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**Mile High FI Podcast**

Real talk about Financial Independence and life after corporate jobs. Doug Cunnington and Carl Jensen talk about FI, lifestyle, side hustles, health, and anything on their minds. Plus, they interview experts and non-experts interested in the FI lifestyle. It’s raw, candid, pretty much like you get to sit in on a private conversation.

Latest Episodes:

Quit Your Engineering Job with Vivi Ton | MHFI 054 Mar 01, 2022

Show notes

Doug and Carl talk to Vivi Ton who made bold moves in life including quitting a lucrative engineering job.

Vivi’s toxic work environment
Leaving an engineering job to become a freelancer
Unhappy parents
Why aren’t engineers happy at work?
Therapy
The FIRE community

Links
Vivi on Instagram

Personal Finance Club

The Personal Finance Club Course: BUILD WEALTH BY INVESTING IN INDEX FUNDS (affiliate link! thanks for the support. It’s a great gift.)

EconoMe Conference

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Black Swan Events and Financial Independence | MHFi 053 Feb 25, 2022

Show notes

Doug and Carl talk about black swans. (The unpredictable event; not the animal!)

The Marshall Fire
What is a black swan?
How to prepare
What Carl and Doug did with their investments during the Great Recession
Doug’s upcoming speaking engagement

Links:

CampFI Southeast

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Go Bucket Yourself | MHFI 052 Feb 22, 2022

Show notes

Doug and Carl interview Chris and Deb from the Go Bucket Yourself podcast and blog.

Recent adventures including pooping in the woods
Why Chris and Deb started Go Bucket Yourself
How to help others live their best life
Limiting beliefs versus adventure
How challenges make us better
Out of state real estate investing
Connection, growth, and adventure
A perfect day

Links

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Who is Carl Jensen? MHFi 051 Feb 18, 2022

Show notes

Doug interviews Carl. It was originally recorded in early 2020 for Doug’s podcast. So you’ll get to hear one of the first long conversations they ever had.

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Financial Independence & Health Insurance | Sedera Health Sharing | MHFI 050 Feb 15, 2022

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Doug and Carl talk to Bill and Jon from The Fire Guild about health care for early retirees.

Medical options for early retirees: COBRA, ACA, geo-arbitrage, health care sharing
Health care sharing defined
Health care sharing versus insurance
Is health care sharing good for society?

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Links:

The Fire Guild: Home

Homepage – RIP Medical Debt

Transparency regulations: Health Plan Price Transparency | CMS

No Surprises Act: No Surprises Act | CMS

What Does a Good Job Look Like? | MHFI 049 Feb 11, 2022

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Is there such a thing as a good job? Some are definitely better than others! We examine what a good job would look like for someone just starting out in life, and someone farther down the path.

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Post FI Life with the Mad Fientist | MHFI 048 Feb 08, 2022

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Doug and Carl talk to the famous Brandon aka The Mad Fientist! Here are a few highlights of our discussion:

Carl and Brandon reminisce about their first meeting almost 10 years ago!
Discovering JD Roth and FIRE
Mad Fientist: new features coming soon to the FI Laboratory
How to spend money or not (The Switzerland Incident)
Michelin 3 star restaurants versus Taco Bell
Where is the FIRE movement going?
Why the Mad Fientist loves routines
For the love of coding

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Links

Would You Get a Full Time Job Again? | MHFi 047 Feb 04, 2022

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Carl and Doug talk about whether they could hold down a job again, and why they might be good or bad at it.

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Financial Independence for Teens | Dan Sheeks | MHFI 046 Feb 01, 2022

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We’re giving away free copies of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence by Dan Sheeks! Leave a comment on the Mile High FI YouTube channel telling us about a teen you think deserves to get a copy of the book. We’ll pick three comments and send you a copy along with the accompanying workbook for you to pass along!

In this episode, Doug and Carl interview Dan Sheeks about teaching teen financial literacy and his new book First to a Million. Here are a few highlights of our discussion:

Dan’s Background