*** Named a Best Podcast By The New York Times, Time Magazine, Real Simple and MSNBC *** Host Farnoosh Torabi is an award-winning financial strategist, TV host and bestselling author. Her newest book is entitled A Healthy State of Panic. With over 30 million downloads and multiple Webby wins, So Money is dedicated to sharing inspiring money strategies and stories straight from today's financial leaders, bestselling authors and entrepreneurs. One day, hear an intimate money conversation with ...
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1699: Affording the Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris with Gylnnis MacNicol
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Today we have the singular Glynnis MacNicol, journalist, memoirist and author of the new book, I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris. We explore what it means to be a woman untethered, single, child-free and a quest to have fun -- for fun's sake. Gylnnis' memoir takes place during the summer of 2021, as she ventu…
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1698: Backdoor Roth IRAs, Why Credit Cards Matter & Best Money Tools for Kids
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Today’s show: The benefits of credit cards, recommended stock portfolio allocations and resources for helping kids learn about money. Plus: How to execute a rollover or backdoor Roth IRA? (Questions are an encore from April 19)
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1697: Are We In a Real Estate Bubble? Housing Trends, Forecast and Advice for Buyers
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With a frozen housing market and a lack of housing supply, what's the best way to navigate the housing market? Should you become a lifestyle renter? Guest Daryl Fairweather is a trusted source in the real estate market. As a female, millennial, and woman of color, Daryl brings a fresh perspective to housing topics and economics. She shares insights…
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1696: Lean In, Girl Boss and Other Myths of "Making It"
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We can bury the #girlboss, but what comes next? Guest Samhita Mukhopadhyay is the former executive editor of Teen Vogue and author of the new book The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning, in which she tells her personal workplace reckoning and argues for collective responsibility to reimagine work as we know it.…
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1695: Ask Farnoosh: Managing Financial Windfalls: Inheritances, Severances and More
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Today’s show is about managing and making the most of an inheritance and other windfalls. The Great Wealth Transfer is unfolding, with a record number of assets passed down from generation to generation. Members of our audience have specific questions about this, and to help answer our questions, we have Pam Krueger, who is the founder of Wealthram…
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1694: Midlife Health, Wealth, and Financial Resilience: A Conversation with Keri Glassman
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On today's show, a conversation about financial wellness and resilience with Keri Glassman, a renowned health expert who understands firsthand how to rebuild your financial life after a financial crisis. The infamous financial criminal Bernie Madoff deeply affected Keri's family and their finances. More about Keri Glassman, MS, RD: She is a nationa…
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1693: How to Sell Your Business and Cash In Nicely with Carrie Kerpen
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Guest Carrie Kerpen, the founder of the agency Likeable, sold her business for 8 figures and teaches women founders how to successfully exit their businesses. In the financial world, there are many gender gaps: the wage gap, the investing gap, the funding gap, and the "exit" gap, where exclusively female-founded companies capture a minuscule 0.8% o…
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1692: Ask Farnoosh: Is it OK to Invest Solely in the SP500? How Much Life Insurance Do I Need? (Encore)
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This episode aired originally on Friday, May 31. Pam Krueger, founder of Wealthramp, joins to help answer audience questions about the ins and outs of life insurance, investing in the U.S. stock market, and credit card debt relief. Listen to Pam's interview from earlier this month, discussing ways to find a great financial advisor. Wealthramp is a …
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1691: The Science of Effective Money Conversations (Encore)
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What are the secrets to having effective money conversations? Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist and author of the NYT bestseller Supercommunicators Charles Duhigg shares science-backed ways to communicate successfully about money, work, and life. This episode aired originally on April 3, 2024.
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1690: Stay-at-Home-Mom Math: A Personal Calculus (Encore)
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Guest Neha Ruch, founder of Mother/Untitled, discusses the often deductive ways society characterizes stay-at-home mothers and is on a mission to rebrand this role to bring more dignity and respect to parents choosing to take a break from their careers to support their children and families. Neha's forthcoming book The Power Pause: How to Plan a Ca…
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1689: Ask Farnoosh: Real Estate Bidding Wars, Career Pivots and Roth Rollover Rules
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Learn more about the So Money members club and our monthly workshops here. How to prepare for the spring home buying season, pivoting in your career in your 40s, Roth rollover rules and more. The Q&A portion of this episode first aired on March 29.
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1688: Secrets to Avoiding Financial Burnout with Kate Northrup
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Today's episode focuses on ways to manage financial stress and burnout. Guest Kate Northrup is a financial expert, author, and host of Plenty who believes paying attention to nature and your biology can help inform how and when to pursue growth and when to scale back.
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1687: How to Retire By 40 with $1 Million
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Today, we're in discussion with a a financially exceptional couple, Katie and Alan Donegan, who managed to quit their day jobs and retire when Katie was 35 and Alan was 40. We’ll hear how they calculated for this accelerated plan, how they’re living out their early retirement dreams, and advice for listeners on determining how much one needs to sav…
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1686: Ask Farnoosh: All-Things Retirement, Investing and Social Security
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Today's episode dives into many of your biggest questions about retirement: How much is enough for a typical retirement? What are the best ways to save and invest towards this goal? Do I put it all into my 401(k) or spread it over multiple retirement accounts? What can we expect from social security? How to prepare for unexpected health expenses in…
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1685: Million Dollar Ideas with Rachel Rodgers, Founder of Hello Seven
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How to create a 7-figure side hustle? Guest Rachel Rodgers is the CEO/Founder of Hello Seven, an award-winning company that teaches women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA people how to build a seven-figure business and create generational wealth. She’s the author of We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Eco…
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1684: The Power of Instinct in Business, Work and Life
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Whether you're an entrepreneur or not, retired or at the beginning of your career, most of us have personal brands. We're trying to push something forward, and much of what we've been taught about connecting with our audience and winning them over is not what *actually* works. Guest Leslie Zane is an award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker, and the fo…
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1683: Ask Farnoosh: Help, I Have Money, But No Goals! Plus: Job Interview Red Flags, Dating and Debt and Book Giveaways!
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Apply for Farnoosh's Mentorship Program. Today's show focuses on helping a listener who is an exceptional saver - but has no financial goals. How can she prioritize her spending? Also, navigating a future fiance's massive debt load and job interview red flags. Listen to hear how to win a free copy of Thank You, More Please. Mentioned: The So Money …
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1682: Create (and Pay For) a Meaningful Life with Holly Trantham
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How can money be a real tool to help you achieve what matters... and less a reflection of your worth? Holly Trantham, author of the new book Beyond Getting By, joins to discuss ways we can build a sustainable, wealth-generating plan for the future. More about Holly: She joined The Financial Diet as a managing editor in 2016. She is now the team’s c…
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1681: Feminist Dating Rules with Lily Womble, Author of Thank You, More Please
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**Book Giveaway** Leave a review for this episode in Apple Podcasts to enter to win one of 10 copies of Thank You, More Please.** Lily Womble, feminist dating coach and founder of Date Brazen, joins So Money to share advice from her new book, Thank You, More Please. Learn how to navigate the dating world without depending on matchmaking apps, and u…
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1680: Ask Farnoosh (New!): Easy Budgeting Tricks, Making More Money in Your 30s
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Learn more about Farnoosh's mentorship program. This week's questions focus on smart budgeting frameworks, earning more outside a 9 to 5, dealing with high annual credit card fees and a pro tip for handling medical debt.
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1679: Got Financial Anxiety? How to Take Back Your Money Mindset
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New York Times bestselling author of Take Back Your Brain, Kara Loewentheil, unveils her proven strategies for closing the "brain gap," and how women can reclaim their financial confidence in a patriarchal society.
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1678: Building Your Money Machine with Mel Abraham
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Want to learn how to get your money to work for you? Stop living paycheck to paycheck, build multiple revenue streams and a sustainable business plan? Entrepreneur and money mentor Mel Abraham shares insights from his new book, Building You Money Machine, available for pre-order.
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1677: Ask Farnoosh: How to Buy Life Insurance, Reduce Investment Risk, and Get Out of Debt
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This week, Pam Krueger, founder of Wealthramp, joins to help answer listener questions about life insurance, investing, and debt management. Listen to Pam's interview from earlier this month, discussing ways to find a great financial advisor. Wealthramp is a platform that has matched over 20,000 individuals with fiduciary advisors and financial pla…
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1676: How to Plan (and Afford) a Career Break After Kids
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Guest Neha Ruch, founder of Mother/Untitled, discusses the often deductive ways society characterizes stay-at-home mothers and is on a mission to rebrand this role to bring more dignity and respect to parents choosing to take a break from their careers to support their children and families. Neha's forthcoming book The Power Pause: How to Plan a Ca…
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1675: This Couple Retired By 40 with $1 Million in Savings
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Just days away from the next So Money Pop-Up Workshop, which will focus on “Couples and Money.” Register here. Today, we're in discussion with a a financially exceptional couple, Katie and Alan Donegan, who managed to quit their day jobs and retire when Katie was 35 and Alan was 40. We’ll hear how they calculated for this accelerated plan, how they…
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