty sure it's her, and you owe me $500.
0:09.6	All it takes is just one financial decision to change everything.
0:14.6	It's now or never, I have to make a final decision right now.
0:18.7	One choice can set you down an entirely new path.
0:22.0	Maybe it puts you in front of millions of strangers.
0:25.0	And I was like, holy s***, like my face is on my TV right now.
0:30.3	That's so scary.
0:31.6	Yeah, it was wild.
0:33.5	The only thing I think I was like, wow, my hair looks great.
0:36.9	Or maybe it's a path that you take completely in secret.
0:40.3	What am I going to tell my parents that I'm addicted to sending thousands of dollars
0:43.7	to strangers online to random women?
0:45.6	Like it's just this taboo thing.
0:50.2	I'm Marie-Michrace, host of Marketplaces Podcast.
0:53.1	This is uncomfortable.
0:54.5	And we are back with all new episodes about life and how money messes with it.
0:59.2	This time, what we explore, the big and small decisions that can have lasting impacts on our livelihoods.
1:07.2	Decisions you felt forced to make when confronted with impossible situations.
1:11.8	My mouth dropped.
1:13.1	I didn't know what to say in that moment.
1:15.2	But also, there was a colleague that was sitting across from me.
1:19.5	And he just mouthed to me.
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