Why does it feel so good to spend money?

Million Bazillion

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News, Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ryan feels a little down about not winning a podcasting award. When they get Malin’s question about why it feels so good to spend money, Bridget suggests they go on a shopping spree to cheer him up! And it works — thanks to some brain chemicals and Ryan’s Emotions Elf. But when the shopping trip gets a bit out of hand, those happy emotions turn into regret and fear, and the duo need to get help from experts to understand what shopping does to our brains and how to have a healthier relationship with spending.

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0:00.0	Hey Bizillionaires, welcome back to Million
0:02.7	Basilian. No spoilers, but this episode has us all in our feels.
0:07.6	Before we get started, though, this episode is presented in partnership with Greenlight,
0:11.8	the debit card and money app for kids and
0:13.7	teens. Greenlight helps young people develop healthy financial habits by
0:17.9	learning to earn, save, and invest all with parental approval. For a limited time million
0:23.7	bazillion listeners can get one month free and an extra ten dollars when they
0:27.1	sign up for a greenlight account at greenlight.com slash million. That's
0:31.1	Greenlight dot com slash million. That's greenlight. dot com slash million.
0:34.0	I'm wondering if it'll be ready by maybe 3 o'clock this afternoon.
0:38.0	Uh, yeah, my allergies have been terrible and I'm just heading into the studio now to record.
0:42.0	Oh, uh, I gotta call you back.
0:46.0	Ryan, what are you doing sitting here in the dark?
0:50.0	Nothing.
0:51.0	Is it all right if I turn these lights on?
0:55.0	And can I turn off the sad music?
0:57.0	I need to record some lines for our next episode.
1:00.0	Go ahead, or not, it hardly matters anymore.
1:05.0	Is everything okay? Something's wrong. What happened?
1:09.0	Is it your cat Mr. Skimble Shanks?
1:11.0	Skimble Shanks is fine. I just got some bad news.
1:14.0	What is it?
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