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1162: Leveraging Your Artistic Assets with Steven Wallace, Composer, Singer and Filmmaker Feb 17, 2021

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Prolific composer and artist Steven Wallace joins So Money to discuss the release of highly anticipated film musical Hal King, a hip hop/r&b style musical set in the jazz era of the late 1950's.

Steve shares his rich journey mastering the fields of music, performance and filmmaking. We discuss the challenges of being a person of color in a classically white industry, and the behind-the-scenes of how he funded his film.

More about Steve Wallace: He is a singer and composer from Chicago and most recently a composer with BMI’s Lehman Engel Workshop for composers and lyricists. His professional expertise incorporates a plethora of genres and styles from Soul, Hip Hop, Blues, and Classical. In the span of his career, Mr. Wallace has released 15 of his own albums independently as an artist,

produced, performed and written on over 100 albums with credits including Ledisi, Ghostface Killah of the Wu Tang Clan, De La Soul, and Eric Roberson, as well as gaining nods from the likes of Jay-Z, Jadakiss, Just Blaze and others for his fantastic and creative ideas.

As a composer, Steve Wallace has written a book of 15 art songs, 2 symphonies, 4 operas, 2 musicals and a variety of chamber works for various instruments. Mr. Wallace is also a very accomplished classical singer and has performed worldwide as a soloist, on tours, and as lead tenor roles in operas such as Carmen, La Boheme, and La Traviata with respected opera companies nationwide.

Here's where you can watch the trailer for Hal King. The film is currently streaming on Amazon, iTunes, YouTube and Google Play.

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1161: How to Make Hard Decisions About Money & Life...Easy Feb 15, 2021

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Guest Stef Ziev is an executive coach and creator and host of the Permission to Choose podcast. She shares her strategies for helping clients overcome decision paralysis, overcome mental blocks and make choices aligned with their values.

More about Stef: She is a former TV Executive turned certified life and executive coach who appears as an expert on NBC’s Today show, as well as SiriusXM Satellite Radio on various channels.= Stef spent nearly two decades as an award-winning senior development executive in the entertainment industry. She worked for DreamWorks and The Oxygen Network where she developed and oversaw original movies and series for television, several of which won and were nominated for awards, including an Emmy. Stef’s goal with every client is to remind them they have the choice to live and lead with more joy and freedom which creates more impact with greater ease.

For more information, please visit: stefziev.com

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1160: Ask Farnoosh: Financial Advice For My 40s (And You Can, Too!) Feb 12, 2021

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As Farnoosh journeys further into her 40s, she shares her top pieces of financial advice to accomplish in the next decade. Plus, listeners ask: How to talk to parents about their finances if they're stubborn or too proud (but you know they're struggling), how to create a bridge between a current career and a future one, and how self-employed can best save for retirement.

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1159: Smart Ways to Invest in Real Estate in 2021 Feb 10, 2021

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If you're interested in building wealth through real estate investments, our guest Fee Gentry can help. She is an Austin-based real estate agent and "agent for change," focused on supporting female and Black investors navigate the real estate market successfully. She is on the Board of Directors at eXp World Holdings. We discuss: how buyers can negotiate in the competitive sellers' market, the risks that come with FHA loans and hot markets that are headed for more appreciation in the coming years.

More about Fee Gentry: Before immersing herself in the real estate world, Fee was as a serial entrepreneur. She earned her MBA and founded several businesses in the rehab, fitness, and sports training industries, including a post-rehab company working with athletes including those in the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NCAA, and the Olympics. She became a Realtor in 2004 with the mission to help her clients achieve what she believes to be a vastly important step in obtaining financial freedom: home ownership. Over the past 15 years, she has generated exciting opportunities for her clients and helped them accomplish their home ownership goals. Her personal website is here.

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1158: How to Practice Anti-Racism in Money and Work with Trudi Lebron, Founder of ScriptFlip! Feb 08, 2021

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Today's podcast centers around ways business owners and individuals can lead with a greater commitment towards equity and inclusion, From more conscious day-to-day spending to making an impact - both inside and outside of work - guest Trudi Lebron, diversity, equity and inclusion coach, shares actionable steps we can aspire to to pursue.

More about Trudi Lebron: She teaches individuals and institutions how to build successful, anti-racist businesses. In the past seven years, she has grown her company, Scriptflip!, into a multi-six figure machine for helping others maximize their social impact. Trudi is the host of the Business Remixed Podcast, has been featured in Forbes and was recognized as one of the Hartford Business Journal 40 Under 40 Leaders in 2016. She lives in Hartford with her two children.

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1157: Ask Farnoosh: What do you think of the Robinhood app? Feb 05, 2021

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On this Friday's Ask Farnoosh, listeners want to know about whether or not to quit a job, how to handle a $40,000 signing bonus and how to teach kids of all ages about money. Plus, hear what Farnoosh thinks about the Robinhood app.

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1156: Didn’t get a stimulus check? How to claim that money on your taxes Feb 03, 2021

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Tax season is delayed this year. What will that mean for our taxes? Adam Auriemma, Editor-in-Chief of NextAdvisor, joins to share some important IRS updates. If you didn’t get a stimulus check, learn how to claim that money on your taxes.

More about Adam: He is the editor-in-chief of NextAdvisor, the personal finance channel of TIME. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Money Magazine and a deputy bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal. Teams working under Adam’s leadership have received the Gerald Loeb Award for Business and Financial Journalism, a National Association of Black Journalists Digital Media Commentary Award, and an Emmy nomination for Best Cultural/Topical Documentary.

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1155: Following a New Career Path at 40 with Tina Wells, Entrepreneur and Author Feb 01, 2021

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At age 16, Tina Wells began what would become a multi-million dollar marketing firm, Buzz Marketing Group, that would claim Apple, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Johnson and Johnson and other top brands as clients. Today, at age 40, she is pursuing a new path that entails building a publishing empire focusing on tween girls. In our conversation, she discusses her business beginnings in high school to her recent - hard, but important - decision to pivot, as well as her business relationship with Target.

More about Tina Wells: She is the founder of RLVNT Media, a multimedia content venture serving entrepreneurs, tweens and culturists with authentic representation. Tina is also the author of seven books, including the best-selling tween fiction series Mackenzie Blue, its 2020 spinoff series, The Zee Files, and the marketing handbook, Chasing Youth Culture and Getting It Right.

Learn more at TinaWells.com.

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1154: Ask Farnoosh: What's All This GameStop Drama and Why Does it Matter? Jan 29, 2021

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Today’s Ask Farnoosh focuses on a recent market event that’s taken Wall Street and the investing world by storm: the GameStop "Short Squeeze." The stock has soared an epic 1,700% recently since December, driven by smaller investors. Dr. Hans Boateng, The Investing Tutor, helps Farnoosh break down this story, and provides his take on who's really to blame, what's at stake and why all of this matters to us. Follow Dr. Hans on Instagram @TheInvestingTutor

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1153: The Price You Pay for College with Ron Lieber, NYT Columnist Jan 27, 2021

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It is "the most complex and emotionally fraught financial decision that many families will ever make," says my guest Ron Lieber about college. This high-stakes money move is a source of anxiety, stress and confusion. Too often, it leads us down the wrong path of over-borrowing for a school that under-delivers.

In his latest book, The Price You Pay for College, Ron help readers make the most financially and emotionally-intelligent decision possible in selecting a school. We'll discuss why the cost of college is SO high (over $300,000 for a private four-year college, on average), some secrets to paying for college (ever hear of merit aid?) and how to properly "value" the college experience, especially in the post-Covid world.

Ron's book is available at https://ronlieber.com/books/the-price-you-pay-for-college/

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