#PodcastsToGetYoLife: Money Management
Heyyyyyy! I’m back with my Top 3 podcasts for money management and getting out of debt. Is this not an area that most of us can improve in?! I decided that this was the year I was going to go from being a starving non-profit employee to a fed non-profit employee. I think for many of us in service and/or creative industries there is an expectation that being broke is part of the job. Ummmm, what?!?! That is messed up. Whether we like it or not we need money to live and have a certain quality of life. There are lots of people out here with loads of money doing crappy things with it in the world and then you have a whole group of us who are broke and if we had that money we’d be using it for good!
Money is linked to a lot of other areas of our lives, especially the emotional aspect of money. We each have our own “money stories”. What are you telling yourself about your relationship to money? Here are some podcasts to help you get yo’ financial life!
Paychecks & Balances
Rich and Marcus are very transparent sharing their own money journeys. That’s one of the things I like about them. They don’t pretend to have it all together. Their honesty shows that it really is a process. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from them! Not only do they talk about what they are personally working on to get their finances right and their own mishaps, but they bring in guests. You will find some sexual innuendos as they dish out money advice i.e. “Just the tip”. Rich is also a recruiter at Google and his background is in HR and he gives some amazing advice for young professionals like how to optimize your Linkedin profile. The show is true to its tagline; work, money, life. These guys are hilarious, which might be one of the things that keeps you coming back, along with the solid advice.
Brown Ambition
I think some what makes financial podcasts worth listening to is that they talk about other things besides finance for the whole episode. Let’s be real, who likes listening to people give financial advice for an hour? That’s what I like about these ladies. I feel like I am listening to a conversation between girlfriends, meanwhile I am learning something. Recently, there was an episode where Tiffany was telling Mandy about purchasing a house and she dished on all the details they probably won’t teach you in a first time homebuyers class. That’s another thing I like about this podcast. Money touches all aspects of our lives, and that’s where I think this podcast shines. In another episode, Tiffany and Mandy broke it down as to why it was actually more profitable for Tiffany to self-publish her books then go through a publisher. Mandy’s background is in finance and business and you might know Tiffany under her other name, The Budgetnista.
His & Her Money
Ok, so this couple, Talaat & Tai Mcneely, proclaim to be America’s #1 money couple. Which, I find hilarious. I am pretty sure they made that up. People be too leisurely claiming they’re the #1 anything these days. I am gonna self title myself the #1 podcast listener, just to go along. Ok, I’m gonna stop messing with them. What I really like is that on almost every episode they encourage people to STOP thinking that having any kind of debt is normal. They come from the perspective that ALL debt, yes, student loan debt included, is bad debt. It’s a little extreme, but I appreciate it because they want their listeners to think about ownership as the way to building generational wealth. They are kind of like your money parents, reminding you, just cause everyone else is in debt, well, why do you want to be like everyone else?! It’s true. Our culture has gotten WAY TOO COMFORTABLE with all of us being in debt. They interview a lot of folks on how they got out of massive amounts of debt. Even though I haven’t heard of one way that I think will work for me, all the stories encourage me to think about a different and creative way that I might get to pay off these crippling student loans faster. Which is what I think is the whole point of the podcast.
What are you listening to help you get yo’ finances right? Did you find any of these podcasts helpful? Did you know that you can follow @PodcastsInColor to find amazing podcasts by people of color? Check it out! Stay tuned for next week where I will be sharing my Top 5 podcasts for Laughs & Pop Culture
About The Author
Leora Viega Rifkin is Chief of Possibility for BREAD (Boston’s Racial + Economic Activated Dialogue) & the Accelerate Boston Coordinator for Epicenter Community. She holds her master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology from UPENN. Most importantly, she believes in people & the power of love.
