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"This Is Uncomfortable" Newsletter

This is why I brush my dog’s teeth

by Alice Wilder and Tony Wagner
Sep 27, 2024
Plus, we meet the team's pets and learn how to code switch as a billionaire in this week's newsletter.
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This is why you deserve a treat: Five lessons for happier spending

by Zoë Saunders and Tony Wagner
Sep 20, 2024
Plus: What we're doing with the last of our summer produce and "day in the life" TikToks about life at NPR
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This is how much gold Paralympians take home

by Janet Nguyen , Tony Wagner and Zoë Saunders
Sep 6, 2024
Plus, financial educator Sahirenys Pierce defends her splurge and more in this week's This Is Uncomfortable Newsletter.
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This is how an Olympian makes money between Games

by Janet Nguyen and Tony Wagner
Aug 30, 2024
Plus, comedian Josh Gondelman defends his splurge in this week's "This Is Uncomfortable" newsletter.
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Personal finance classes are becoming the norm in high schools

by Stephanie Hughes
Feb 27, 2024
thirty five states now require these courses — 12 more than two years ago, according to a new survey.
Young people who've taken these courses tend to have higher credit scores, research shows.
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Should you trust chatbots to give you financial advice?

by Stephanie Hughes
Apr 14, 2023
They may sound good. But the advice isn’t always sound.
People are using AI chatbots like ChatGPT to look up financial advice. But the quality of the recommendations isn't always up to snuff.
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How many American workers are benefiting from employer retirement programs?

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Jarrett Dang
Jun 21, 2022
A new study sheds light on how just under half of American workers aren't covered by employer health coverage.
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Survey finds people are feeling worse about their own finances than they did a year ago

by Samantha Fields
Apr 29, 2022
Price increases have a lot to do with how people see their finances at the moment, but people are also feeling more secure in their jobs.
Therapist and executive coach Angela Sasseville says that the pandemic and other factors have primed us to feel more anxious than before.
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"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"

What the Enron scandal taught us about investing

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Sep 30, 2021
"To get the full return of the stock market, you have to invest in all the stocks available, not just your own," says The Wall Street Journal's Jason Zweig.
Enron employees leave the company's Houston headquarters after being laid off in 2001.
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The pandemic has changed how some parents talk to their kids about money

by Samantha Fields
Jul 19, 2021
“There were a lot more opportunities to have some of these conversations," one dad tells us.
CEO and founder of the Disparity Trap board game, Christian Telesmar, explains what led him to create such a game and how business is going.
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