So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

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1456: HNY! Farnoosh's Favorite Money Advice Jan 02, 2023

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Happy New Year! This episode revisits some of Farnoosh's fave financial wisdom shared on So Money in 2022 that she hopes we'll carry into the new year. Hear from: Caroline Dooner, author of Tired as F*ck, Eve Rodsky, author of Find Your Unicorn Space, Chelsea Fagan, CEO of The Financial Diet and Barbara Sloan, author of Tipped.

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1455: Ask Farnoosh: Best Financial Advice in Your 30s Dec 30, 2022

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A replay from April 8, 2022, this Ask Farnoosh covers how to save and invest in your 30s. Also: How badly will a car refi damage my credit score? How to best afford a new home for my parents? This week’s Ask Farnoosh addresses audience questions with guest co-host Georgia Lee Hussy, CFP and founder of Modernist Financial in Portland, Oregon.

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1454: Best of So Money 2022: Money & Mental Health Dec 28, 2022

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So Money explored money and mental health throughout the year with the country's leading experts on burnout, anxiety and financial fear. Revisiting some of those discussion in today's episode with guests Cait Donovan, host of FRIED: The Burnout Podcast, Dr. Ellen Vora, author of The Anatomy of Anxiety, entrepreneur Ellie Diop and Katie Gatti, host of Money with Katie podcast on Morning Brew.

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1453: Best of So Money 2022: Financial Equity and the Racial Wealth Gap Dec 26, 2022

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Revisiting some of the year's most powerful interviews about financial equity with Christina Blacken, founder of The New Quo, Rendel Solomon, racial justice advocate, and Xavier Ramey, CEO of Justice Informed.

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1452: Ask Farnoosh: Earning Over $250k and Paycheck to Paycheck Dec 23, 2022

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This episode originally aired on August 19, 2022.

Farnoosh shares thoughts on an article about households earning $250,000 but living paycheck to paycheck. Audience members want to know: Can I retire early? What to do with an inheritance? How can doctors and healthcare workers improve their finances without leaving the industry? How to be fiscally responsible with a new raise?

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1451: Overcoming Financial Guilt and Shame Dec 21, 2022

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Vee Weir, founder of Vee Frugal Fox, speaks candidly about how guilt, shame and anxiety plagued her financial life after college...and how some of her darkest periods were while following the principles of financial businessman D*ve R*msey. She recognizes that his advice has helped millions of people, but has an important message around how to be more thoughtful and critical of the financial advice we follow and the experts that guide us.

Vee Frugal Fox is an inclusive online brand for those paying down debt, saving money, and living their best financial lives. Vee began her path to financial independence in 2016, She has paid off $71k in five years. She fell in love with personal finance and opened her digital marketing firm, which services other finance brands in the online space. Check out her podcast, Not Another Personal Finance Podcast.

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1450: How to Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with Gina Zakaria, the Saving Whiz Dec 19, 2022

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Though inflation is showing signs of cooling, food prices remain higher than they've been in decades. Gina Zakaria, a personal finance educator and grocery expert, shares some of her road-tested strategies for reducing her grocery bill by 50%.

Through her Saving Whiz platform and social network of over 3 million people, she teaches simple strategies that make it easy to save money. Her mission is to empower others to save in a way that doesn’t feel depriving. She’s been featured on Good Morning America, NBC Today, Forbes, Money, and others. Gina also runs her online community, Super Savers, where she coaches and guides members to save money the easy way, so they have more money for things they love. Grab her free Freeze List.

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1449: Ask Farnoosh; My Company's Offered to Pay My Downpayment,. What's the Risk? (Bonus: The White Lotus Analyzed!) Dec 16, 2022

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This week: A listener's company is offering to help pay for the downpayment on a home. Is it too good to be true? How to share the cost of furniture when moving in with your partner? Special guest and Farnoosh's friend Laura Belgray, Founder of Talking Shrimp stops by at the end of the episode to talk about The White Lotus finale (spoiler alert!) and what we learn about money and power. Grab Laura's freebie, Story Goldmine, here.

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1448: Why is the Middle Class Disappearing? Dec 14, 2022

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Alissa Quart, the author of several books, including Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America, offers insights into her in-depth reporting on economic hardship. We discussed the people who now make up the “middle precariat,” those considered middle-class professionals living a precarious economic life, who are just barely making it, underemployed and/or saddled with debt. We discuss how generations are being squeezed, what inequality looks like and how to build a better future. To listen to Alissa's audio series Going for Broke, click here. For more related content in our "Priced Out" series on CNET Money, click here.

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1447: The True Cost of Living for Middle and Lower Income Americans Dec 12, 2022

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What is the True Living Cost in America? How do the CPI - Consumer Price Index - and Unemployment Rate fall short of measuring our economic realities? Guest Gene Ludwig is a former Comptroller of the Currency and now chairman of the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity. LISEP provides a more accurate picture of the economic reality for families through the creation of a cost of living metric called TLC, or TRUE LIVING COST, which factors in housing, food, transportation, healthcare, childcare, technology and other miscellaneous. For more related content in our "Priced Out" series on CNET Money, click here.

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