In this May 2022 episode of NPR's Hidden Brain podcast, host Shankar Vedantam speaks with psychologist Brad Klontz about the emotional factors that impact our personal financial choices.

You can't always judge a book by its cover, and the same goes for personal finances.

A person may appear to live a particular lifestyle on social media, wear certain clothes, or drive a specific kind of car, but the reality of their finances may be quite different.

Hidden Brain is an NPR podcast that examines the science behind common human behavioral patterns.

Host Shankar Vedantam is a longtime journalist and writer covering scientific topics.

In this May 2022 episode, Vedantam speaks with financial psychologist, author, and speaker Brad Klontz to better understand our spending patterns and relationships with money.