Afford Anything
Mga Detalye ng Channel
Afford Anything
You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life. How do we make smarter decisions? How do we think from first principles? On the surface, Afford Anything seems like a podcast about money and i...
Kamakailang Episode
764 episode
Q&A: The Goalposts Moved — Is That Actually a Problem?
#718: What happens when the financial strategy that once felt obvious suddenly becomes a lot more complicated?
Les is appro...
The 5 Ways Investors Behave When Things Go Wrong, with Clare Flynn Levy
#717: Clare Flynn Levy was a hedge fund manager in London in the summer of 2007, watching her trading screens turn red — every single day. Merger arbi...
Q&A: Your Kids Just Inherited $350,000 Each. Now What?
#716: When does a financial decision stop being purely about maximizing returns—and start becoming about building the life you actually want?
Mrs. Dow Jones: Your Childhood Is Running Your Bank Account
#715: She grew up with a Goldman Sachs dad. She still ended up broke in her 20’s. Here's what changed.
Haley Sacks - known online as Mrs....
Q&A: Should I Sell One Property to Pay Off Another?
#714: When you’re making big financial decisions, what matters more: optimizing for the best long-term outcome, or choosing the path that gives you th...
BONUS: The Economy Added 115,000 Jobs. Consumer Confidence Just Hit a 74-Year Low. Let’s Unpack This.
The US economy added 115,000 jobs in April -- and the numbers look solid on the surface.
But dig a little deeper and you'll find a tech...
Why Smart People Still Sabotage Their Own Money, with Tiffany Aliche
#713: Tiffany Aliche spent her 30th birthday in her childhood bedroom, $300,000 in debt, unemployed, and freshly foreclosed on. Sixteen years later,...
The Rental Strategy That Survived Every City Crackdown, with Jeff Hurst
#712: Jeff Hurst, CEO of Furnished Finder, joins us to break down what midterm rentals are, who they're for, and why now might be the best time to get...
Is a Computer Science Degree Still Worth the Debt?, with Ron Lieber
#711: A computer science degree used to feel like a sure thing. Job placement rates topped 90 percent. Starting salaries cleared $80,000. You could do...
Q&A: He Wants to Die With Zero – Here’s How to Spend $1M Without Running Out
#710: What does it really look like to balance financial optimization with real-life tradeoffs—whether that’s choosing meaningful work, spending down...
The Financial Reality of Developmental Disabilities, with Keith Wargo
#709: Keith Wargo has spent decades navigating one of the most daunting financial planning challenges a family can face: raising a child with a develo...
Q&A: My Mom Is 73. She Has a House — But It Doesn’t Pay the Bills. Now What?
#708: What’s the smartest way to handle big financial transitions—when the stakes are high and the “right” answer isn’t always obvious?
A...
Q&A LIVE from Texas A&M Texarkana
#707: Joe and I traveled to the campus of Texas A&M University-Texarkana for a very special live recording. We were joined by Jay Davis, the Executive...
Q&A: The Case for NOT Paying Off Your Student Loans
#706: When the numbers look straightforward—but the rules, timing, and future are uncertain—how do you decide what to do next?
<...
What to Fix First When Everything Feels Stuck, with former Lyft COO and Tesla President Jon McNeill
#705: Jon McNeill, former president of Tesla and COO of Lyft, starts with a simple problem: his teenage son is about to start driving, and he’s worrie...
Q&A: Should I Quit My Job to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad
#704: How do you make smart financial decisions when you’re balancing debt, investing, and big life changes … all at the same time?
First Friday: Jobs Are Up. So Why Does the Economy Feel Worse?
#703: April’s jobs report comes in much stronger than expected, with 178,000 jobs added and unemployment ticking down to 4.3 percent. That headline de...
Q&A: Why 3 Years Is a Weird Timeline for Money
#702: Olivia is saving for a specific three-year goal and wants to know whether a money market fund is the right place to store that cash, or if a tra...
What Retirement Planning Gets Wrong, with Jamie Hopkins
#701: Forget the idea that you need a magic number to retire.
Jamie Hopkins is a certified financial planner, professor of taxation at t...
Q&A: A $30K Promotion Near FI, Learning Put Options, and Scaling a 16-Unit Portfolio
#700: Today we’re tackling three different financial questions from our listeners.
First, we’ll hear from Melanie, who is deciding whethe...
Nir Eyal: The Four Questions That Can Change Any Belief
#699: You've probably heard that mindset matters. But what does that actually mean, and is there science behind it?
Nir Ey...
Q&A: Should You Pause Retirement to Buy a Bigger Home?
#698: We explore financial decision-making at different stages of life:
A high-earning federal couple debates whether to pause retirement...
Bill Gurley: The Biggest Career Regret Most People Have
#697: Most people regret the things they never tried.
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley says that pattern shows up again and again in resear...
Q&A: Should Your Emergency Fund Be Invested?
#696:
(01:50) Jeremy has been a careful budgeter for years, but a surprise car repair has him tapping his emergency fund. With rates fal...
First Friday: Jobs Fell by 92,000. But the Economy Is Still Growing?
#695: The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, pushing unemployment to 4.4 percent.That result contradicts a different report released two days earlier...
Job Titles Don’t Mean What They Used To (And That Affects Your Pay) — with Dr. Ben Zweig (Part 2 of 2)
#694: There are about 90 million unique job titles in the U.S. labor market.
Ninety million.
If you are trying to negotiate...
AI, Layoffs, and the Future of Your Career — with Dr. Ben Zweig (Part 1 of 2)
#693: AI learns your job in weeks … and you start wondering if you still have one.
That question shapes our conversation with Dr. Ben Zwe...
My Brother-in-Law Wants to Buy a Rental in Mexico. Good Idea?
#692: Anonymous (02:01) is excited about early retirement and family time but worried about his brother-in-law, who just returned from a vacation in M...
Your IQ Won't Save Your Career. Your AQ Might. – with Liz Tran
#691: Your IQ used to be your biggest career asset.
Then AI scored in the 99th percentile on the LSAT, the SAT, and the MCAT — and sudde...
Q&A: Should My Teen Go to College?
#690: Blanca (01:28): Blanca, an immigrant mother raising a 14-year-old, wants her son to think critically about college—not just as an experience, bu...
Your Brain Is Your Most Important Asset, with Dr. Majid Fotuhi, MD, PhD
#689: Most people think forgetting a name means their brain is failing.
Dr. Majid Fotuhi, a neurologist who taught at Johns Hopkins and...
Q&A: I'm Burned Out But Not Quite Ready to Retire
#688: Anonymous: "Anonymous Sheryl" is 38, mortgage-free and exhausted after 15 years of teaching. She’s torn between pushing a few more years toward...
First Friday: The Retirement Rules That Changed While You Weren't Looking
#687: Your tax refund might be $300 to $1,000 bigger this year, and that's just the beginning of what's changing with your money.
The Tax...
Q&A: Are AI Stocks About to Crater?
#686: Rachel: Rachel is new to investing and has noticed the stock market being dominated by AI companies. She wants to make sure her portfolio is bal...
10 Rules for Building a Portfolio That Actually Works for Your Life, with Cullen Roche
#685: You're not an investor. You're a saver.
That's the first of 10 principles Cullen Roche shares in this conversation about building w...
Why You Should “T-Bill and Chill” Instead of Using a Savings Account, with Cullen Roche
#684: Most people search for the perfect portfolio — the one allocation that works in every market, at every age, for every goal. This interview start...
How to Teach Kids About Money, with Dr. Stephen Day
#683: Candy now — or a toy later? You slide play money across the table and let your kid choose.
That moment kicks off this episode, wher...
52 Tiny Improvements in 2026 [GREATEST HITS]
#682: Grab the FREE handbook: affordanything.com/financialgoals
For 76 years, the British cycling team lost — every season,...
How NOT to Invest, with Barry Ritholtz
#681: Barry Ritholtz's mom sold real estate. Those dinner table conversations about mortgages helped him spot the 2008 crash before most of Wall Stree...
Q&A: I Want to Retire Early Without Selling My Stocks in a Crash
#680: Mia: Mia and her husband are planning early retirement and want to draw down their taxable brokerage accounts for the next decade. She’s conside...