Podcast Episodes

1452: 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 payc…

3 years, 5 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 he…

3 years, 6 months 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 g…

3 years, 6 months 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 …

3 years, 6 months 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 …

3 years, 6 months 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…

3 years, 6 months 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 myt…

3 years, 6 months 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…

3 years, 6 months 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'…

3 years, 6 months 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?), wh…

3 years, 6 months ago