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 ...