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Happiness Habits, with Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks
#472: Imagine this: You’re a teenage musical prodigy, a world-class classical French horn player. You drop out of college at age 19 and spend your tw…
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11/15/2023
Ask Paula: I Came Into A Lot of Money. What Should I Do With It?
#471: Bob split a $350,000 windfall between savings and paying down his mortgage. But now he’s wondering if he made a good choice. Can Paula and Joe …
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11/08/2023
The GDP Grew 4.9 Percent, Unemployment is at a Near-Record Low … and Everybody’s Stressed About Lay…
#470: The economy is booming. GDP grew 4.9 percent last quarter, the fastest rate of growth since 2021. Consumer spending jumped 4 percent. Unemploym…
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11/03/2023
Ask Paula: Feeling FOMO About Your Home Equity? Here's What to Do
#469: Lindy feels like her $300,000 of accumulated equity could be put to better use. But she doesn’t want to buy more real estate right now. What’re…
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11/01/2023
How MICE Impacts Your Money, with Bryan Kuderna
Money management is all about setting priorities. Maybe you have the twin goals of sending your kids to college while also saving enough for retireme…
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10/26/2023
Ask Paula: Use One Debt to Pay Off Another?
#467: Should Knoxville use a higher-interest Home Equity Loan (HELOC) to pay off a lower-interest 401k loan? Joelle’s tenant is interested in a rent-…
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10/18/2023
How to Handle Medical Bills, with Dr. Virgie Bright Ellington
#466: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported in 2022 that medical debt is the most common reason to get a debt collector call. A Census Bu…
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10/12/2023
Good News for the Economy; Bad News for the Markets
#465: The Fed is holding interest rates steady for now. The jobs report is better than expected. Stocks and bonds are both going down. What's going o…
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10/06/2023
The Science of Friendship (and How It Improves Your Net Worth), with Dr. Marisa Franco
#464: More than ever, most people's lives are packed to the brim with activity. We are trying to fit in demanding jobs and families, commuting and a …
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10/04/2023
Ask Paula: Student Loan Deferment HACK – How Christina Saved $60,000 in Interest
#463: Mary is struggling to compare two job offers: one from a large corporation and another from a tiny business. How should she decide? An anonymou…
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09/27/2023
Cracking the Code of the Rich, with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
#462: As a society, we’re fascinated by stories of the rich. We hear news, see social media posts, and read books about how others become wealthy, ho…
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09/21/2023
Ask Paula: A Year Off Work, a Career Change, and a Divorce: How to Make It Work
#461: A special LIVE recording in front of an audience at Podcast Movement, an industry conference in Denver. Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy …
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09/13/2023
The Mental Toughness and Confidence Blueprint, with Dr. Nate Zinsser
#460: Mental toughness is the bedrock of starting a business, growing a multimillion-dollar portfolio, investing in real estate, crushing your debt, …
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09/06/2023
Ask Paula | 10-Year-Old Asks: How Do I Save for My First Car?
#459: Andrey is a savvy 10-year-old wondering what’s the best way to save up for his first car. Ingrid wants to know if her parents’ preference for R…
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08/30/2023
The Reality Behind High Home Prices, with BiggerPockets CEO Scott Trench
#458: Today we chat with Scott Trench, the CEO and President of BiggerPockets, a real estate investing education company with more than 2 million mem…
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08/25/2023
Ask Paula: I Sold All My Stocks Last Year. Now I'm Kicking Myself
#457: Angie sold all the stocks in her retirement account last year. And now the market’s climbing. What should she do with her $500,000 cash positio…
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08/16/2023
The Science of Empathy, with Stanford Professor Jamil Zaki
#456: Stanford psychology professor Jamil Zaki shares his research and findings around the science of empathy – and how we can apply this to improvin…
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08/09/2023
Ask Paula: I’m Recently Retired. Do I Pay Off My Rentals Or Buy More Real Estate?
#455: Yvette recently retired with the goal of reaching a $10,000 monthly income from her real estate investments. Should she put her money toward de…
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08/05/2023
Ask Paula: Financial Disaster? How to Get Help Before It’s Too Late
#454: Amy says she hit “rock bottom” with her finances. She says she struggled to ask for help before her situation became an emergency. How can othe…
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08/02/2023
The Importance of Having a Life Outside of Work, with Simone Stolzoff
#453: Today I chat with Simone Stolzoff, a consultant for organizations ranging from Google to the Surgeon General’s Office, and the author of "The G…
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07/27/2023