All Episodes

Sacrificing for a Lofty Financial Goal on a Grad Student Stipend

Holding a Financial Standard While on the Faculty Job Market

Financial Chaos Exacerbates a Low Graduate Student Stipend

Teaching Personal Finance Illuminates the Opportunity Cost of a PhD

This International Grad Student's Low Fixed Expenses Enable Her to Invest and Travel

Tax-Advantaged Retirement Account Options in Higher Ed and K-12

This Grad Student Bought a Home at the Start of His Doctoral Program

This Grad Student Experiences Financial Ease Thanks to Her Side Hustles

Resources for PhD Job Seekers from the Hosts of Propelling Careers

Catching Up with Prior Guests: 2025 Edition

How Financial Policies Impact Graduate Student Attrition

Financially Thriving as an International Scientist in the US

Money Is a Good Enough Reason to Leave Academia

Increasing Income and Giving Back as an International Grad Student

How to Negotiate Your Salary Post-PhD

The Simple Way to Invest as an International Grad Student or Postdoc

Campus Resources to Improve Your Finances

How to Financially Manage Lump Sum Fellowship Income

Which Postdocs Get Health Insurance and Retirement Accounts?

How to Live on Time to Maintain Margin in Your Financial Life

How to Reduce Financial Anxiety as a Limited-Income PhD

How This DDS/PhD Student Purchased a Condo in San Francisco

Business Class Flights and Hotel Elite Status on a Grad Student Stipend

Are PhDs in a Financial Emergency?

Stipend Data and Strikes on the Path to a Grad Student Union

How and Why to Become an Entrepreneurial Scholar

How Academics Can Apply Self-Compassion to Their Money and Time

Financial Hacks Unique to Graduate Students

Financial Questions from an International Graduate Student

Sustainably Moving in the Right Direction in Your Finances (with Dr. Kate Henry)

Catching Up with Prior Guests: 2024 Edition

This Former Prof Found True Flexibility and Profitability in Her Academic Editing Business

Negotiation and Long-Term Thinking Effected Financial Success for This International PhD

This Grad Student Channeled Her Financial Exuberance into Teaching and Coaching Her Peers (Part 2)

This Grad Student Channeled Her Financial Exuberance into Teaching and Coaching Her Peers (Part 1)

Navigating the Career and Financial Transition Out of Academia

Your Side Hustle Really Is a Business and Other Tax Insights with Hannah Cole of Sunlight Tax

This Grad Student Puts Half Her Stipend Paycheck into High-Yield Savings

Investing 101 for Your Post-PhD Job

What You Should Know about Money Early in Your PhD Career

Unveiling the Hidden Curriculum of Grad School Funding for First-Gen BIPOC Students

This PhD Promotes DEI with a Focus on Finances

How This International Graduate Student Grew His Career and Social Wealth Alongside His Net Worth

How This Life Sciences PhD Fosters Entrepreneurship

This PhD Works Part-Time After Reaching Financial Independence in Austin Texas

This Grad Student Took Control of Her Finances to Shift Her Income Sources

Addressing Fellowship Tax Pain Points through Education, Resources, and Advocacy

This PhD's Path to FIRE Has Evolved with Lifestyle Design and Having Children

Can You Earn Money from Publishing a Scholarly Book?

How This PhD Student and Her Higher-Earning Partner Manage Joint and Separate Finances

Navigating Grad Student Finances While Undocumented

A Political Economist Explores How to Respond to the Financial Pressures on Graduate Students

Why and How I Started Personal Finance for PhDs

Catching Up with Prior Guests: 2023 Edition

This Grad Student-Parent Relied on University and State Benefits During a Tough Financial Period

Expert-Level Frugality from ChatGPT and Grad Students Like You

This Grad Student's Podcast Expands Beyond Her Dissertation Topic

How This Grad Student-Parent Managed Her Money and Time in the Bay Area

This PhD-Prepared Nurse Managed a Night Shift Side Hustle Despite It Being Frowned Upon

How This Grad Student Budgeted for Having Her First Child

Financial Advice from PhD Career Development and Financial Wellness Professionals

University-Level Policy Ideas to Improve the Financial Lives of Graduate Students and Postdocs

Unionization and Individual Negotiation to Improve Graduate Student Stipends and Benefits

Behind the Scenes at the Graduate Career Consortium 2023 Annual Meeting

Why and How These Grad Students Purchased Homes

Why and How These Graduate Students Side Hustle

This PhD Student Budgets Manually and Dynamically

The Motivation and Strategy Behind Biology PhD Stipends

Budgeting for the First Year of Grad School Even with Financial Anxiety

Student Loan Deferment Shouldn't Be Your Default

This PhD's Social Mission Pulled Her from Academia into Entrepreneurship

How This Grad Student Shifted Her Student Loan Strategy through the Pandemic

This Grad Student Deferred Her Acceptance to Work on Her Finances

The Tax and Retirement Effects of Receiving Fellowship Funding

How This Grad Student Fellow Resolved an Expensive Tax Bill in His Favor

Five Ways the Tax Code Disadvantages Fellowship Income

Catching Up with Prior Guests: 2022 Edition

This First-Year PhD Student Prioritizes Investing While on Fellowship

How to Apply Valuable Scientific Mindsets to Your Personal Finances

From Zero Funding to Graduating Student Loan Debt-Free

How This Outdoorsy Graduate Student Budgets Her Money and Time for Hobbies

This Graduate Student Doesn't Sweat the (Financially) Small Stuff

How This Grad Student Saves Nearly 40% of Her Stipend in a High Cost of Living Area

This PhD Student-Nurse Is Confident in Her Self-Worth

PhD Home Buying Updates for 2022

This Grad Student Advocates for Higher Stipends Using Cost of Living Data

How Fellowship Recipients Can Prevent Large, Unexpected Tax Bills

This Grad Student Advocates Individually and Collectively for Higher Stipends

This Grad Student's Finances and Mental Health Were Stuck in a Negative Feedback Loop

Financial Advice for Newly Hired Academics and PhDs

This Grad Student's Side Business Pays Twice What Her Assistantship Does

The Gardener and Rose Approach for Childfree PhD Couples

This Prof Is Taking Deliberate Steps Toward Self-Employment

How Grad School Rewired This Student's Brain for Financial Success

Semester-Proof Your Academic Side Business with Digital Products

How to Advocate for Financial Policy Change on Your Campus

This Veteran Receives External Funding for Her PhD Program

Financial Advice for Prospective PhD Students

This Grad Student's Side Hustle Is Trading Options