1795: Survival, Motherhood and Money. What Happens When All Falls Apart?

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Imagine this: You’re nine months pregnant, shopping for a crib at IKEA, when suddenly—a massive earthquake hits. No phone. No keys. No way to reach your family. Just the immediate reality of survival.

That’s the premise of Tilt, a gripping new novel that forces us to ask: How does financial precarity shape our survival? What happens when class determines who makes it out—and who doesn’t?

Today, I’m talking to award-winning journalist and climate crisis storyteller Emma Pattee, whose novel Tilt is as much about disaster as it is about money, resilience, and the choices we make when everything changes in an instant.

We’re unpacking the financial fears that show up in moments of crisis, why money is a survival tool, and the hidden ways class shapes disaster response. Plus, Emma shares her own experiences with money and motherhood—things she wishes she had known before having kids.

Transcript

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0:00.0	And off we go.
0:02.5	When you're a small business owner like me, every day is an adventure.
0:05.9	It can get pretty wild out there, but I'm used to fierce competition.
0:09.6	So I feel in my natural habitat out here on safari.
0:13.8	With an American Express business card, spend securely and earn points on business transactions.
0:18.8	To put towards a dream holiday.
0:21.2	Couldn't have said it better myself.
0:23.1	The card is for business, the points, are for pleasure.
0:25.9	Search Amex Business Card, terms and annual fees apply.
0:28.4	18 plus, subject to status.
0:30.1	Here, Sandra, listen to this email.
0:32.1	Felicitations and unalloyed joy to you.
0:34.7	Could you help with a small inconvenience?
0:36.6	I possess $32 million in an account
0:40.3	belonging to my father, the prince. We need an honest person to bank this amount for us. We're quits in,
0:46.8	babe. Some things are too good to be true. The spec savers too good deal isn't. Get two pairs of
0:52.8	glasses for 70 pounds.
0:54.5	Include single vision lenses to the same prescription.
0:56.9	Conditions apply.
0:57.8	Ask in store for details.
0:59.1	Quinsen!
1:02.2	So Money Episode 1795, Survival, Money and Motherhood.
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