This Is Uncomfortable podcast

This Is Uncomfortable

This is Uncomfortable is the award-winning show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, Marketplace’s Reema Khrais explores how money shapes our decisions, relationships, and sense of self through conversations that are intimate, surprising, and deeply human. From the economic headlines that hit our wallets to the choices that keep us up at night, the show digs into the money questions we’re too afraid to ask and gives listeners a way to feel less alone in this increasingly complicated world.

This is Uncomfortable is the award-winning show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, Marketplace’s Reema Khrais explores how money shapes our decisions, relationships, and sense of self through conversations that are intimate, surprising, and deeply human. From the economic headlines that hit our wallets to the choices that keep us up at night, the show digs into the money questions we’re too afraid to ask and gives listeners a way to feel less alone in this increasingly complicated world.

 

#171

More "This Is Uncomfortable" is on the way

“This Is Uncomfortable” returns Jan. 15. Listen to this note from Reema for more, includin... more

9 hrs Ago

04 MINS

04:41

9 hrs Ago


#170

The Emotionally Awkward Cost of Money, from “Alive with Steve Burns”

Reema and the team are working on some updates to the podcast that will arrive in your fee... more

02 Dec 2025

56 MINS

56:05

02 Dec 2025


#169

The things we leave behind (updated rerun)

This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes, plus a new update and your surpr... more

04 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:26

04 Aug 2025


#168

Who wants to be a crypto millionaire?

What would you do with a million dollars…in crypto? Reema Khrais talks with Marketplace re... more

11 Jul 2025

26 MINS

26:12

11 Jul 2025


#167

"You'll never be ready to buy a home"

When newlyweds Chantal and Travis Lisback started searching for their dream home in Seattl... more

22 May 2025

37 MINS

37:19

22 May 2025


#166

Work Drama: Your questions, our advice

Ever wrestled with a work problem and didn’t know where to turn? We’ve got you. In our new... more

15 May 2025

26 MINS

26:52

15 May 2025


#165

New Nun Syndrome

After decades of trying to make it as an actor and comedian in Hollywood, Claudette Powell... more

08 May 2025

39 MINS

39:53

08 May 2025


#164

Will you be my nanny?

Hanna Sanborn was a single mom with newborn twins, struggling to find affordable childcare... more

01 May 2025

37 MINS

37:11

01 May 2025


#163

"This Is Uncomfortable" is back May 1

“This Is Uncomfortable” returns with four brand-new episodes about life and how money mess... more

24 Apr 2025

02 MINS

02:17

24 Apr 2025


#162

“Unlocking the Gates” on housing and economic opportunity

“This Is Uncomfortable” will be back in your feeds with brand new episodes in May, and in ... more

06 Mar 2025

24 MINS

24:06

06 Mar 2025


#161

How it all began: celebrating 10 seasons!

Hard to believe, but we’re celebrating 10 seasons, and five years, of  “This Is Uncomforta... more

24 Oct 2024

33 MINS

33:13

24 Oct 2024