It's our 50th episode of the podcast! Thanks for listening! Maybe you dream of starting your own business, but you don’t know exactly how to break out of cubicle culture, or your current job. On this episode of Teach Me How to Money, we talk to Stash CEO and co-founder Brandon Krieg about how he got the idea to launch a new kind of financial services company, and how the best businesses—including Stash—help to solve customer problems. For information regarding your data privacy, visit...

You don’t need a huge stack of money to start planning for retirement. On this episode of Teach Me How to Money, personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi walks us through the steps of saving with retirement goals in mind. Even if you can only save small amounts of money at first, it all adds up. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Buying a home is the biggest purchase that many of us will ever make, and it usually involves taking on lots of mortgage debt. On this episode of Teach Me How to Money, real estate pro Natali Morris sheds some light on the home buying process, and why it might help to purchase property that produces income. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode of Teach Me How to Money, financial advisor Winnie Sun teaches us what it means to be mentally strong, and why getting creative about making money can help you gain confidence and help you take control of your financial life. She’ll also talk about why you should try to increase your financial knowledge every day. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Learning to balance risk with reward in the stock market, starting your own business, and sorting out how much debt you should take on for home and college loans are just a few of the things we talk about on this episode of Teach Me How to Money, with guest Joe Saul-Sehy. In addition to his podcast Stacking Benjamins, Saul-Sehy has advised people about money for decades. His big advice: be sensible about risk when investing, but don’t avoid risk completely. For information regarding your...

We’re all used to mom and dad having serious talks with us. But how do we turn the tables and have that all-important talk with our parents about their own financial lives as they get older? On this episode of Teach Me How to Money, financial columnist Cameron Huddleston gives us advice about how to tackle one of the hardest money topics there is--the financial future of your parents, and why we have to do it. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Life’s all about the choices you make and on this episode of Teach Me How to Money, financial expert Paula Pant talks about how you can afford anything, if you make the right choices, and prioritize saving. Also, she’ll tell us all about the time she continued to live with roommates, even after she became a millionaire. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Hey, it’s a fact: Women do money differently than men. In this episode of Teach Me How to Money, financial educator Bola Sokunbi talks about how she addresses women’s needs when it comes to personal finance—and why it’s okay to get emotional. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Did you know that part of how everyone deals with money is inherited psychology from our parents? To overcome bad money psychology, it helps to open up with people about what your financial situation is really like. On this episode of Teach Me How to Money, we talk with media personality Gaby Dunn about what it really means to be bad with money. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

If you’ve been avoiding your lender, and all those calls from creditors, this one’s for you. Chelsea Fagan, the founder of The Financial Diet blog, sits down with us on Teach Me How to Money to talk strategy for rebuilding credit and improving your credit score. She shares some tips from her own life about how to make your phone stop ringing. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Maybe you don’t have to go to college after all. In this episode of Teach Me How to Money, financial expert and author Anthony ONeal shares his experiences of getting into—and out of—massive college debt. Now, he advises most young people to think carefully before taking out those educational loans, and explains what the other alternatives are. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Debt can change your life—the stress, the collection notices, the toll it can take on your self-esteem. But you can also change your life to fix your debt. The first step is knowing when to pull the ripcord on your spending and activate your “ramen” budget. The second is to understand that while debt can feel rotten, it’s not the end of the world. The shame can keep you from On this week’s episode of Teach Me How to Money, Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche talks about how she dug herself out...

Are you ready to get rich? Chances are, you want it to happen fast and with not a lot of work. Sad news: There’s no scheme, plan, or strategy that can guarantee that you will get rich quick. No one becomes a millionaire overnight (unless you’re born with a trust fund). Yet, it’s possible to gain wealth over time with regular saving and smart spending. On this week’s episode of Teach Me How to Money, Chris Hogan, financial expert and author of “Everyday Millionaires”, teaches us how to...

Just about everyone struggles with money. For example, you are likely well-acquainted, with the sinking feeling you feel when you see how much money is left in your bank account after you pay your phone bill, rent, and buy some groceries. That’s tough for everybody. But if you’re a member of the LGBTQ community, it can be exponentially more difficult. On this episode of Teach Me How to Money, David and John—The Debt Free Guys™—tell us about the numerous financial barriers and obstacles...

Tell us if this has happened to you: your friends invite you to go away on vacation. Cruise tickets? $1,500. You don’t want them to think you don’t have the money to pay for it, so you charge it on your credit card and worry about it later. Or maybe you hear a rumor that your colleague is making more money than you for the same job. You freak out and complain to your boss. Then you realize that maybe, that wasn’t the best strategy to get what you want. Talking about our money and how...

Credit cards can be valuable financial tools, if you know how to use them correctly. They can also get you into serious trouble if you don’t. Learning the difference between healthy and unhealthy credit card use is key to having a strong financial life. And since credit cards often offer rewards and points that can be redeemed for travel miles or cash back, if you’re diligent, they can help you get the things you want, as well as  build your credit. Brianna McGurran*, a contributor to...

What was your New Year’s Resolution in 2018? Maybe it was to get to the gym more often or to eat more salads. Or perhaps you told yourself you’d put down your phone more often and read more books. But according to many surveys, including this one from Newsweek, financial resolutions are high on a lot of people’s lists. So why are they so hard to keep? On this week’s episode, Jean Chatzky, host of Her Money podcast and the Financial Editor at the Today show, teaches us how to make...

A juice cleanse is supposed to reset your diet. Can a money cleanse reset your budget? Yes, says Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, a money coach and “financial nutritionist.” Gerstley, the author of the 30 Day Money Cleanse, believes that taking care of one’s money is similar to taking care of one’s body. It’s all about resetting and create new and possible habits, whether it comes to your weight or your wallet. But while crash diets can lead to failures, the same can go for austerity...

What does it mean to be a smart shopper? Here’s the thing: It’s not always being an extreme couponer, buying in bulk, or stacking your gift cards. Being a smart shopper can mean using technology to get discounts on things you need, buying sunglasses or winter coats at the end of the season, or avoiding being tempted by sale items (just because they’re on sale). In this episode, Trae Bodge, a shopping expert who has appeared on the “Today” show and “Oprah” talks about shopping lists, bad...

We all need advice from time to time. But when do you need a financial advisor? There are financial advisors for everyone, from middle-class Joes to multimillionaire Jills. But how do you know if your advisor is serving your best interests? Trusting someone with your money is no joke. How do you know what to look for? Douglas Boneparth, the coauthor of The Millennial Money Fix, tells us what to look for in a financial advisor and what questions you should ask. Thanks for listening...

Being broke is no joke. Living paycheck to paycheck can cause a never-ending feeling of anxiety, a delay in planning for the future, and a fear of opening the mail (bills, collection notices, ack!). If you’re broke, can you ever fix it, for good? On this week’s episode of Teach Me How to Money, Kristin Wong, the author of "Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life you Can Afford", talks about the difference between being broke and being poor, paying your bills now, and the...

Got money anxiety? The panic isn’t all in your head. We all know that avoiding our finances can cause us serious stress. But did you know that there’s a specialized field of psychology to help you cope with your financial fears. A financial therapist can help patients cope with their anxiety and negative feelings around money, debt, and budgeting. And these feelings aren’t just mental. They can cause real physical symptoms. You don’t have to be “good with money” to get a handle on your...

What do we want from our financial news? Just the facts, ma’am. If you get dizzy reading the daily onslaught of tweets, posts, and headlines, we get it. It can be hard to know what’s real and what’s an emergency? The media has a knack of making everything seem like a crisis. How can you stay cool but still be informed? How can we begin to follow the news when it can seem so overwhelming? Well, you can start with reading Stash Learn (shameless plug) or you can listen to Dan Primack,...

You went to college. You took out the loans. Now you’re struggling to pay them back. How are you supposed to build a future when, straight out of the gate, you’re buried in student debt? Student loans are a trillion-plus dollar problem in the US. But that doesn’t mean you have to have the weight of Fort Knox on your shoulders. There are options that you may not be aware of when it comes to dealing with your student loan debt. There’s refinancing and consolidation. But what do those...