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An Honest Account
by anhonestaccount
An Honest Account is a podcast about how money affects our lives: our work, health, relationships and more, with a side of practical advice.
Episodes
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Nell Frizzell on money, motherhood and her new book
Nell Frizzell is a journalist, Vogue columnist and the author of an upcoming memoir, The Panic Years - about the period of your life which has no name, somewhere between adolescence and the menopause. Nell calls it The Flux. In the book, Nell talks about financial uncertainty, the cost of nursery...
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Angelica Malin on girlboss culture, women-only clubs and female entrepreneurs
Angelica Malin is an entrepreneur who runs a six-figure business including the About Time magazine and the She Started It Live Academy. She is also a writer and podcast host and has interviewed many successful women including Cherie Blair, Melanie Whelan and Natasha Devon. So, there is really no...
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Bridie Jabour on the great millennial malaise
Before New Year, my mum sent me an op ed by Bridie Jabour, opinion editor of the Guardian Australia, called 'The Millennials at 31: Welcome to the Age of Misery'. It is about the distinct loss of ambition, wondering whether we should be defined by our jobs, our houses, whether we should have...
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Forging a new life on the road with Anna Fedorova
Research shows millennials are travel-obsessed. Not just a quick gap yah at 18 or 19, but also possibly a year out later in our careers, or even a complete lifestyle change. Heading out on a trip is one thing, but not coming back is another. This is what fellow freelance financial writer Anna...
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Iona Bain on investing, property, and being asked to work for free
Iona Bain is very well known in financial circles. She started the Young Money Blog in 2011, later creating the Young Money Agency, and regularly appears on TV and radio, and writes for places like The Financial Times. Her MO? To empower young people with financial knowledge. The question is what...
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Zara Nanu on why women shouldn't have to ask for a payrise
The World Economic Forum says the gender pay gap will take over 200 years to close. But why should women always have to advocate for their equality by asking for a payrise? Women are constantly told how to negotiate, how to prove their achievements. But data shows that when women do ask for a...
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Nicola Slawson and Tola Fisher on money at Christmas, and New Year's resolutions
Christmas is a time of presents (brown paper and string this year), giving relatives the same vouchers as last year and spending money (until you don't have any left). Boxing Day sucks some of us in, and New Year's resolutions are made and broken, in my case, very quickly. To discuss this…
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Rachel Hosie on the industry of wellness, paid Instagram posts and 'F45'
What are F45 and Orangetheory? How much do you earn for a paid Instagram post? Do you need to be a member of an expensive gym if you want to stick to it? Why are we obsessed with spelt flour in every recipe? Wellness is big business these days, valued at over $4 trillion. We might laugh at…
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Jenn Selby on politics and money, and standing against Mark Field
Journalist, women's rights campaigner and rape survivor Jenn Selby made headlines this year when she stood as a parliamentary candidate against Mark Field, the Tory MP who was filmed grabbing a female Greenpeace activist by the neck. He stood down shortly after the campaign commenced, citing...
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Bola Sol on #debtstagram, what success means and being our parents' retirement plan
Bola Sol is a self-defined personal finance guru - but not because she has a lot of money or because she has it all sorted. The new generation of money 'influencers' are about being open and relatable and real, rather than posting pictures with designer handbags. Bola encourages us to have a…
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Alice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, and the price of contraception
Alice Pelton is founder of The Lowdown, the world's first peer to peer review platform for contraceptives. Alice thinks that women spend a lot of time, energy and days off work trying to find the best contraception for them - and her business is designed to make that process easier. Alice spoke…
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Lucy Pasha-Robinson on the cost of living with endometriosis
How does a chronic health condition affect our work, mental health and our bank balance? For the first episode of season 2, Huffington Post opinion editor Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens up about the very personal cost of endometriosis and pelvic pain. Lucy talks about how to succeed when you have a...
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Anna Codrea-Rado on freelance finances
More and more of us are working for ourselves. How can we stay focused and make a decent living? Anna Codrea-Rado is a familiar name in the worlds of freelancing and journalism. Her work has appeared in places like The Guardian, The New York Times and Wired. She is also the founder of FJ&Co, a...
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The cost of being a bridesmaid
Research shows the average cost of being a bridesmaid is £998. Would you be willing to spend that? Join me, Rachael Revesz, as I chat to journalists Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith and Anya Meyerowitz to discuss the joys and monetary burdens of our best mates' special day. Followed by some practical...
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Jasmine Andersson on debt and being working class
Social class, debt and privilege are still underdiscussed topics. Jasmine Andersson, a reporter who focuses on equality at inews.co.uk, spoke movingly about her experience of growing up in Hull, the impact of debt at university, and how she navigates the middle class and privileged world of...
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Marisa Bate on what it was like to lose £9k
What does it feel like to do £9,000 worth of work and realise you won't be paid? That's what happened to Marisa Bate, the writer and women's advocate, when online publication The Pool went under earlier this year. Marisa talked about guarding her money 'like a cocaine baron' and other lessons she...
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Money and dating
Do you split the bill? How do money and dating come into the MeToo era? Do you pretend to grope around in your bag until the other person offers to pay? I'm Rachael Revesz and joining me to answer these pressing questions are journalists Kuba Shand-Baptiste and Lucy Handley. Our chat is followed…
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Why does talking about money... feel so dirty?
Journalists Elle Hunt and Sirena Bergman join me to discuss why we need to start talking more openly about money - including what we wish we'd known earlier and why we're obsessed with judging each other's spending. Email: [email protected] Tweet: @honest_account_
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An Honest Account is a podcast about how money affects our lives: our work, health, relationships and more, with a side of practical advice.
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