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Afford Anything
Get smarter with money, so you can build wealth. Afford Anything is a personal finance podcast hosted by Paula Pant. Each week, Paula sits down with economists, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, authors, and other leading experts to explore the ideas, mental models, and decision-making fram...
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Q&A: She Has $884K Saved — So Why Can't She Retire?
#726: Hey, we're mixing it up today with a super deep dive. We normally go fairly deep on this show, but today we're going even deeper and turning one...
What Most Families Get Wrong About Passing Down Wealth, with Andrea Baumann Lustig
#725: Most people assume their financial advisor is legally required to put their interests first. That's not always true.
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Why Does Every Good Idea Die in a Meeting? – with HBS Prof Linda Hill and Jason Wild
#724: Linda Hill, a Harvard Business School professor, and Jason Wild, an innovation consultant who has led projects in 40 countries, join us to break...
Six Levels of Wealth, with Nick Maggiulli [GREATEST HITS]
723: This episode originally aired in July 2025.
Here's the thing about personal finance advice: what works when you have $...
Q&A: Why Do I Still Feel Anxious When I’m Clearly Doing Well?
#722: Free lesson: affordanything.com/mistakes
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First Friday: Fed Rate Hike Coming? Jobs & Housing News
#721: The US economy showed robust job growth in May, adding 172,000 new jobs, exceeding expectations. This suggests a broadening of economic recovery...
Q&A: When the "Right" Decision Feels Harder Than The Math
#720: At what point does making the “right” financial decision start to feel emotionally harder than the math itself?
Rebec...
Your Office Is Making You Sick, with Dr. John La Puma
#719: Most of us spend 93 percent of our time indoors, and it's making us sicker, more tired, and less productive than we realize.
Dr. Jo...
Q&A: The Goalposts Moved — Is That Actually a Problem?
#718: What happens when the financial strategy that once felt obvious suddenly becomes a lot more complicated?
Les is appro...
The 5 Ways Investors Behave When Things Go Wrong, with Clare Flynn Levy
#717: Clare Flynn Levy was a hedge fund manager in London in the summer of 2007, watching her trading screens turn red — every single day. Merger arbi...
Q&A: Your Kids Just Inherited $350,000 Each. Now What?
#716: When does a financial decision stop being purely about maximizing returns—and start becoming about building the life you actually want?
Mrs. Dow Jones: Your Childhood Is Running Your Bank Account
#715: She grew up with a Goldman Sachs dad. She still ended up broke in her 20’s. Here's what changed.
Haley Sacks - known online as Mrs....
Q&A: Should I Sell One Property to Pay Off Another?
#714: When you’re making big financial decisions, what matters more: optimizing for the best long-term outcome, or choosing the path that gives you th...
BONUS: The Economy Added 115,000 Jobs. Consumer Confidence Just Hit a 74-Year Low. Let’s Unpack This.
The US economy added 115,000 jobs in April -- and the numbers look solid on the surface.
But dig a little deeper and you'll find a tech...
Why Smart People Still Sabotage Their Own Money, with Tiffany Aliche
#713: Tiffany Aliche spent her 30th birthday in her childhood bedroom, $300,000 in debt, unemployed, and freshly foreclosed on. Sixteen years later,...
The Rental Strategy That Survived Every City Crackdown, with Jeff Hurst
#712: Jeff Hurst, CEO of Furnished Finder, joins us to break down what midterm rentals are, who they're for, and why now might be the best time to get...
Is a Computer Science Degree Still Worth the Debt?, with Ron Lieber
#711: A computer science degree used to feel like a sure thing. Job placement rates topped 90 percent. Starting salaries cleared $80,000. You could do...
Q&A: He Wants to Die With Zero – Here’s How to Spend $1M Without Running Out
#710: What does it really look like to balance financial optimization with real-life tradeoffs—whether that’s choosing meaningful work, spending down...
The Financial Reality of Developmental Disabilities, with Keith Wargo
#709: Keith Wargo has spent decades navigating one of the most daunting financial planning challenges a family can face: raising a child with a develo...
Q&A: My Mom Is 73. She Has a House — But It Doesn’t Pay the Bills. Now What?
#708: What’s the smartest way to handle big financial transitions—when the stakes are high and the “right” answer isn’t always obvious?
A...
Q&A LIVE from Texas A&M Texarkana
#707: Joe and I traveled to the campus of Texas A&M University-Texarkana for a very special live recording. We were joined by Jay Davis, the Executive...
Q&A: The Case for NOT Paying Off Your Student Loans
#706: When the numbers look straightforward—but the rules, timing, and future are uncertain—how do you decide what to do next?
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What to Fix First When Everything Feels Stuck, with former Lyft COO and Tesla President Jon McNeill
#705: Jon McNeill, former president of Tesla and COO of Lyft, starts with a simple problem: his teenage son is about to start driving, and he’s worrie...
Q&A: Should I Quit My Job to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad
#704: How do you make smart financial decisions when you’re balancing debt, investing, and big life changes … all at the same time?
First Friday: Jobs Are Up. So Why Does the Economy Feel Worse?
#703: April’s jobs report comes in much stronger than expected, with 178,000 jobs added and unemployment ticking down to 4.3 percent. That headline de...
Q&A: Why 3 Years Is a Weird Timeline for Money
#702: Olivia is saving for a specific three-year goal and wants to know whether a money market fund is the right place to store that cash, or if a tra...
What Retirement Planning Gets Wrong, with Jamie Hopkins
#701: Forget the idea that you need a magic number to retire.
Jamie Hopkins is a certified financial planner, professor of taxation at t...
Q&A: A $30K Promotion Near FI, Learning Put Options, and Scaling a 16-Unit Portfolio
#700: Today we’re tackling three different financial questions from our listeners.
First, we’ll hear from Melanie, who is deciding whethe...
Nir Eyal: The Four Questions That Can Change Any Belief
#699: You've probably heard that mindset matters. But what does that actually mean, and is there science behind it?
Nir Ey...
Q&A: Should You Pause Retirement to Buy a Bigger Home?
#698: We explore financial decision-making at different stages of life:
A high-earning federal couple debates whether to pause retirement...
Bill Gurley: The Biggest Career Regret Most People Have
#697: Most people regret the things they never tried.
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley says that pattern shows up again and again in resear...
Q&A: Should Your Emergency Fund Be Invested?
#696:
(01:50) Jeremy has been a careful budgeter for years, but a surprise car repair has him tapping his emergency fund. With rates fal...
First Friday: Jobs Fell by 92,000. But the Economy Is Still Growing?
#695: The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, pushing unemployment to 4.4 percent.That result contradicts a different report released two days earlier...
Job Titles Don’t Mean What They Used To (And That Affects Your Pay) — with Dr. Ben Zweig (Part 2 of 2)
#694: There are about 90 million unique job titles in the U.S. labor market.
Ninety million.
If you are trying to negotiate...
AI, Layoffs, and the Future of Your Career — with Dr. Ben Zweig (Part 1 of 2)
#693: AI learns your job in weeks … and you start wondering if you still have one.
That question shapes our conversation with Dr. Ben Zwe...
My Brother-in-Law Wants to Buy a Rental in Mexico. Good Idea?
#692: Anonymous (02:01) is excited about early retirement and family time but worried about his brother-in-law, who just returned from a vacation in M...
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...