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All Episodes

Budgets for Badges — 59 episodes

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Mini EP 6: Your Paycheck Has Entered the Family Group Chat

2

The Cost of Working While Everyone Else Sleeps

3

Mini EP 5: 50/30/20 Your Budget

4

Are You Letting Amazon Teach Your Kids About Money?

5

Mini EP4: What's the SOP? Your Wallet Wants A Holiday Game Plan

6

When One Spouse Budgets and One Says YOLO

7

Mini EP3: Back to School Season...The Financial Ambush

8

The Financial Midlife Crisis Nobody Told You About

9

Mini EP2: What to Do with That Overtime Check Before It Disappears

10

Reviewing the Financial Bodycam Footage of Your Bank Account

11

Mini Money Makeover: Six Months Later and the Budget is Tired

12

Your Raise Just Lost a Fight to Inflation, Now What?

13

Is it Self-Care or Stress Spending?

14

Because "We'll Figure It Out" Isn't A Plan

15

Your Savings Account Isn't A Magic Wand

16

You're Not Bad With Money, You're Just Exhausted

17

Your Retirement Account Called… It Wants Its Money Back

18

Pride Is Expensive: Cutting Your Losses as a First Responder

19

Your Budget is on Cruise Control...But Who's Directing Traffic?

20

Feast, Famine & Shift Work - Financial Seasons for First Responders

21

The Psychology of Cash vs. Credit: Why Your Wallet Goes 10-8 but Your Card Goes Rogue

22

Not All Heroes Get Tax Refunds

23

Follow the Money: Dispatching Chris & Rebecca’s 2025 Spending

24

Money Conversations Peer Support Won't Help You With

25

Before You Sign: Mortgage Mistakes That Hit Harder Than Night Shift

26

When Your Kid’s Expenses Make Your Overtime Look Cute

27

Not Every Crisis is a Code 3: When to Actually Use Your Emergency Fund

28

Dispatching a Debt Free Holiday

29

Retirement Riches: Because Overtime Shouldn't Be Your Retirement Plan w/ Anna Felix

30

New Badge, New Debt...A Love Story

31

Your House Called...It Needs Another $5,000

32

When Your Motivation is DOA: Resuscitating Your Financial Goals

33

Unplanned Expenses: The Day Your Budget Flatlined

34

Call for Backup: Student Loan Horror Stories

35

Student Loans: The Ride Along That Never Ends

36

Credit Card Debt Is A Code 3 Emergency

37

Control Freak: Managing Your Money When the Economy’s a Dumpster Fire

38

The Money Impact & Stigma of Mental Health for First Responders

39

How to Manage a Budget When You Manage Everything Else

40

Retirement Readiness: Because "I'll Just Work Forever," Isn't A Plan

41

Buying on Autopilot: Because Your Wallet Deserves A Backup Plan

42

The Ultimate Back Up Plan: Why Every First Responder Needs A Legacy Box

43

The Final Shift: Estate Planning with Gina Leguria

44

Financial Red Flags: When 'What’s Yours is Mine' Goes Too Far

45

Protecting Your Wallet From Life's Dumpster Fires

46

Lights, Sirens & Spreadsheets: Money Talk with Tim Cooney

47

YNAB, EveryDollar & Excel Walk Into A Firehouse...

48

Buyers Remorse: When 'Treat Yo' Self' Goes Wrong

49

When 'Treat Yo' Self' Meets Mortgage Payments

50

Joint Accounts vs. Separate Accounts: A Financial First Aid Guide

51

Money Myths: Why You're Not As Broke As You Think...Maybe?

52

Purpose: It's Why You Shouldn't Buy That Boat...Yet

53

Pop The Champagne...Not The Budget

54

Saving More than Cats from Trees

55

Debt...It's a Crap Sandwich

56

I Like Big Budgets

57

Great Holiday Expectations

58

How to Have Money Conversations as a First Responder Family

59

What is Financial Resiliency?