Podcast Episodes

James Patterson Shows Why Comfort Can Be a Trap

Episode 659

#659: If you have time, how about this for a very short episode description:Imagine that you’re at the absolute peak of your career. You’re the CEO of a prominent advertising company at the age of 36…

Published on 13 hours ago

First Friday: When the Gov’t is Closed, Where Do We Find the Numbers?

Episode 658

#658: An unusual First Friday episode because we don't have a jobs report.

However, we do know that in October, U.S. companies announced more job cuts in a single month than they have over any singl…

Published on 5 days, 10 hours ago

Q&A: Can You Really Beat the Market by Copying Members of Congress?

Episode 657

#657: This week, Paula and Joe dig into a listener’s question about ETFs that track the stock trades of U.S. politicians — including the Democratic “NANC” fund and its Republican counterpart “KRUZ.” …

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Would You Shock a Stranger? What a 1960s Experiment Reveals About Your Money Decisions

Episode 656

#656: What would you do if someone in authority told you to do something that felt wrong? Most of us like to think we'd speak up, push back, stand our ground. But research tells a very different stor…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Q&A: How to Choose Between Financial Freedom and a First Home

Episode 655

#655: What would you do if, at the age of 23, you found yourself with $70,000 a year leftover after expenses? Would you pour everything into retirement and coast to financial independence, or stockpi…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

How to Stop Fighting About Money

Episode 654

#654: Fights about money are common, but they're rarely about math. They're about power, shame, vulnerability, and trust. And no amount of data or fancy spreadsheets is going to fix it. What you need…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Radical Transparency in Real Estate Predictions

Episode 653

#653: What happens when we actually check our predictions? In this episode we play clips from our 2023 conversation with Scott Trench from BiggerPockets and ask the uncomfortable question: were we ri…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Why High Earners Stay Broke, with Rose Han

Episode 652

#652: What if you did everything “right”, earned the degree, landed the six-figure job, and still felt broke?

That’s exactly where Rose Han found herself. Fresh out of NYU with a finance degree and a…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Everyone Says Don’t Hold Bonds in Taxable Accounts. They’re Wrong

Episode 651

#651: Many who reach CoastFI find themselves in a strange in-between: financially independent enough to stop saving, but not ready to fully retire. When you’re living off a taxable brokerage for deca…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

How Money Moves Through Markets

Episode 650

#650: Sarah Williamson is the kind of person who shapes the decisions that move trillions of dollars. She earned her MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and holds both the CFA and CAIA …

Published on 1 month ago