Windfalls and vet bills

This Is Uncomfortable

Marketplace

News, Business

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In the early 90s, Mike Perry found himself in a tough spot. He was living a carefree life when he was asked to take in a black mutt named Wisdom. What began as a reluctant favor evolved into something much deeper — a bond that would reshape Mike’s financial future, even long after Wisdom was gone.

This week, as part of our miniseries on grief and money, we explore how our love for pets shapes our financial decisions. Mike’s journey with Wisdom takes him from heartbreak to an unexpected windfall. And then later in the episode, we ask: is there such a thing as spending too much on our pets? Reema Khrais talks with Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams about the emotional and financial costs of caring for a beloved pet in their final days.

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Kai Rizdahl the host of How We Survive
0:03.4	It's a podcast from Marketplace. In 1986, before I was a journalist,
0:08.3	I was flying for the Navy.
0:09.7	Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
0:14.4	It was the cold war, and my first deployments were intercepting Russian bombers.
0:18.6	Today, though, there's another threat out there, climate change.
0:22.5	This could be the warmest year on record.
0:24.6	Climate change is here.
0:25.7	Temperatures here are warming faster than anywhere on Earth.
0:29.5	And while the threat seems new,
0:31.6	the Pentagon's been funding studies on climate change since the 1950s.
0:35.9	I think we will put our troops and our forces at higher risk if we don't recognize the impact of climate change.
0:44.7	This season, we go to the front lines of the climate crisis
0:47.5	to see how the military is preparing for the threat.
0:51.0	Listen to how we survive,
0:52.3	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:54.0	Hi everyone.
0:57.0	Here at Marketplace, we know the value of understanding money,
1:01.0	but that knowledge is especially valuable when you're young and planning
1:04.7	for the future.
1:06.2	The new season of financially inclined, hosted by Yannelli Espinal, is here to help.
1:11.5	Teens and young adults will gain priceless financial knowledge on topics
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