Episode Details

Paul Ollinger started Crazy Money to explore the connection between money, happiness, work and meaning through the lens of his guests' expertise and/or money journeys. Previous guests include prominent authors, academics, CEO's, celebrities, and winners of the Nobel Prize, Heisman Trophy, PGA Championship and Olympic Gold medals, including:

• Academics: Princeton's Sir Angus Deaton (Nobel laureate) and Peter Singer (“the world’s most influential living philosopher”), Yale’s Laurie Santos, Brookings' Richard Reeves, Jonathan Rauch, and Carol Graham, and Oxford’s Will MacAskill on Effective Altruism, UC Berkeley’s Barry Schwartz on The Paradox of Choice.
• Journalists: Ron Lieber (NYT), Paul Sullivan (NYT), Paul Tough (NYT), Adam Minter, Oliver Burkeman (The Guardian).
• Best-selling authors: Ryan Holiday, Lisa Birnbach, Bill Browder, Lori Gottlieb, Michael Arceneaux, AJ Jacobs, Kathy Wang
• Broadcasters: Guy Raz, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Adam Carolla, Bobbi Rebell.
• Others of interest: Lord John Browne (former CEO of BP), Danny Wuerffel (Heisman Trophy winner now working with the urban poor), 8-time Olympic medalist, Apolo Ohno, PGA champion, Rich Beem on “life after the spotlight fades"; comedians Rory Scovel and Kyle Kinane.
• Everyday folks: Paul's dad (discussing raising six kids on a modest salary), Paul's wife (talking about how they talk about money), AJ Jain (on losing everything and starting over), Julie Saxon on maintaining her career and sanity during her late husband’s 6-year battle with cancer.