MPR News with Angela Davis

Why is it so hard to talk about money?

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Understanding our own relationship with money can help us work through uncomfortable conversations about it.
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Sometimes when we talk about money, we are really talking about feeling accepted, valued, heard and seen. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the uncomfortable intersection of money and feelings.

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Reema Khrais, host of the Marketplace podcast, This is Uncomfortable.
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Guests:

  • Reema Khrais is the host of the Marketplace podcast, This is Uncomfortable, a show about the unanticipated ways money shapes our relationships, identities and the choices we make.   

  • Chris Farrell is senior economics contributor at Minnesota Public Radio and Marketplace, American Public Media's nationally syndicated public radio business and economic programs. 

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