SPENT is the first funny money podcast for the financially challenged. Journalist and stand-up comic Lindsay Goldwert talks to people who've survived money disasters as well as empathetic experts who understand your money woes. SPENT will tackle the real questions: Why is it so hard to save money? Why do we buy things we don't need? How does the way we were raised affect how we spend money? And finally, why are we so f****d up about money? You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get a (financial) l ...
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Hey there! On the fourth and final episode of our Sex & Money miniseries. “If you build it, they will come.” Alexandra Fine, the CEO of Dame, a line of sex toys for women wanted to build a totally different kind of sex toy for women. She tells me all about the challenges her company faces when it comes to selling female pleasure. We talk social med…
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Hey there! On the third episode of our Sex & Money miniseries, we're talking about RISK. What do we mean when talk about risky behavior? Why do some people pay more money to take on less risk? We have Allison Schrager, author of “An Economist Walks into a Brothel” in the studio today to talk about why she went to Nevada's Moonlight Bunny Ranch in N…
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Sex and Money: Lucy Sweetkill & Dia Domina Dynasty
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"How do I pay my taxes and how do I have sex?" Dominatrixes @lucysweetkill and @dominadynasty talk financial literacy and sex education--and why we need more of both, on @spentpodcast’s “Sex & Money” miniseries, sponsored by @stashinvest “Our world is about female domination, empowerment, and female strength.” Dominatrixes @lucysweetkill and @domin…
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Welcome back! You’re listening to SPENT, the podcast for the financially challenged. We’re back with a brand new season of incredible guests sharing all the wild ways they make and manage their money in a crazy and complicated world. It’s been a while since we last spoke to each other but SPENT’s mission is still the same: If you want to laugh and …
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Sean Donnelly: Can a Comedian Plan for His Retirement?
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Today we hit the road with Sean Donnelly, a stand-up comedian you may have seen on Comedy Central, David Letterman and Last Comic Standing. Sean tells us all the tips and tricks he's learned from 10 years on the road, his vices, his budgeting, where his money is going and where he wants to end up. Can a comedian ever retire? We work it out.…
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Minda Harts: How to Make Money When You Grew Up Broke
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Minda Harts is the founder of The Memo LLC, a career development company for women of color. She's a superstar career coach, helping women of all ages and backgrounds, from colleges to boardrooms to homeless shelters improve their resumes and advocate for themselves. She's here to talk about finding money mentors and how you can actually teach peop…
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Beth Karas: My Lunch With OJ and the Cost of Reinventing Yourself
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If you were glued to your TV during the Scott Peterson or Casey Anthony trials, you definitely know Beth Karas, the powerhouse CourtTV correspondent who kept audiences riveted to the legal proceedings of complex cases. Today, she gets personal and talks about her financial life, her career, life after CourtTV and the one thing that holds her back.…
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Dan Ariely: "Why Are We So Bad With Money?"
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Our last episode of 2016! Dan Ariely, TED Talk star, Duke University professor and bestselling author of "Payoff," Rationally Irrational" and others talks to me about why we make terrible financial decisions, why comedians are fascinating, getting out of debt parties and why money can't buy you happiness.…
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Ace Callwood: Why Is Freelancing So Hard?
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Ace Callwood is an entrepreneur. His specialty? Freelancers and taxes. In this episode he tells the ups and downs of starting his own business and how freelancers have to look out for themselves -- but it helps if you have the right tools to keep it all together.
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Sarah Tollemache: Wedding Bells and Medical Bill Hells
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Here come the bills! Sarah Tollemache is a comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing and in clubs all over the US. She's planning her wedding and she's got a few things to say about money, marriage, medical bills and being broke.
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Jake Hart, a NYC storyteller and bon vivant is clean and sober and here to tell us a so-horrible-you-have-to-laugh story about a really shitty time in his life when he was kicked out of his apartment with no money, no job and no prospects. He tells us what he learned from living on the streets for a short time and what he learned.…
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Karen "Duff" Duffy: "When a Health Crisis Rocks Your Career"
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Karen Duffy, known to millions of loyal MTV fans and 90's nostalgia lovers as "Duff," was killing it on television and in the movies. Then, unexpectedly, her career suffered a blow when she was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. She tells us how she got past this major hurdle, her life and money philosophy and how to guarantee that people remember you.…
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Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson: More Money, More Relationship Problems
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Money can be like a cold shower, cooling off the hottest relationships. Who pays for dates? Who pays the rent? Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson, comedians and hosts of the fantastic podcast "Guys We F*****d," weigh in on what it's like to make money for the first time ever and how being the earner in a relationship can cause big headaches.…
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Mike Lemme: Should You Put Your Dreams on a Credit Card?
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Comedian Mike Lemme is taking a big risk. He's rented out a theater in New York City for 15 nights, performing an hour of comedy with musical guests. The cost? $7,000 on his credit card. Mike and I talk about creativity and credit, debt and why and when to take financial risks in hopes of making our dreams a reality.…
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Scott Reing: WTF, Why Didn't Trump Pay Taxes All Those Years?
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It's less than a month 'til Election Day and I am SPENT. Amid all the talk about harassment, Wikileaks and emails, I'm still hung up on something. What's the deal with Trump's taxes? Has he really not paid any in years? If so, how is that even possible? Scott Reing, an NYC tax attorney, returns to the show to explain what we know about what Trump o…
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Max Spiegel: Help, My Student Loans Are Killing Me!
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Whether you commuted to school or lived in a dorm, ate nothing but cereal or studied abroad -- the fact is 70 perfect of you are carrying student loans. A 2016 graduate will begin his or her adult life owing over $37,000 How can so many of us have so much college debt with no plan to pay it off? How did we get here? How can we get out of it without…
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Jeff Kreisler: Is Free Ever Really "Free"?
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Free trials! Free apps! Free samples! If so much is free, why are we so broke? Jeff Kreisler, an award-winning comedian and author of "Get Rich Cheating" talks me through all the ways that free can cost you big.
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Did you come out of college knowing how to negotiate your salary? What about knowing your worth in a competitive market or how to ask stranger to give you money for an idea? Yeah, me either. Sara Benincasa, comedian and the author of "Real Artists Have Day Jobs" offers tips for the professionally challenged on how to make sure you're getting paid f…
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It's the World Series of Poker. You're sitting in Las Vegas with the best players in the world. The goal? Don't lose the $10G you came with and come away with a big score. Clayton Fletcher is a comedian and a career gambler. He talks about how he makes a living playing cards and how poker knowledge can be used to determine how to invest, whether or…
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"The Rise and Fall and Rise of Petey DeAbreu"
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How much is too much Versace? Is there such a thing? When NYC stand-up comic Petey DeAbreu was 21 and making thousands of dollars a week hustling stolen goods in Miami, there was no such thing as too much. The money was flowing and everything was amazing -- until he got arrested. This week, he tells me everything he bought (and everything he lost) …
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Elizabeth Yuko: "Should You Kickstart a Baby?"
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What are the ethical implications of giving money to fund a friend's fertility treatments? I talk to Dr. Elizabeth Yuko, a bioethicist and writer, about the financial and ethical obligations that come with asking for money online.
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In a world where everyone is out for themselves, is doing good ever its own reward? Pastor Ben Dueholm tells me all about how makes a living serving a higher power and how grifters come with the territory.
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Mike Recine: "How Much Cash is In Your Trash?"
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New York comic Mike Recine (Comedy Central) used to pay the bills by lugging garbage for a living. He spills the dirt on the things people throw away and how he made a big score before his breakout appearance on Conan in 2014.
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Starting today, you're all part of the SPENT book club! What does that mean? It means you can win a copy of Economix: How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work) by Dan Burr and Michael Goodwin (Abrams Books). This incredible book uses words and pictures to teach you how our crazy economy works. Listen to find out how to win.…
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Andrew Collin: "How to Lose a (Quarter of) a Million"
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When Andrew Collin was 24, he made over $250,000 in one deal. He was working in Florida real estate during the wild days of the early 2000s. But when the recession hit, Andrew found himself scrambling to find the next big score. You'll laugh and shake your head along with this tale of fancy cars, bottle service and paper bags full of cash.…
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