Below we’ve compiled some Marketplace stories that can help you keep exploring Financially Inclined topics beyond the episodes. From stories of class anxiety and pay negotiations to practical how-to guides for raising your credit score, there’s lots more to check out!

Understanding Credit Cards: OK, we know, credit cards can be scary! But they don’t need to be. And credit cards can help you reach a lot of your goals (like someday renting your own place). This week, Yanely Espinal chats with TikTok finance influencer John Eringman (aka John E. Finance) about how to decide if you’re ready to get your first credit card.

Helpful Links:

• Can you negotiate your credit card rate? by Julia Schiff

• Gaming your finances to get the perfect credit score by Kimberly Adams

• The data problem with credit score algorithms by Kimberly Adams and Daniel Shin

• How a college credit card signup led to $20,000 in debt by Yanely Espinal and Sean Henry

• FAQ: How to build and improve your credit by Katherine Wiles

• We all have a credit score. Or do we? by Jesus Alvarado

How Money Makes Us Feel: Dealing with money is super important and unavoidable. But it seems like the older we get, the harder it is to talk about. This week, Yanely Espinal talks with Marketplace host Reema Khrais, who chats with people every day about their relationships with money on her podcast “This Is Uncomfortable.” Reema explains why conversations about money are so important and how we can all have a better relationship with money.

Helpful Links:

• Why do we care how consumers feel about the economy? By Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodner 

• I need more money because I need more money by Reema Khrais

• I have class anxiety by Reema Khrais

• F you, pay me by Reema Khrais

Stock Market Basics: Have you ever heard the term “stock market” or “index fund” and thought to yourself, “What the heck is that? And should I put money in there?” This week, Yanely Espinal talks with TikToker and money coach Delyanne Barros to figure out how to start investing.

Helpful Links:

• The stock market is not the economy by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios 

• Let’s break down investing by Katherine Wiles

• When the stock market tanks, where does the money go? by Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams

• Why we use animals to describe what’s going on with the stock market or economy by Victoria Craig

• Who are “the markets”? by Janet Nguyen