3 podcasts you need to listen to now
Financial Podcasts- Do you know much about personal finance? Do you know how to make a good budget a stick to it? What about creating financial goals for yourself and sticking to them?
How about debt? Do you know how to avoid getting into debt? Or how to get out of it? Know anything about investing? What about wealth generation and having multiple streams of income?
There a lot of aspects to personal finance, and often it’s hard to be a master of any of the above situations, let alone all of them.
Personal finance management isn’t taught at school, and if it’s not taught to you by your parents then how are you supposed to know what to do? There probably should be classes on it in school – but unfortunately there aren’t.
That means it’s up to us to teach ourselves, but how do we go about it? Should we pay to take a course or buy a bunch of books on finance? These are good options – but there are some other resources out there… and they’re free!
What are they? They are financial podcasts podcasts! Money or financial podcasts that give advice on anything to do with finance. There are heaps of them, and we’ve composed a list of the best ones out there. So, get ready – you’re about to get money educated!
1. So Money
This podcast is hosted by Farnoosh Torabi. She is a financial strategist, television host and an author. She talks to inspiring individuals who tell stories about their financial journeys and gives tips and advice to the audience.
Farnoosh has an amazing story herself. She was $30,000 in debt at the age of 22 and managed to work her way out of it by adopting strong financial habits.
She saw a gap in the market – advice for young adults. There was nothing exciting or interesting out there for young people to get intrigued by in terms of taking control of their financial lives.
She has even written some bestselling books:
- You’re So Money – Live Rich Even When You’re Not – Written for young adults trying to achieve financial independence.
- Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset & Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life– About tackling the mental and emotional barriers people have in relation to money.
- When She Makes More – For women who are the breadwinners in the family and gives them tips about how to manage her love and family life in regard to this modern dynamic.
Farnoosh’s podcast helps solve the greatest problems people have around money, work, career and much more. If you want to listen to the So Money podcast, you can find all the episodes on this website: http://farnoosh.tv/episode/ask-farnoosh-168/
2. You Need a Budget (YNAB)
YNAB is actually a financial app! They have a free podcast available online as a part of their service.
The app allows you to manage your finances all in one place, and it’s supposed to help you save thousands of dollars per year. Here is a list of some of the key benefits of using YNAB’s app:
- Sync with your bank accounts – this feature allows sync your bank accounts together and keep everything in the one place.
- Access your info with any device – this is a useful feature when having to share finances with a partner as you can sync your devices.
- Help you get out of debt – the app gives you tips and advice on getting out of debt. It allows you keep track of your debt repayments.
- Keep track of your saving goals – it allows you to set financial targets for yourself and monitors your progress towards achieving those targets.
- Creates graphic reports – the app creates graphs and pie charts so you can keep a track of your progress.
- Customer service – you can contact their team if you have any questions. They also have live workshops to participate in!
You can trial the app for free for 34 days, and then it only costs a monthly fee of $4.12 their onwards.
The podcast features info about budgeting, improving your credit rating, investing, managing a variable income and much more. The website also shows dates for when online workshops are conducted, that you can participate in.
To find out more about YNAB, visit: https://www.youneedabudget.com/classes/
3. Listen Money Matters
This podcast was created by two guys and is all about managing your personal finances. The podcast is about simple wealth. They clearly state that their podcast is not about helping people to get rich quick – it’s about working hard towards achieving your financial goals.
Here is a list of some of the topics the guys cover in their financial podcasts:
- Income – it’s the basis of having a strong financial foundation. The podcast talks about things like having multiple incomes such as starting a side business or getting income from rent.
- Debt – the podcast also looks at debt issues. They call debt an emergency. They talk about different ways you can get out of debt, and help you to make a plan of action.
- Budgeting – they talk about budgeting and how it’s one of the most important tools for building wealth. They give advice about how to create a budget and how to cut unnecessary costs out of your expenses.
- Investing – finally this podcast also gives advice on investing and the best way to go about it. They talk about stocks and bonds, and explain what they mean! They also talk about developing an investment strategy.
This is a useful podcast that anyone can use. The guys give great advice based on everyday living, that is easy to apply in your own life. They are really enthusiastic about finance and it’s clear that they want everyone else to get excited about finance too.
10 other suggested money podcasts to listen to
1. Bad with money
It is a sort of comedy podcast hosted by Los Angeles comedian, journalist, actress and writer Gaby Dunn. This podcast is a bit different to the others. It is not about maximising your income. In contrast, it involves interviews with comedians, artists, musician’s, actors and other interesting characters, who all talk about the taboos around money.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-with-money-with-gaby-dunn/id1144712710?mt=2
2. The Rich Dad Radio Show
This podcast is by Robert Kiyosaki – he is the award-winning author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, and gives advice about business. Though he talks about the importance of having a spiritual mission and business mission, in order to instil a strong motivation to succeed.
3. Money news with Ross Greenwood
This is a podcast targeted towards Australians. It is hosted by Ross Greenwood, who is the Business and Finance editor of Channel Nine network. He has 30 years’ experience covering Australian financial matters – which is what makes him so great in providing financial insights.
He talks about broader political and economic issues in relation to finance.
http://www.2gb.com/show/money-news-with-ross-greenwood/
4. We Study Billionaires
Otherwise known as the Investors Podcast, was created and is hosted by two guys who study billionaires and give advice based on what they learn from them. Their names are Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen. Their advice is about investing. They give tips by talking about the books millionaires read, and passing on the best advice they pick up from talking to billionaires.
https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/
5. Real Estate Talk
This podcast is hosted by Kevin Turner and is all about investing in property. It’s a useful podcast if you’re thinking of entering the property market and wanting to know how to go about it. The podcast covers topics including, property investment, property development, property tax as well as negative gearing and finance. It’s another blog that focuses on wealth creation, giving you heaps of useful tips.
6. Smart Passive Income
This is podcast created by a guy called Pat Flynn, which aims to teach people about running an online business and developing a passive income. This is something that that guys from Listen Money Matters talk about – having multiple streams of income, which is the key to wealth generation. He has an interesting story behind him too. He was laid off from his job only a few months before his wedding during the economic recession in 2008.
Nevertheless, he turned a negative situation into a positive one by building a website. If you’re at all interested in starting an online website this is the podcast for you.
https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcasts/
7. Death, Sex & Money
This podcast talks about all the money dilemmas that people go through in life. It is hosted by Anna Sale and was started in 2014. On the podcast audience members share stories and ideas. It is owned by WNYC which is a New York City Radio station.
If you’re interested in listening to the podcast you can find it here:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/deathsexmoney
8. Freakanomics
Freakanomics is an American podcast about all economics topics. It is hosted by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Levitt is an economist and Dubner is author, journalist and TV personality. Freakanomics first started out as book, that was very successful. It provoked the creation of the second book, then a radio show and a film. Basically, the basis of Freakanomics is that it applies economic theories to huge diversity of different topics.
They answer questions like ‘What to do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?’ Or ‘Why do drug dealers still live with their mothers?’ They start with a bunch of data and a question and produce interesting results.
It’s not really about personal finance, but it’s about economics, so the economic theories learnt could be applied and understand in listeners’ everyday lives.
http://freakonomics.com/archive/
9. The Money Tree
If you want to know more about investing, this is the place to come to. There are four panel members who do the financial podcasts, that each speak to different guests on financial topics. They help you to take control of your financial situation by telling you all you need to know about personal finance. As there are 4 different panel members you get the benefit of getting different perspectives on the topics.
http://moneytreepodcast.com/about/
10. The minimalists
The Minimalists is a podcast created by 2 young guys who adopted the philosophy of minimalism. It’s about living with less possessions and material stuff so that you have more room in your life for the more important things. The wonderful thing about this podcast is that not only is it about learning about living with less, and getting rid of things that you no longer need in your life, it also has a financial benefit. You end up spending less because you are not buying things you don’t need.
These guys also have a blog, a book and a documentary.
https://www.theminimalists.com/podcast/
The financial podcasts lowdown
Ultimately, there are so many financial podcasts out there. If you weren’t sure how to manage your personal finances before, you should know how to after listening to a few of these. Taking control of your finances puts the power back in your hands! And the good news is, you can do it today, and its free. In summary here are the financial podcasts you should listen to if you want to improve on any areas in your life:
If you want to learn about investing – listen to the Money Tree, We Study Billionaires or Listen Money Matters.
If you want to learn how to budget and get on top of your personal finances, listen to So Money, You Need a Budget or Listen money matters.
If you want to learn more about the bigger picture of finance, and economics in general listen to money news with Ross Greenwood, or Freakanomics.
If you want to learn more about starting a business listen to Rich Dad Radio show or Smart Passive Income.
Finally, if you want to listen and share stories with other people about money issues then listen to Bad with Money or Death, Sex and Money.