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Afford Anything
You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life. How do we make smarter decisions? How do we think from first principles? On the surface, Afford Anything seems like a podcast about money and i...
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Your IQ Won't Save Your Career. Your AQ Might. – with Liz Tran
#691: Your IQ used to be your biggest career asset.
Then AI scored in the 99th percentile on the LSAT, the SAT, and the MCAT — and sudde...
Q&A: Should My Teen Go to College?
#690: Blanca (01:28): Blanca, an immigrant mother raising a 14-year-old, wants her son to think critically about college—not just as an experience, bu...
Your Brain Is Your Most Important Asset, with Dr. Majid Fotuhi, MD, PhD
#689: Most people think forgetting a name means their brain is failing.
Dr. Majid Fotuhi, a neurologist who taught at Johns Hopkins and...
Q&A: I'm Burned Out But Not Quite Ready to Retire
#688: Anonymous: "Anonymous Sheryl" is 38, mortgage-free and exhausted after 15 years of teaching. She’s torn between pushing a few more years toward...
First Friday: The Retirement Rules That Changed While You Weren't Looking
#687: Your tax refund might be $300 to $1,000 bigger this year, and that's just the beginning of what's changing with your money.
The Tax...
Q&A: Are AI Stocks About to Crater?
#686: Rachel: Rachel is new to investing and has noticed the stock market being dominated by AI companies. She wants to make sure her portfolio is bal...
10 Rules for Building a Portfolio That Actually Works for Your Life, with Cullen Roche
#685: You're not an investor. You're a saver.
That's the first of 10 principles Cullen Roche shares in this conversation about building w...
Why You Should “T-Bill and Chill” Instead of Using a Savings Account, with Cullen Roche
#684: Most people search for the perfect portfolio — the one allocation that works in every market, at every age, for every goal. This interview start...
How to Teach Kids About Money, with Dr. Stephen Day
#683: Candy now — or a toy later? You slide play money across the table and let your kid choose.
That moment kicks off this episode, wher...
52 Tiny Improvements in 2026 [GREATEST HITS]
#682: Grab the FREE handbook: affordanything.com/financialgoals
For 76 years, the British cycling team lost — every season,...
How NOT to Invest, with Barry Ritholtz
#681: Barry Ritholtz's mom sold real estate. Those dinner table conversations about mortgages helped him spot the 2008 crash before most of Wall Stree...
Q&A: I Want to Retire Early Without Selling My Stocks in a Crash
#680: Mia: Mia and her husband are planning early retirement and want to draw down their taxable brokerage accounts for the next decade. She’s conside...
Why AI Taking Your Job Isn't the Real Problem, with Fmr. OpenAI Exec Zack Kass
#679: Will you still have a job in five years? Zack Kass, former OpenAI executive and 16-year AI veteran, joins us to tackle the question that keeps k...
Q&A: We Want to Save Senior Dogs … But Should We Sell Our Rental to Do It?
#678: Anonymous (01:52): "Victoria" is 51, single, and still enjoying their W2 job while building a side business from a passion hobby. They’re think...
First Friday: What 2026 Means for Your Money
#677: Happy New Year! We're kicking off 2026 with a reality check on where your money stands right now.
The Good News: Gas prices dropped...
Q&A: Should You Keep Part of Your Money Outside the U.S.?
#676: Ally:How can I optimize my asset allocation and Roth contributions now that I’m over $1 million in assets?
I’m 45, single, never ma...
[E] The Myths We Believed About Startups [GREATEST HITS]
#675: Welcome to Greatest Hits Week – five days, five episodes from our vault, spelling out F-I-I-R-E.
Today’s letter E stands for Entrep...
[R] Remember When Inflation Was High and Rates Were Rising? [GREATEST HITS]
#674: Welcome to Greatest Hits Week – five days, five episodes from our vault, spelling out F-I-I-R-E.
Today's letter R stands for Real E...
[I] Why Young Investors Focus on the Wrong Things [GREATEST HITS]
#673: Welcome to Greatest Hits Week – five days, five episodes from our vault, spelling out F-I-I-R-E.
Today's second letter I stands for...
[I] The Hidden Information That's Costing You Money [GREATEST HITS]
#672: Welcome to Greatest Hits Week — five days, five episodes from our vault, spelling out F-I-I-R-E.
Today's letter I stands for Increa...
[F] Why Your Brain Sabotages Your Money [GREATEST HITS]
#671: Welcome to Greatest Hits Week — five days, five episodes from our vault, spelling out F-I-I-R-E.
Today's letter F stands for Financ...
Are Credit Card Rewards Really Worth It in 2026?
#670: As we close out 2025, premium credit cards are more expensive and more complicated than ever. It’s fair to ask whether the points game is still...
44 Years Old, $2 Million Saved – Why They're Still Hesitant to Downshift
#669: Slade (01:43) - Slade, 44, and his wife plan to downshift careers in the next five to seven years while raising their 11-year-old daughter. They...
Why Taking a Year Off Might Be Your Smartest Money Move, with David Bach
#668: We’re joined in-studio by David Bach, bestselling author of The Automatic Millionaire and The Latte Factor. He’s updated his most popular book (...
Should You Ever Get a 50 Year Mortgage? — with Dr. Karsten Jeske
#667: Home prices have outpaced wages for more than a decade, and first-time buyers are stretching further every year. Now a new idea is entering the...
First Friday: The Strange Economics of Feeling Poor While Spending More Description:
#666: In this First Friday economic update, we explore the paradox defining our current economy: record-breaking retail numbers alongside plummeting c...
Q&A: How Much Insurance Is Enough When You’re Protecting Your Wealth
#665: If you’ve ever stared at an insurance quote and wondered, “Is this really worth it?”, you’re not alone. Liability and umbrella policies can feel...
The Psychology of Sales, Discounts and Deals [GREATEST HITS VAULT]
#664: Have any of these thoughts ever crossed your mind?
If I had more willpower, I’d achieve my financial goals.
I’m doomed...
Why AI Misleads Investors and How to Fix It
#663: We’re living through the first era in which an investor can ask a machine to read a decade of SEC filings in seconds. That sounds powerful, but...
What If Everything We Know About Hiring Is Wrong?, with William Vanderbloemen
#662: Most teams hire for skills. The best teams hire for wiring.
What if the reason someone accelerates your organization...
Q&A: She's Broke. He's Rich. And You're Asking About AI Stocks.
#661: When your income drops, debt spikes, and a rental property starts bleeding cash, it can feel like your entire financial foundation is cracking b...
The Brutal Math of Long-Term Dementia Care: How to Protect Your Nest Egg
#660: Caring for an aging parent can morph into a second full-time job, and even the most financially savvy adults get blindsided. Bank accounts freez...
James Patterson Shows Why Comfort Can Be a Trap
#659: Imagine that you’re at the absolute peak of your career. You’re the CEO of a prominent advertising company at the age of 36, but you feel like y...
First Friday: When the Gov’t is Closed, Where Do We Find the Numbers?
#658: An unusual First Friday episode because we don't have a jobs report.
However, we do know that in October, U.S. companies announced...
Q&A: Can You Really Beat the Market by Copying Members of Congress?
#657: This week, Paula and Joe dig into a listener’s question about ETFs that track the stock trades of U.S. politicians — including the Democratic “N...
Would You Shock a Stranger? What a 1960s Experiment Reveals About Your Money Decisions
#656: What would you do if someone in authority told you to do something that felt wrong? Most of us like to think we'd speak up, push back, stand our...
Q&A: How to Choose Between Financial Freedom and a First Home
#655: What would you do if, at the age of 23, you found yourself with $70,000 a year leftover after expenses? Would you pour everything into retiremen...
How to Stop Fighting About Money
#654: Fights about money are common, but they're rarely about math. They're about power, shame, vulnerability, and trust. And no amount of data or fan...
Radical Transparency in Real Estate Predictions
#653: What happens when we actually check our predictions? In this episode we play clips from our 2023 conversation with Scott Trench from BiggerPocke...
Why High Earners Stay Broke, with Rose Han
#652: What if you did everything “right”, earned the degree, landed the six-figure job, and still felt broke?
That’s exactly where Rose H...