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How Other Countries Used Their Darkest Hour to Radically Reform Their Economies

How Other Countries Used Their Darkest Hour to Radically Reform Their Economies

Why don’t things in the US feel like they work the way that they should? Why does life feel so much harder than it would need to be, between exorbita…

The Powerful 0.01% Spending Rule, Making Career Shifts, & When to Adjust Your Asset Allocation

The Powerful 0.01% Spending Rule, Making Career Shifts, & When to Adjust Your Asset Allocation

In today’s episode with fellow money nerd, Nick Maggiulli, author of The Wealth Ladder and writer of Of Dollars & Data: 🫐 Why you might be spend…

Understanding the Big Beautiful Bill's Repercussions, with the Highest Ranking Woman in Congress

Understanding the Big Beautiful Bill's Repercussions, with the Highest Ranking Woman in Congress

Amid the heat of recent legislative chaos, I got the opportunity to briefly sit down with the House Democratic Whip, Representative Katherine Clark, …

On Moving to Make More Money, the Government’s PE Playbook, & Henah Buying a House

On Moving to Make More Money, the Government’s PE Playbook, & Henah Buying a House

In this week’s Rich Girl Roundup, my executive producer Henah and I talk through a variety platter of feedback, questions, and reflections—from being…

How This "Financial Ethicist" Plans for the Future of Retirement

How This "Financial Ethicist" Plans for the Future of Retirement

Today's guest, financial professional and author of The Future Poor, Jonathan Grimm, believes the post-1945 version of retirement planning (stockpili…

Ray Dalio on What the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Means for America's Deficit

Ray Dalio on What the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Means for America's Deficit

Hedge fund founder, author, and one of the top influences in the financial world, Ray Dalio has written about how countries (or, in his parlance, “em…

A Masterclass in Connecting Status, Power, & the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom

A Masterclass in Connecting Status, Power, & the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom

Sometimes you encounter a person whose brain is such an effective X-Ray for the world that you can’t help but spend 90 minutes working through a back…

On Mitigating Financial Risk, Monopolies, & the Power Dynamics of "Speaking Up"

On Mitigating Financial Risk, Monopolies, & the Power Dynamics of "Speaking Up"

We’re back with a particularly spicy Rich Girl Roundup—this time covering the absolute barrage of feedback on the last three episodes ("Student Loans…

'Rich Girl Nation' AMA: Answering Your Burning Questions About My First Book

'Rich Girl Nation' AMA: Answering Your Burning Questions About My First Book

In honor of Rich Girl Nation's release, today’s episode has a Q&A featuring your questions about: 💰 The finances of writing a book with a publis…

How to Use Today's Economic Uncertainty to Get Closer to Your Dream Life

How to Use Today's Economic Uncertainty to Get Closer to Your Dream Life

The economic uncertainty of March 2020 inspired me to think about what I really wanted to do with my life—and Money with Katie was born. Now in the m…

Student Loans, 50% Save Rates, and Being a Capitalist: JL Collins, Godfather of Financial Independence, Returns

Student Loans, 50% Save Rates, and Being a Capitalist: JL Collins, Godfather of Financial Independe…

The last time JL Collins joined me on the show (our most popular episode ever), we covered everything from millennial challenges, to his “VTSAX and R…

On Radicalization, Wealth, and "Bringing Back" Manufacturing Jobs

On Radicalization, Wealth, and "Bringing Back" Manufacturing Jobs

In this Rich Girl Roundup review: We’re discussing a uniquely challenging crop of feedback, critiques, and questions about… the episode that gene…

On American Exceptionalism, "Good" Jobs, and Manufacturing Nostalgia

On American Exceptionalism, "Good" Jobs, and Manufacturing Nostalgia

In this Rich Girl Roundup review: We’re discussing a uniquely challenging crop of feedback, critiques, and questions about… the episode that gene…

A $5,000 Baby Bonus, Birth Rates, and...the Manosphere?

A $5,000 Baby Bonus, Birth Rates, and...the Manosphere?

Can you pay people to have kids? On one hand, countries that have beefed up social safety nets and pay people to procreate often see short-term succe…

This Private Equity Exec Wants to 5x Your Wages with Employee Ownership

This Private Equity Exec Wants to 5x Your Wages with Employee Ownership

Given private equity’s reach (1 in 25 work for a business owned by a PE firm), the industry has the power to shape work culture at scale, for better …

The $175K Factory Worker: What Happens When Employees Own Stock

The $175K Factory Worker: What Happens When Employees Own Stock

Given private equity’s reach (1 in 25 work for a business owned by a PE firm), the industry has the power to shape work culture at scale, for better …

Talking Tariffs and Trade Wars with Grace Blakeley and Kathryn Edwards

Talking Tariffs and Trade Wars with Grace Blakeley and Kathryn Edwards

Two of our most popular guests—economist Kathryn Edwards (aka Keds) and writer Grace Blakeley—return today for a timely conversation about tariffs, t…

On Bailouts, Being "Too Big to Fail," and Little Luxuries

On Bailouts, Being "Too Big to Fail," and Little Luxuries

In this week’s Rich Girl Roundup review—joined by a special surprise guest—we’re discussing your feedback, critiques, and questions about… The epis…

Money, Fashion, and the Aesthetics of Class Politics

Money, Fashion, and the Aesthetics of Class Politics

When I met Véronique Hyland, author of the bestselling book Dress Code about how fashion intersects with politics, gender, and class (and the person …

Why Economist Kathryn Edwards is Optimistic About America’s Future

Why Economist Kathryn Edwards is Optimistic About America’s Future

2025’s financial news cycle feels like a broken wind-up doll, where recession indicators, unemployment numbers, inflation data, and tax cuts are #Jus…