Podcast Episodes

How we do money as a couple

Season 1 Episode 28

Today Maya interviews a couple we're calling D+A, because they wanted anonymity so they could discuss their finances openly. D+A are in love, engaged and have been living together for about a decade,…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Kyle Coon, Blind Paralympian

Season 1 Episode 27

Kyle Coon is a blind Paralympian triathlete on Team USA. Kyle was diagnosed with eye cancer at 10 months old and had his eyes removed at age 6. His blindness didn’t stop him from becoming a competiti…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Jaya McSharma, Weed Doctor

Season 1 Episode 26

A few weeks ago, I had the cockamamie idea to fly to Shreveport, Louisiana. I wanted to visit a weed doctor, get a medical marijuana prescription, and then smoke weed and interview her while high. An…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Blair Pogue, Episcopal Priest

Season 1 Episode 25

How does money mix with religion? Blair Pogue is a church leader who works for the bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. She's a longtime former priest at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in St.…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Khalid Kadir on Islamic Finance in America

Season 1 Episode 24

As a Muslim, Khalid Kadir navigates personal finance differently than most of his fellow Americans. That means not obtaining traditional loans (because you're charged interest, which is forbidden) or…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Chelsea Fagan, Money whiz who rebounded from shitty credit

Season 1 Episode 23

Once upon a time, Chelsea Fagan was a financial mess. She had a credit score of around 450, debt that went to collections, and so many unpaid traffic tickets that she got arrested. She whipped hersel…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Philip Persson, Rock Salesman

Season 1 Episode 22

Can you put yourself through college by selling rocks on eBay? Philip Persson did! He's a geologist and mineral dealer who's been obsessed with digging things out of the ground since he was little. S…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Yumprincess Elle, Audio Erotica Creator

Season 1 Episode 21

This episode contains adult content and listener discretion is advised.

Maybe the sexiest voice you will hear on this show? Yumprincess Elle is a voice actor, writer and singer who stumbled into the w…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Laura Lyster-Mensh, Death Doula

Season 1 Episode 20

Laura Lyster-Mensh has witnessed people die, and through that she's discovered some surprising things: family-related financial shenanigans, aloneness, secrets. She's also realized that unlike being …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Coss Marte on post-prison life: legal weed, workouts, and entrepreneurship

Season 1 Episode 19

Coss Marte is a lifelong entrepreneur and the founder of CONBODY, a workout program he created in prison that employs formerly incarcerated fitness instructors. He also founded CONBUD, a legal cannab…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago