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Back to Search1452: Ask Farnoosh: Earning Over $250k and Paycheck to Paycheck
This episode originally aired on August 19, 2022.
Farnoosh shares thoughts on an article about households earning $250,000 but living paycheck to paycheck. Audience members want to know: Can I retire …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
1451: Overcoming Financial Guilt and Shame
Vee Weir, founder of Vee Frugal Fox, speaks candidly about how guilt, shame and anxiety plagued her financial life after college...and how some of her darkest periods were while following the princip…
Published on 3 years ago
1450: How to Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with Gina Zakaria, the Saving Whiz
Though inflation is showing signs of cooling, food prices remain higher than they've been in decades. Gina Zakaria, a personal finance educator and grocery expert, shares some of her road-tested stra…
Published on 3 years ago
1449: Ask Farnoosh; My Company's Offered to Pay My Downpayment,. What's the Risk? (Bonus: The White Lotus Analyzed!)
This week: A listener's company is offering to help pay for the downpayment on a home. Is it too good to be true? How to share the cost of furniture when moving in with your partner? Special guest an…
Published on 3 years ago
1448: Why is the Middle Class Disappearing?
Alissa Quart, the author of several books, including Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America, offers insights into her in-depth reporting on economic hardship. We discussed the people who now…
Published on 3 years ago
1447: The True Cost of Living for Middle and Lower Income Americans
What is the True Living Cost in America? How do the CPI - Consumer Price Index - and Unemployment Rate fall short of measuring our economic realities? Guest Gene Ludwig is a former Comptroller of the…
Published on 3 years ago
1446: Ask Farnoosh: Favorite Side Hustles? Best Money Apps? Lease a Car? How Much Life Insurance Should I Buy?
This week's Ask Farnoosh addresses questions about side hustles, the best financial apps, leasing a car, calculating life insurance needs and the myth of imposter syndrome.
Check out: Farnoosh's bigg…Published on 3 years ago
1445: Gig Work in America: Risks, Costs and a Better Path Forward
Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the gig economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that promise to transcend capitalism. Su…
Published on 3 years ago
1444: What Does it Cost to Live? Securing Basic Health Care and Surviving Medical Bill Hell
We're exploring the *real* cost of living over the next couple of weeks, examining how everyday Americans are struggling to cover basic needs. Today's focus is the cost of health care and what we nee…
Published on 3 years ago
1443: *New* Ask Farnoosh: Best Place to Save, Tax-Wise Investing and Qualifying for PSLF
All new Ask Farnoosh. Listeners want to learn about the best tax-wise way to invest for retirement, the smartest places to save (CDs or I Bonds?), whether short or long-term disability leave can hurt…
Published on 3 years ago