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MadFientist: Life is Too Short to Wait for Someday
#506: "Today's guest, Brandon Ganch, also known as the MadFientist, reached Financial Independence (FI) and quit his job as a software developer at 3…
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05/17/2024
Harvard Dropout Builds Nation’s First Car-Free Utopia, with Ryan Johnson and JD Roth
#505: Ryan Johnson isn't your average CEO. He's a visionary reimagining city life, one car-free community at a time. In this episode, we chat with Ry…
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05/14/2024
The Points Guy: Growing a Side Hustle into a 140-Person Business
#504: Brian Kelly faced a harsh reality during the Great Recession – $65,000 in income and crushing credit card debt. He started a simple side hust…
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05/10/2024
Q&A: “My Husband is Not Reliable with Money. Should We Split Finances?
#503: Lindsay’s husband struggles with a mental disability. She’s worried about the impact on her family’s finances. How does she maintain harmony in…
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05/07/2024
Fed Keeps Interest Rates High; Jobs Grow for 40th Consecutive Month
#502: The Fed met earlier this week and elected to keep interest rates at a 23-year high, in an effort to wrestle inflation closer to its two percent…
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05/03/2024
Mic Drop! ChooseFI's Brad Barrett Interviews Paula Pant
#501: Drop the mic! ChooseFI's Brad Barrett takes the host role in this special episode, interviewing Paula Pant about the financial independence com…
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05/01/2024
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Episode 500, Part 2, with ChooseFI’s Brad Barrett
Enjoy Part 2 of our two-part Episode 500 special, recorded live at a comedy club in Brooklyn. Host Paula Pant and special guest Brad Barrett from Cho…
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04/26/2024
LIVE FROM BROOKLYN: Episode 500 with ChooseFI’s Brad Barrett
Enjoy Part 1 of our two-part Episode 500 special, recorded live at a comedy club in Brooklyn. Brad Barrett, host of the ChooseFI podcast, joins us on…
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04/24/2024
Vicki Robin: Financial Independence After 70 [GREATEST HITS WEEK]
We delve into the world of Financial Independence (FI) with a pioneer -- Vicki Robin, the co-author of Your Money or Your Life. In the 1970s, Vicki …
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04/19/2024
A.J. Jacobs: Habits, Health, and Human Connection [GREATEST HITS WEEK]
Esquire Magazine editor-at-large and bestselling author A.J. Jacobs joins the show to discuss his experimental approach to life. Jacobs, whose TED Ta…
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04/18/2024
Michael Kitces: Investing in Stocks vs. Skills [GREATEST HITS WEEK]
Stocks or skills? How should you invest? Should you pour money into unlocking your income potential? Or should you pour money into the market? Forge…
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04/17/2024
JL Collins: How to Beat Wall Street with a Boring Portfolio [GREATEST HITS WEEK]
JL Collins, the author of "The Simple Path to Wealth," achieved financial independence in 1989 with a surprisingly simple strategy: saving half his i…
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04/16/2024
Jean Chatzky: The 50% Off Fallacy & Other Ways You're Sabotaging Your Savings [GREATEST HITS WEEK]
Today’s guest is Jean Chatzky, financial editor for the TODAY Show, host of the HerMoney podcast and a frequent guest on TV shows like Oprah, Regis &…
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04/15/2024
Q&A: We Save $5,000 Per Month. Where Should We Invest It?
#499: Eugene and his wife are retiring with a $10 million net worth and a guaranteed income that exceeds their annual budget. Do they still need thin…
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04/12/2024
Harvard Business Professor Explains Investing in NFTs
#498: Financial literacy includes understanding NFTs, DeFi, and cryptocurrency. But it's hard to separate education from hype. Harvard Business Scho…
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04/10/2024
Tribute to Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Who Won a Nobel in Economics Even Though He Never Took an Econ Class
#497: Princeton Professor Daniel Kahneman never took an economics class. But he won the 2002 Nobel Prize in economics, thanks to his advancements in …
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04/06/2024
The Pay Cut Price of Freedom
#496: How much of a pay cut would you take for a lighter workload? Today we hear from Paul, 35, who’s grappling with that question. Paul’s boss o…
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04/03/2024
Dr. Cal Newport: Achieve More by Doing Less
#495: Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. She's famous for her work in radioactivity. Lin-Ma…
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03/28/2024
My Husband Makes Double My Income, But Saves Nothing! Should I Be Worried?
#494: Tatyana is about to pay off her house at age 39! What’s next? Her husband, who earns twice as much (and whom she met after she bought the home)…
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03/20/2024
Wall Street Secrets, with Your Rich BFF Vivian Tu
#493: Do you ever wonder what happens behind closed doors on Wall Street? Vivian Tu, also known as Your Rich BFF, is here to spill the tea. Vivian gr…
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03/13/2024