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1254: Ask Farnoosh: How Much Money to Give to Parents? Smart Ways to Manage Money Post-Divorce? OK to Cash Out Life Insurance? Sep 17, 2021

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This week's Ask Farnoosh offers advice to a listener post-divorce on ways to think about re-establishing her financial life, as well as whether it's OK to cash out a life insurance policy to use towards buying a home. How to establish boundaries with a parent that's financially dependent on you? And what to do with a $50,000 inheritance?

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1253: The Truth About Financial Self-Care with Author Allison Task Sep 15, 2021

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What does financial self-care look like? It may not be what we think. Farnoosh interviews Allison Task, life and career coach and author of the new book, to learn ways to create more happiness and fulfillment in your financial life, as well as in your personal life and career...especially in these challenging times. Allison's new book is entitled A Year of Self Care Journal: 52 Weeks to Cultivate Positivity and Joy.

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1252: What You Need to Know About the Updated Child Tax Credit Sep 13, 2021

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The next Child Tax Credit arrives on September 15. Ahead of that, Farnoosh interviews Roxy Caines from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, about how families can gain access to this much-needed benefit. Families can find out more information about the credit, if they qualify and how to get it at GetCTC.org.

Also:

Check out the Child Tax Credit 2021 breakdown on CNET.

Calculate how much your family could receive with CNET's calculator.

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1251: Ask Farnoosh: Rent or Buy? Should I Start a Business with My Cousin? 401(k) Rollovers and More Sep 10, 2021

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This Friday, Farnoosh answers listeners' questions regarding whether it's better to own or rent an apartment in an expensive city. What to look out for when starting a business with a relative? What are the best investing courses? How to make the most of a previous 401(k) if you don't plan to start a new job yet? Reminder to send questions for Fridays shows to farnoosh@somoneypodcast.com

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1250: How to Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace Sep 08, 2021

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From Stacey Vanek Smith, the NPR host of The Indicator and correspondent for Planet Money, comes Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace. It is an accessible, funny, clear-eyed, and practical guide for how women can apply the principles of 16th-century philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli to their work lives and finally shatter the glass ceiling. Using The Prince as a guide and with charm and wit, Smith applies Renaissance politics to the 21st century, and demonstrates how women can take and maintain power in careers where they have long been cast as second-best.

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1249: Generation X: Money, Life and Legacy with Margit Detweiler Sep 06, 2021

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This episode aired originally on May 31, 2021.

They may be called the "forgotten generation," but Generation X, those born between 1966 and 1980, are the trailblazers of our time, according to guest Margit Detweiler, founder of TueNight.com — a Webby-honored storytelling platform, live event series and community for grown-ass, Gen-X women aka those of us who are, in fact, "just getting started." Farnoosh and Margit discuss Gen X's superpowers, the legacy they'll leave the next generation and what would you do with your career if the Internet crashed?

More about TueNight: Its weekly newsletter, the TueDo List, was just a Webby honoree in 2021 and named one of the top women-led newsletters by Forbes. Their storytelling lineup is consistently great and has included luminaries such as What Not To Wear’s Stacy London, NY Attorney General Tish James, novelist Amy Sohn, musician Jill Sobule, author Ada Calhoun and many others. In April of this year Margit launched TueNighters a private, subscription-based community with events and workshops tailor-made for Gen-X women.

More about Margit: She also runs Gyrate Media, a boutique content strategy firm that works with brands like Verizon, AARP, P&G, Brandless, J&J, Citi and many others. Previously, she was the editorial director for RealSimple.com and Aol Health, executive editor at EverydayHealth.com and managing editor and music editor of the Philadelphia City Paper. She's an award-winning reporter and editor and has contributed to Rolling Stone, Redbook, Refinery29, the Associated Press, Village Voice, Bust, and many others. A born and bred Philadelphian, she now lives in Brooklyn with her husband and beagle.

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1248: Best Time to Ask for a Raise, How to (Kindly) Dump Your Financial Advisor, 529s and More Sep 03, 2021

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This episode originally aired earlier this summer.

It’s a jam-packed Ask Farnoosh with numerous questions answered. Learn how to find an estate planning attorney, break up with a financial advisor, start a 529 plan, talk about money with your partner for the first time and when is the best time to ask for a raise. Farnoosh also selects her reviewer of the week to receive a free 15-minute money session.

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1247: The Female "Ambition Penalty" with Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez Sep 01, 2021

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This episode originally aired on June 14, 2021

Financial expert Stefanie O’Connell Rodriguez discusses her latest work exploring what she calls the “ambition penalty” — the social, professional and financial costs women face when asking for more. Understanding it is critical for tackling gender inequality when it comes to money, she says. Because nothing will change if we keep telling women to step up, only for them to be pushed down when they do. You can read her full article at Bloomberg.

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1246: Smart Ways to Reverse-Engineer Financial Success Aug 30, 2021

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This episode originally aired July 15, 2021.

For generations, we’ve been taught there are two ways to succeed—either from talent or practice. But in his new book, Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman shares a powerful third path—one that has quietly launched icons in a wide range of fields, from artists, writers, and chefs, to athletes, inventors, and entrepreneurs: reverse engineering. Farnoosh and Ron discuss the technique behind reverse-engineering, ways to apply it to your financial and career success and why humans are so fascinated – and obsessed with – success.

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1245: Ask Farnoosh: Financial Advice for Couples Aug 27, 2021

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This week's Ask Farnoosh covers money advice for couples, whether or not you need to buy life insurance, how to plan for long-term health costs and whether car insurance will pay for your disability costs in an accident.

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