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What We Spend

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Language: en Society & Culture

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Episode publication activity over the past year

Last Checked: 2025-07-29 19:16:12

How To Be a (Working) Rock Star

23 Jul 2025

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Mel is a touring musician based in Pennsylvania. But despite her many successes in the music industr...

Always On the Clock

16 Jul 2025

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Eryka is a professor and a bartender in Pittsburgh, who is used to working a lot of jobs to support ...

The Kids Are Grown — Now What?

Wed, 09 Jul

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Molly is a lawyer in Chicago, whose youngest kid is about to leave for college. As she prepares to b...

On FIRE

Wed, 02 Jul

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Michelle is a copy writer in Australia, and she’s part of the FIRE movement—Financial Independen...

Single Dad Comes Back to Shore (Part 2)

Wed, 25 Jun

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Last week we heard from Michael, a single dad of twins in Massachusetts. This week he’s leaving al...

Single Dad at Sea (Part 1)

Wed, 18 Jun

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Michael is a single dad of twins in Massachusetts. He’s overwhelmed by the costs of raising a fami...

How to Support 10 Kids? Write 55 Books

Wed, 11 Jun

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Angela is a single mom raising 10 kids in Iowa. She manages a lively home, all while supporting her ...

Full Time CryBaby

Wed, 04 Jun

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Yuhas is leaving behind their career as a makeup artist to step into a new one—as a drag queen. Pe...

America's Working Homeless

Wed, 28 May

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Last week, we spoke to Maxine—a long-haul trucker who works full-time, but still lost her home whe...

Paid by the Mile

Wed, 21 May

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Maxine is a long-haul truck driver in North Carolina. She loves her job, but she doesn't make enough...

Getting by as a Teacher's Assistant

Wed, 14 May

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Victoria is a preschool teacher's assistant in New Jersey. She's struggling to make ends meet—and ...

At the End of a Broadway Run

Wed, 07 May

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Olivia is an actress in New York City. She's in the last week of her Broadway show, and facing the ...

Trying, Really Trying, to Enjoy Spending

Wed, 30 Apr

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Helena works remotely as a marketing director. This week, she's traveling—part of her new goal to ...

Retired and On Edge

Wed, 23 Apr

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Cherry worked as a social worker in Massachusetts for nearly 40 years. Now, she's adjusting to retir...

The Price of Parenthood

Wed, 16 Apr

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Jay is a Religious Studies professor in Maine. He has a toddler, a newborn, and a new outlook on mon...

Trapped by Student Debt

Wed, 09 Apr

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Kellie is the Director of Client Services at a medical spa in Utah. She wants a kid and a home, but ...

Introducing: What We Spend

Fri, 04 Apr

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Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people ...