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Oh My Dollar! — 137 episodes

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How to care about money when nothing is okay

2

Can they take back your unemployment check and what to do with $1,200?

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Freelancers and Gig Workers Can Get Unemployment Now + It Pays

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How get health insurance when you lose your job + those $1,200 checks

5

How to Meal Plan

6

Track your time to enjoy life more ft. Laura Vanderkam

7

The March of Time Challenge and The Flu

8

Job-hopping isn't bad & how to beat the job-stealing robots ft. Nicolle Merrill

9

Listen Before You File: US Taxes 101

10

How much should you put in an emergency fund

11

Why You're Failing at Your Budget + Getting Rid of the Financial Shame

12

Great Work Benefits You Might Actually Use

13

What is worth doing yourself vs paying someone else?

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14

When to Give up on Goals this Year

15

All that money you didn't save: Opportunity Costs

16

How to Balance Being a Human and an Employee

17

What the heck is a co-pay vs co-insurance?

18

What you can pay for with Health Savings Accounts, ft Jean Chatzky

19

The Real Cost of Will's Cross-Country Move

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California is about to change the gig economy for everyone

21

A recession is coming, how can you be ready?

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See you next week!

23

Managing Money as a College Student

24

How to split rent, first dates, and retirement accounts in relationships

25

Getting your spendy partner on board with budgeting

26

Does retail therapy actually work?

27

Investing in your first IRA with $100

28

Negotiate Your Bills ft. Tori Dunlap

29

The Cost of Being Intersex ft. Hans Lindahl

30

America vs The World: Personal Finance Edition

31

How We Saved Our First Emergency Funds

32

Should you get a 529 for college savings? ft Abby Chao

33

State of Queer Money

34

Are perfectionism & procrastination screwing up your finances?

35

How much does it cost to have a hobby?

36

How to Fund a Creative Project without Going Broke (Risk + Money)

37

How to find car insurance without pulling your hair out ft Andrew Rose

38

The 100th Episode - What Would You Do with $100?

39

Is $3,000 on an e-bike worth it?

40

What items are worth splurging on?

41

Is the ACA going away? Do you need to panic?

42

Everything You Need to Know To Get Started Saving for Retirement [replay]

43

Creative (And Boring) Ways to Use a Tax Refund

44

How to Choose An Employee Retirement Plan as a Small Business

45

How I world travel for cheap with travel hacking

46

How much should you budget for clothing?

47

Is balancing your checkbook still a thing?

48

Stop Eating Your Budget

49

The Feeling of Money Control

50

How to Pay Quarterly Taxes

51

No More Shoeboxes! Complete Guide to Receipt Management

52

6 Financial To-Dos before the end of the (Longest) Year

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What money goal should you focus on next year?

54

A Genuinely Messed Up Situation with An Arm And a Leg Podcast

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Debt-Free and Queer ft David Auten and John Schnieder

56

Open Enrollment is like playing Dungeons & Dragons… with a drunk dungeon master

57

The $30 Spooky Health Plan You Probably Don’t Want

58

Save money on dental – with or without insurance

59

How to choose a health insurance plan during open enrollment

60

Finding a Place to Live with Poor Credit

61

How to Conference Travel on the Cheap

62

What if your life decisions were made by the stock market? ft. KmikeyM

63

Creativity vs. Financial Security

64

The Art of Debt ft. Cathy Byrd

65

How to start index investing in your 401K + using extra money

66

Money and Business as a Freelancer without “Selling Out”

67

How to make financial choices without overanalyzing

68

The Myth of “Money Mindset”

69

How to take the home office tax deduction under new tax law

70

Should Jessica buy a house or keep her cheap apartment?

71

How to Kick Butt at Money as a New Graduate

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Variable Income for the Perpetually Anxious

73

Live Episode from The Outlet PDX

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Should Eva invest in only stocks or also bonds in her 401k?

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Bonus How to find your objective function (life purpose) ft Malcolm and Simone Collins

76

Financial Mothers of History + Making Money as a Creator ft Jason Porath (Long cut)

77

The Case Against Homeownership

78

What are Will & Lily’s largest purr-chases ever?

79

Do you need a financial advisor? with Michael Dinich!

80

Messy Money Mistakes ft. Jen Hemphill

81

Money alone doesn’t solve problems

82

Should Adam’s project be a business or non-profit? + Figuring out Patreon Tiers

83

How should Allison spend her $25,000 inheritance?

84

Capitalism is immoral, but making money isn’t bad

85

Talking to your parents about money ft Eric Brotman

86

Stop Worrying about Other People’s Budgets – Relationships and Money

87

What if you defaulted on your student loans? + other listener questions

88

Money when Depressed

89

How to get life insurance when you’ve been hospitalized for mental health (and other listener q’s).

90

Early Retirement: It’s Simple, But Not Easy ft Deacon Hayes and Douglas Tsoi

91

Curbing Impulse Purchases + Regrettable Spending

92

Setting Non-Boring Money Goals that Don’t Suck

93

New Year’s Resolutions: Ask For More Money ft Alicia McElhaney

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New Year’s Resolution: Pay Less Taxes

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Building a budget with “little wins” + how to tax-deduct your health insurance

96

Are Health Savings Accounts an evil Republican tax loophole or actual magic?

97

Mistakes not to make with health insurance ft Jack Hopper (long cut)

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Is Dan money laundering? Should Alice cash out a 401K to avoid credit card debt?

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How to reduce your budget + recognize emotional spending

100

Oregon is making retirement plans a requirement for everyone ft. Joel Metlan

101

Kids & Money ft. Kim Dubois Harrison

102

Financial Traps of Multi-level Marketing ft. Alden Wicker

103

Don’t Panic! Buying your first home ft. Katie Bovitz

104

We’re Back from Break!

105

Demystifying Your Social Security ft Jon Rork

106

How to Improve a Bad Credit Score

107

What to do when you get a windfall

108

How much $$ to keep in your bank account + going back to grad school

109

You can buy anything you want, but not everything

110

How to get money out of retirement early

111

Untangling COBRA and Healthcare.gov premiums

112

Your Backup Plan for Living (Life Insurance)

113

How to Plan for All Your Darn Friends Getting Married

114

The Worst Case Scenario (Life + Long-Term Disability Insurance)

115

Premiums, Deductibles, and other insurance terms

116

The Power of Batch Cooking ft. Emily Corso

117

Meal Planning (the secret weapon) ft. Nicole Dieker

118

What kind of employee are you? 1099 or W2?

119

Sticking to your budget despite peer pressure + the secret to saving money

120

There is no good or bad debt + how you put pre-tax money in an IRA

121

Social worker pays off $18,000 of debt! + What Kind of Benefits to Negotiate For

122

How to quit your job and be freelance (Listener Questions)

123

Kick Butt With Your Tax Refund + 1099 tax strategies

124

Credit Hacks + Lillian’s Booze Spending Report

125

How to go through adult life “permanently in debt”

126

The Government Will Pay You to Save For Retirement

127

Budgeting Rule #1: You Do You

128

Why Budgeting is the Root of All Awesome

129

Staying Motivated in the “Hard Middle” of Big Goals

130

A Great Credit Score Does Not Mean You Have It Together

131

Making a living as a performing artist without getting famous

132

Everything you need to save for retirement in 30 minutes (if you’re under 40)

133

Tales of Financial Procrastination

134

Your Trump Health Insurance Questions Answered

135

#3 New Year’s Resolutions & Picking a Rewards Card

136

Planning for Known Unknowns

137

Budgeting on a variable income