I Eat the Marshmallow

About this episode

This episode features a reaction to a story about the economy and shame, including insights from a listener in Scotland.

This is a same-day reaction to this morning’s story called: A springtime show about how about the economy that partly explains why we feel ashamed. That story features a wonderful listener in Scotland who is a money manager and made some fascinating comments about the last class series. I asked her if she’d be willing to share some of these thoughts on the phone, and she was willing, and that was this morning’s story. A couple hours later I got a reaction audio from one of the people featured in the class series who we talked about in this morning’s story. So I’m playing it. Because it’s great and because the point of the class series is to talk about these things and this is almost like a real goddamn conversation! What Class are You? is a series I make for Vermont Public.

People in this episode

Host: Erica Heilman

Guest: listener in Scotland

Topics covered

• economy
• shame
• money management
• class series
• listener reactions

Keywords

• economy
• shame
• money manager
• class series
• Vermont Public

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vermont Public

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