Episodes
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The Unofficial History of Personal Finance Series - E1
Episode 1 of The Unofficial History of Personal Finance. In this new series, Beau goes back 12,000 years to the beginning of human civilization to attempt to answer the question: "How did we get here?" Click here to become a patron of The Personal Finance Show via Patreon
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102 - Bob Lai
Bob Lai (https://www.tawcan.com/) joins Beau at a conference in Washington, D.C. to share his personal finance story. (Recorded in-person on September 6th, 2019 before the pandemic. Published on April 11th, 2021.)
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101 - How Does Someone Get Into Debt?
In this solo episode, Beau attempts to answer the question: How does someone get into debt?
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 18
Week 18 of the COVID-19 series features Acquania Escarne. Acquania is the creator of The Purpose of Money which is a podcast and an online community for women building generational wealth for their families one dollar at a time. In this episode we discussed Acquania's COVID-19 experience so far…
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 17
Week 17 of my COVID-19 series is a solo episode where I talk about my experience being a parent during a pandemic. I don't pretend to know what it's like to be a single parent, have more than one child, or have older children, but I go through what it's been like for me since Henry was born…
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 16
Week 16 of the COVID-19 series features my friends Brynn Byrne and Aaron Yeger, co-hosts of the new podcast "That Was a Show?". We talk about Brynn and Aaron's COVID-19 experience and how the pandemic has affected their personal finances, but mostly I wanted them on to talk about their awesome…
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 15
Week 15 of the COVID-19 series features my friend Rubina Ahmed-Haq. Every Sunday for the last 15 weeks, right before I record The Personal Finance Show, Rubina and I record an episode of the Dear Rubi podcast. Dear Rubi is a column podcast where we take questions from listeners and discuss the...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 14
Week 14 of the COVID-19 series features Danielle Desir. Danielle is the founder of WOC (Women of Colour) Podcasters, travel and personal finance blogger, podcaster, and author of 2 books (with a 3rd on the way). In this episode we discussed Danielle's COVID-19 experience so far, starting with her...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 13
Week 13 of the COVID-19 series features Jackie Porter Jackie is a Canadian CFP, author of "Single by Choice or Chance", financial confidant, and recent winner of the Mackenzie Investments award for "Female Trailblazer of the Year". In this episode we discussed: -Jackie's book and the importance…
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 12
Week 12 of the COVID-19 series features Kassandra Dasent. Kassandra currently lives in Florida, was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada (Montreal). In this episode we discuss Kassandra's experience with COVID-19 so far, and how it has affected her ability to see her mother in Montreal, and her...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 11
Week 11 of the COVID-19 series features Kara Perez from Austin, Texas. Kara's business Bravely Go was all about live in-person events, until the pandemic hit and she had to figure out how to pivot her business. Kara decided to create an online event called the Financial Feminist Summit, which was...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 10
I resume the global tour in Week 10 of the COVID-19 series which features my friend Eric Wong in Singapore. We discuss his personal experience with the pandemic so far, how Singapore is handling the situation generally, and how Eric's industry, hospitality, has been devastated by this global...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 9
Week 9 of the COVID-19 series is a break from the global tour. Matthew Siwiec joins me from his home in Toronto to review the "alphabet soup" of Canadian emergency benefits there are out there. From EI to CERB to CESB to CEWS to OCECRA, among others, we try to make some sense of them. Since these...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 8
Week 8 of the COVID-19 series features my cousin Jay who lives in Berlin, Germany. Every week during the pandemic Beau will find someone in a different part of the world with a different personal pandemic experience to share their perspective and tell their story for others to hear. In this…
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 7
Week 7 of the COVID-19 series features James Mwombela from North Carolina. Every week during the pandemic Beau will find someone in a different part of the world with a different personal pandemic experience to share their perspective and tell their story for others to hear. In this episode James...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 6
Week 6 of the COVID-19 series features César Tánchez from Guatemala. Every week during the pandemic Beau will find someone in a different part of the world with a different personal pandemic experience to share their perspective and tell their story for others to hear. In this episode César…
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 5
Week 5 of the COVID-19 series features Tom Drake from Alberta. Every week during the pandemic Beau will find someone in a different part of the world with a different personal pandemic experience to share their perspective and tell their story for others to hear. In this episode Tom shares his...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 4
Week 4 of the COVID-19 series features Jordon Cox of the UK. Beau and Jordon discuss: -Jordon's trip to Disneyworld that was cut short and for which he's still trying to get some money back -His recent health issues and how that affects his susceptibility to the virus -How the UK is handling the...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 3
In the third weekly episode of the COVID-19 series, Beau calls Australia to speak to Michelle from frugalityandfreedom.com to discuss: How COVID-19 has affected her life so far How Australia and New Zealand are handling the pandemic How Michelle's personal finances have been impacted Financial...
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 2
In the second weekly episode of the COVID-19 series, Beau talks about: Emergency-fund shaming and how we're in survival mode now and there is no point in telling someone they should have had an emergency fund Hopefully going through a pandemic without an emergency fund will give you the…
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COVID-19 Weekly Update 1
Beau returns from his podcasting sabbatical to provide a personal update and talk about the COVID-19 global pandemic in Canada as of March 29, 2020. Links mentioned in the episode: Hoyes, Michalos & Associates Inc. Debt Free in 30 podcast on Apple Podcasts or YouTube Canada Emergency Response...
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100 - Financial Privilege
This is the 100th episode of The Personal Finance Show! My special guests today are Tanja Hester and Kara Perez, the hosts of my favourite podcast, The Fairer Cents, and James Mwombela, who is a CFP and Associate Planner at Grid 202 Partners. Episode 100 isn’t about someone’s personal finance...
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99 - Beth MacMillan
Beth MacMillan wants you to prioritize travel. In 2011, Beth and her husband, Mark, decided to use their saved up money and take a 6 month honeymoon around the world. You don’t have to save $20,000 and buy round-the-world tickets like Beth did, but if you’re interested in travel at all, you can...
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98 - Sarah Li Cain
Sarah Li Cain wants you to be open to opportunities and to make independence a priority. Sarah was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Canada, has lived in Australia, South Korea and China, and is currently in the US. Sarah worked mainly as a teacher, but the key to her survival and success was to be...
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97 - Bridget Casey
Bridget Casey wants us all to get rich together. The good news is that Bridget already did most of the work for you. All you have to do is follow her instructions. You don’t have to spend years studying the stock market and get an MBA in finance. She already did that so you don’t have to. Bridget...
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96 - Erin Lowry
Erin Lowry wants you to know that words have power, especially when it comes to your money. Saving and investing are not the same thing. For example, if someone is saving for retirement, they might not even be aware that they are actually investing their money. Very few people put their…
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95 - Bettina Schneider
Bettina Schneider wants you to understand the impact your values, histories and life experiences have on your financial decision-making processes. Bettina has a PhD in Native American Studies and is currently Associate Professor and Associate Vice President Academic at First Nations University of...
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94 - Joe Saul-Sehy
Joe Saul-Sehy wants you to learn about money, but he doesn’t want you to think you’re learning anything. Joe is the creator and co-host of The Stacking Benjamins Show, one of the top personal finance podcasts in North America. Joe also co-hosts a new podcast called Money in the Morning. The…
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93 - Darryl Brown
Darryl Brown wants you to stop complaining about bad financial advice and do something about it. If you walk into a bank, give them money, don’t ask questions and do zero research on investing, then you’ve pretty much given up your right to complain if you’re not happy with the results. Instead…
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92 - Kelley Keehn
Kelley Keehn wants you to feel good about your money. To feel good about your money, you have to educate yourself, ideally as early as possible. Before you sign up for a credit card, read a ton about credit cards and how they work. Before you buy a house or a condo, listen to podcasts about the...
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91 - Robert Brown
Robert Brown wants you to not be afraid of a little hard work. Robert grew up on a dairy farm. His father worked the farm while also working a full-time job at General Motors. Robert learned about working for money early and also about patience and delayed gratification. There are a lot of things...
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90 - Sonya Smith-Valentine
Sonya Smith-Valentine wants you to be Financially Fierce. Sonya has an accounting degree and a law degree. She is a CPA and a lawyer, and has worked professionally as both. Sonya has worked for legal aid in New York and Maryland, and later started a law practice specializing in Consumer Debt and...
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89 - J. Money
J. Money wants you to know that Budgets Are Sexy. That’s the title of the personal finance blog that he started 11 years ago, and even though you may never think budgets are sexy, the point that J. is trying to get across is that personal finance doesn’t have to be boring. In 2008 J. started...
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88 - Ericka Young
Ericka Young wants you to be intentional and have a plan before you spend any money. This applies to every single situation that involves money, which is pretty much everything. As Paula Pant says at the beginning of her podcast, you can afford anything, but not everything. Unfortunately because…
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87 - Robert Farrington
Robert Farrington wants you to think before you click the button and accept your student loans. Getting an education is an investment and you should spend some time thinking about what you’re investing in and what kind of return your investment will provide. For example, you may not even need a...
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86 - Stacy Yanchuk-Oleksy
Stacy Yanchuk-Oleksy wants you to see a non-profit credit counsellor if you have credit problems. Stacy is Director of Education and Community Awareness at the Credit Counselling Society. If you’ve listened to episode 76 of the show, you know that I had credit problems 11 years ago. I filed a...
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85 - Shanah Bell
Shanah Bell wants you to lead a happy, unorthodox life. You can be successful without following the traditional 9 to 5 career path option. It’s true. But to get there, you have to be open to opportunity and change, and sometimes you have to be a bit of a PITA, which I recently learned is an…
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84 - Sandy Yong
Sandy Yong wants everyone to learn about personal finance so that their future self can thank them for it. Sandy figured out early on that if you give your money to the big banks, and don’t know what you want to invest in, they will choose the ones with the highest fees. Makes sense, doesn’t it?…
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83 - Ed Rempel
Ed Rempel wants you to know that the conventional personal finance wisdom most people follow, might not be the best for your financial situation. Unconventional wisdom, as he calls it, might be your path to financial success. Ed has been a financial planner for over 25 years and a tax accountant...
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82 - Sandi Martin
Sandi Martin wants someone giving financial advice to be paid by the person who’s receiving financial advice. And the someone giving financial advice should be paid a fee for the financial services they provide. Sandi worked at a bank for years and her job was to sell the bank’s products. When...
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81 - Janine Rogan
Janine Rogan wants you to know that no one is born with an understanding of personal finance. Janine got pretty good at making money early. Queen of the side hustle, they called her. But somehow her bank account was always empty and her credit cards were always maxed. This is, unfortunately, not...
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80 - Michael Kruse
Michael Kruse wants you to not be afraid of changing your career. We usually go to school for one thing. One field of study. One industry. Then we work hard to find jobs and build experience in that industry. We become experts. After 10 or 15 years we become well known for doing one thing very...
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79 - Ellen Roseman
Ellen Roseman has been sticking up for Canadians as an advocate for consumer rights for the past 35 years. If you’re interested in Canadian personal finance, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve already read something written by Ellen Roseman. Ellen’s been a personal finance and consumer advocacy...
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78 - Owen Winkelmolen
Owen Winkelmolen wants you to talk to someone...anyone...before you make any investment decisions. Ideally it would be someone in the personal finance realm. A coach like me, or a financial planner or advisor. But please just talk to someone, because if you do, you might save yourself from making...
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77 - Saijal Patel
Saijal Patel wants you to know that women are 80% more likely to live in poverty in retirement than men. This is a terrible statistic. Seriously, why is anyone living in poverty in retirement. If someone is retired, that means they have either worked at a job or a business their whole life, or…
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76 - Beau Humphreys
For this episode, the host becomes the guest and my wife becomes the host! I decided that after 75 episodes it was time to become the guest and tell my story. I’ve talked a lot on the show about my history with addiction but just bits and pieces here and there. I asked my wife, Kaila, if she…
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75 - Recap of Episodes 1 to 74
For my 75th episode I decided to record a 75 minute episode with 74 1-minute (or less) segments, one for each of the 74 shows published so far (leaving 30 seconds for the introduction and whatever is left for the sign-off). Each segment has an introduction/commentary and a short clip of the show....
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74 - Larry Bates
Larry Bates want you to Beat The Bank. That’s the title of his new book and it’s all about challenging the status quo of Canadians paying the highest investment fees in the world and believing that the financial industry has their best interests at heart. You see Larry spent his whole career on…
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73 - John Lanza
John Lanza wants to help families raise money-smart, money-empowered kids so that they can live happier, more fulfilled lives. John is the creator of the Money Mammals and the author of The Art of Allowance. I want to tell you everything about the Money Mammals because I like them so much, but…
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72 - Loonie Doctor
The Loonie Doctor wants to keep new doctors from falling into the lifestyle inflation trap. The Loonie Doctor prefers to remain anonymous so all I can tell you is that he is a doctor and he lives somewhere in Southern Ontario. As you may have heard, doctors are always the best at managing their…
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