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Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger — 331 episodes

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1

5 Questions with Andy Borowitz

2

A Political Family Black Sheep Tells All (with Rosebud Baker)

3

5 Questions with A.J. Jacobs

4

I Read My Essays to You

5

5 Questions with Dave Barry

6

Gretchen Rubin Will Teach You to be Happy

7

Money, Family & Comedy w/Roy Wood Jr.

8

How to Get Rich in America

9

The Fragile Power of Wealth

10

Surviving the Loss of a Child

11

Millionaires v. Billionaires in NYC

12

The Beatles, Ted Turner, and Ric Flair with Steve Chamberlain

13

Money, Fame, and Misery: Meet the Beatles

14

Believe and You Will See! (w/ Nir Eyal )

15

Gina Gershon on Fame, Desire, and Boobs

16

The Courage to Be Right w/ Matt Kaplan

17

Insider Trading w/Tom Hardin

18

Surviving Middle Age w/ Ben Markovits

19

Marriage, Infidelity, and Millennial Disillusionment with Erin Somers

20

A.I. Facts, Fears and Fiction (w/ Bryan Reimer)

21

From Apartheid to Atlanta w/ Robyn Curnow

22

Rewrite Mental Illness w/Laura Delano

23

Find your Essential Intent w/ Greg McKeown

24

High Net Worth Divorce with Laura Wasser

25

Surviving the College Application Process w/ Jeffrey Selingo

26

Paul’s Insights into NYC, Email, and Estate Planning

27

Confronting Mortality with Thad Reichley

28

Walking Away from Fame and Money with Rachel Heck

29

Family, Politics & The American Dream with Raj Goyle | Reasonably Happy

30

Stoic Street Smarts w/ Ed Latimore

31

Soul on Fire w/ John O’Leary (Encore episode)

32

Why You Will Never Feel Rich w/ Daniel Crosby

33

Why Two Parents Are Better Than One w/ Melissa Kearney (Encore)

34

Giving Away Half-a-Billion Dollars w/ Craigslist founder, Craig Newmark

35

Laughing at Death w/ John Kenney

36

Rise of Populism w/ Brad Todd

37

From Prison to Oprah

38

Vote for Jesus! w/ Jonathan Rauch

39

Tribalism is Dumb (w/Andrew Heaton)

40

Puck CEO, Sarah Personette

41

Weapons Grade Gorgeous w/ Mehran Khaghani | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

42

How Victimhood and Narcissism Hold Us Back (w/ Scott Barry Kaufman)

43

Legacy, Loss, and Being Jewish Now | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

44

Jeffery Toobin on Presidential Power | Reasonably Happy Podcast

45

A Poet’s Wild Past w/ Edward Hirsch

46

Has Affirmative Action FAILED? | Richard Kahlenberg & Paul Ollinger

47

Facing Down Trump with Jocelyn Benson

48

Paul Wants $$ From Qatar (and other hilarious Substack posts)

49

From Chaos to Cambridge

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From Chaos to Cambridge - Rob Henderson

51

Mike Reiss: How The Simpsons Changed TV | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

52

Laurie Woolever- Dark Side of Celebrity Chefs

53

E.A. Hanks - Famous Father, Troubled Mother

54

Jim Lampley- Boxing, Fame & Fallout | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

55

Jane Borden- Cults Like Us | Reasonably Happy

56

Life at Fox News w/ Jessica Tarlov | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

57

Too Woke to Joke w/ Jeff Maurer | Reasonably Happy Podcast

58

From $0 to $100,000,000: How Anne Mahlum Built a Fitness Empire | Reasonably Happy

59

Bruce Vilanch: Hollywood Stories | Reasonably Happy

60

Gretchen Rubin: Happiness Hacks | Reasonably Happy

61

Fire Up Your Marriage with Carolyn Sharp | Reasonably Happy

62

Anthony Scaramucci: Success, Failure & the Paradox of Wealth | Reasonably Happy Podcast

63

Comedian Matt Ruby | Reasonably Happy

64

Nathan Macintosh | Reasonably Happy

65

Paul Shaffer | Reasonably Happy

66

Deepak Chopra & Dr. John Kaag | Reasonably Happy

67

Rickey Smiley: Living with Loss | Reasonably Happy with Paul OIlinger

68

Is music meaningless? | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

69

Comedian Mandal was theWorst Student Council President | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

70

I sleep with a blankie | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

71

Start Thinking Rich | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

72

Claiming Confidence | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

73

What Cocaine Taught Me | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

74

The People Who Never Quit with Henry Oliver

75

A Poet’s Life (with In-Q)

76

“Second Class” Americans with Batya Ungar-Sargon

77

Why the News is Bad with Angus Hervey

78

Fighting for the Family Business with Stephanie Stuckey

79

Persevering Through Grief with Nicole Avant

80

On The Move

81

Who killed Rudolf Diesel? (with Doug Brunt)

82

Restoring Politcal Sanity with Charlie Wheelan (Encore)

83

Mike Posner on Life Beyond Fame and Fortune

84

Andrew Yang on Our Broken Political System (Encore)

85

The Third Path with Jordan Harbinger

86

Living The Constitution with AJ Jacobs

87

Being Human at Work with Kim Scott, author of 'Radical Candor’

88

Power Couple: Debbi “Mrs.” Fields and Wade Shealy

89

Death, Dying, and Israel with Rabbi Steve Leder

90

The Wealth Money Can’t Buy with Robin Sharma

91

America’s Government Teacher, Sharon McMahon

92

Poor Kid Makes Millions Trading, Fights Inequality with Gary Stevenson

93

The Narcissist Next-door with Dr. Ramani Durvasula

94

TED's Chris Anderson on Infectious Generosity

95

Mike and Paul’s Road Trip

96

On Fire for Life with John O’Leary

97

Paul Reads Money Essays

98

Race and Money with Coleman Hughes (Encore)

99

The Joys and Anxieties of Wealth (Encore)

100

Dr. Drew Pinsky on Careers, Money, and Fame (Encore)

101

How to Live a Stress-free Financial Life with Jared Dillian

102

Judd Apatow on Money, Fame, and Adam Sandler (Encore)

103

Author Gary Sernovitz

104

How to Get Un-stuck with Merrick Furst, Ph.D.

105

Paul Reads His Thanksgiving Essays

106

Ed Begley Jr. on Finding Serenity in Hollywood

107

Pushing Our Kids Too Hard: On Toxic Achievement Culture with Jennifer Wallace

108

Lessons from an '80s Guitar god with Rik Emmett of Triumph

109

The NHL, Brain Injury, and Psilocybin with Daniel Carcillo

110

Paul and Cal Fussman Talk Israel, Hamas

111

On Losing Billions with Victor Haghani

112

How Fear Can be Your Friend with Farnoosh Torabi

113

How Much Should You Pay for College? with Ron Lieber (Encore)

114

Why 2 Parents Are Better Than One with Melissa Kearney

115

The Funniest Financial Speaker on Earth (besides Paul) with Garrett Gunderson

116

Break Free from Automated Spending Habits with Julio Vincent Gambuto

117

Sorority Rush Consultant Trisha Addicks (as seen on Bama Rush)

118

Opioids: Greed, Death, and $$$$ with Barry Meier (Encore)

119

The Secret to Being Very, Very Rich (and more)

120

Self Help for Mediocre People with Laura Belgray

121

High Net Worth Divorce with Laura Wasser

122

Finding Hidden Assets in Divorce Discovery with Nick Himonidis

123

Divorce For Wealthy Women with Olivia Summerhill

124

I See Rich People (with Will Vogt)

125

Student Loan Debacle with Oren Cass

126

The All-or-Nothing Marriage with Eli Finkel

127

Wall Street, Cocaine, and Recovery with Turney Duff

128

Staying Hungry in Your 50’s

129

Searching for Meaning at Work with Bruce Feiler

130

Family Fortune and Misfortune with Janny Scott (Encore)

131

Kevn Kinney is Done Auditioning

132

Starting from the Bottom with Justin Richmond

133

Is Private School Worth it?

134

Using Your 4,000 Weeks with Oliver Burkeman (Encore)

135

Cooking with Money w/ Frankie Celenza

136

Wealthy Woman Flies Southwest with Leah Rudick

137

Morgan Housel on The Psychology of Money (Encore)

138

Cars, Sex, and Money with Robert Searle

139

Why it’s Called “F-You Money” and other Thoughts on Wealth and Happiness

140

Cancer, Careers, Finances, and Family with Julie Saxon (Encore episode)

141

Mass Hole Donuts co-founder Peter Gladstone

142

Rich B*tch Nicole Lapin: More than Meets the Eye

143

A Hollywood Dream Career with Larry Thompson

144

New Fame, New Money with Katherine Blanford

145

Crazy Money's direction in 2023

146

How Your Mindset Can Change Your World with David Robson

147

Growing Up Rich with Kristin Keffeler

148

Why Boys and Men are Struggling with Richard Reeves

149

The Need to Belong with Geoffrey L. Cohen

150

The Hedge Fund Legend Hugh Hendry

151

Money and Opioids with Barry Meier

152

Why Status Matters with Will Storr

153

Money in College Sports, Part 2 (with AJ Vaynerchuk and Laine Higgins)

154

Emotions and Money Stress with Ken Honda

155

Robinhood, Wall Street Bets, and the GameStop Stock Frenzy with Spencer Jakab

156

Money in College Sports, Part 1 with Darren Rovell and John Staton

157

Money and Pro Golf: How LIV Golf’s Billions Threaten the PGA with Rich Beem

158

Porn, Money, and Women in Hollywood with Maitland Ward

159

Drug Cartels, Money Laundering, and HSBC with Chris Blackhurst and Everett Stern

160

The Prison Break of a Global CEO - The story of Carlos Ghosn

161

Student Loan Debt with Oren Cass

162

Surviving the Market Meltdown with Ben Carlson

163

Universal Basic Income with Andrew Yang

164

Racial Wealth Gap with Coleman Hughes

165

Buy this, not that! with Author Sam Dogen

166

Soul in the Game with Vitaliy Katsenelson

167

Life after the PGA Championship with Rich Beem - ENCORE EPISODE

168

The Problem with Choice with Barry Schwartz - ENCORE EPISODE

169

Hedge Fund Novelist with Jay Newman - Ep 145

170

The Puzzle of Life (with A.J. Jacobs) - Ep 144

171

Money and Comedy with Christian Finnegan - Ep 143

172

The Joys and Anxieties of Wealth with Paul Schervish - Ep 142

173

Mid-Life Career Re-invention with Chip Conley - Ep 141

174

Fixing Financial Chaos with Joe Saul-Sehy - Ep 140

175

What’s Your Problem? with Jacob Goldstein - Ep 139

176

Comparison and the Ultimate Money Delusion - Ep 138

177

Why Things Are Better than You Think with Grant J. Ryan - Ep 137

178

Founder of Russian Hedge Fund on Defying Putin with Bill Browder - ENCORE EPISODE

179

LL COOL J - ENCORE EPISODE

180

Judd Apatow on Fame, Money, and the Creative Process - Ep 136

181

Olympic Economics with Apolo Ohno - ENCORE EPISODE

182

House of Gucci author, Sara Gay Forden - Ep 135

183

Raising Successful Kids with Julie Lythcott-Haims - Ep 134

184

Zen Money with Ken Honda - Ep 133

185

Over-thinking and What to do About It with Jon Acuff - Ep 132

186

From the Trailer Park to the Comedy Big Time with Rocky Dale Davis - Ep 131

187

Life After Public Failure with Warwick Fairfax - Ep 130

188

$50 Million Mistakes with Ali Partovi - Ep 129

189

What HBO's Succession Tells us about Wealth with James A. Miller, Meredith Blake and David Lenok - Ep 128

190

Thanksgiving Essays - Ep 127

191

Investing for Good with Judith Rodin, Joan Salwen, and Pieter van der Gaag - Ep 126

192

That Voice in Your Head with Ethan Kross - Ep 125

193

Preppy Handbook Author, Lisa Birnbach - ENCORE EPISODE

194

Buckhead v. Atlanta - Ep 124

195

Your Brain on Money with Daniel Crosby - Ep 123

196

From Iraq to Dancing with the Stars with J.R. Martinez - Ep 122

197

Stevie Van Zandt takes it all in - Ep 121

198

Net fulfillment v. Net worth with Bill Perkins - ENCORE EPISODE

199

Gianni Le Nguyen: mom, entrepreneur, Vietnamese refugee. ENCORE EPISODE

200

Luck v. Hard Work with Robert H. Frank- Ep 120

201

Are Smart People Less Happy? with Raj Raghunathan- Ep 119

202

How to Restore Sanity to our Political System with Charlie Wheelan - Ep 118

203

Andrew Sullivan Holds Nothing Back - Ep 117

204

How to Use Your 4,000 Weeks with Oliver Burkeman - Ep 116

205

A conversation with my producer Mike Carano- Ep 115

206

God Wants You to be Rich with Rabbi Daniel Lapin - ENCORE EPISODE

207

Overcoming Injury and Life After the NFL with Mohamed Massaquoi - Ep 114

208

Why Commitment Matters with Pete Davis - Ep 113

209

Does More $ = More Happy? with Sir Angus Deaton - ENCORE EPISODE

210

How to Change with Katy Milkman - Ep 112

211

Living Rich v. Dying Rich with Joe Duran of Goldman Sachs - Ep 111

212

Aging Well with Dr. Laura Carstensen - Ep 110

213

Hey everyone, this is just a quick update from Paul to talk about how summer travel will affect the production schedule for Crazy Money.

214

Wealth and Existential Despair with Melissa Bernstein - Ep 109

215

Moby on Fame, Fortune, Addiction, Animals - Ep 108

216

Life After Paralysis with Maura McVann Coley - Ep 107

217

Rebounding from Mid-life Melancholy with Jonathan Rauch - ENCORE EPISODE

218

How business education builds character with Matt Slaughter - Ep 106

219

The Science of Well-being with Dr. Laurie Santos - ENCORE EPISODE

220

Our possessions, ourselves with Michael Heller & James Salzman - Ep 105

221

Wall Street, the movie: a panel discussion - Ep 104

222

Wall Street Trader Turns Big Time Writer with Jared Dillian - Ep 103

223

Money and the Maasai people with Josphat Mako - Ep 102

224

Ryan Holiday on Stillness - ENCORE EPISODE

225

Andy Stanley on Jesus and Money - Ep 101

226

Crazy Money Trailer

227

LL COOL J on Hip Hop, money and business - Ep 100

228

The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good Business with Lord John Browne - Ep 99

229

James Altucher Skips the Line - Ep 98

230

Love and Money with Rachel Greenwald - Ep 97

231

Divorce, Anxiety, and $8B in real estate with Holly Parker- Ep 96

232

The Price of College with Ron Lieber - Ep 95

233

Working Ourselves to Death with Daniel Markovits - Ep 94

234

Managing Our Desires with William Irvine - Ep 93

235

Getting the Most from Life with Jesse Itzler - Ep 92

236

Peter Singer on the Moral Obligations of Money (from 2019) - ENCORE EPISODE

237

The Death of Tony Hsieh with Angel Au-Yeung, David Jeans and Dr. Drew Pinsky - Ep 91

238

Happiness Around the Globe with John Helliwell - Ep 90

239

Real Life Diff'rent Strokes with Kay Madati - Ep 89

240

Giving thanks, literally with A.J. Jacobs - ENCORE EPISODE

241

Life after the PGA Championship with Rich Beem - Ep 88

242

In defense of the Preppy with Lisa Birnbach - Ep 87

243

Brad Klontz, Financial Psychologist to Billionaires (from Aug, 2019) - ENCORE EPISODE

244

Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires with Dylan Mohan Gray - Ep 86

245

Family Fortune & Misfortune with Janny Scott - Ep 85

246

Asian-American Attitudes About Money and Success with Kathy Wang - Ep 84

247

The Psychology of Money with Morgan Housel - Ep 83

248

Olympic Economics with Apolo Ohno - Ep 82

249

Talking About Wealth with Jennifer Risher - Ep 81

250

How I Built This with Guy Raz - Ep 80

251

Net fulfillment v. Net worth with Bill Perkins - Ep 79

252

Affluence, Insolvency, and Alcohol with Kirkland Hamill - Ep 78

253

Happiness is Making a Living with Your Hands with Ken Rusk - Ep 77

254

More Choice Makes Us More Miserable with Barry Schwartz - Ep 76

255

In memory of Paul’s dad William Ollinger - ENCORE EPISODE

256

Bill Collector turned Money Coach to Millions with Chris Hogan - Ep 75

257

The Economics of Comedy with Kyle Kinane - Ep 74

258

Are our markets really free? with Denise Hearn - Ep 73

259

The Wisdom of Frugality with Emrys Westacott- Ep 72

260

Happiness for Realists with Oliver Burkeman - Ep 71

261

Freedom, Aliveness, and Financial well-being with Tripp Lanier - Ep 70

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Addiction, work, and living “mask-free" with Mike Brody-Waite - Ep 69

263

Cancer, Careers, and Family with Julie Saxon- Ep 68

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Does money make you happy? with Carol Graham - Ep 67

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Rich v. Wealthy with Paul Sullivan - Ep 66

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Money and College Admissions with Paul Tough - Ep 65

267

God Wants You to be Rich with Rabbi Daniel Lapin - Ep 64

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Finding joy in the everyday with Laura Delizonna - Ep 63

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James Lowry, Minority business pioneer- Ep 62

270

The bondage of student debt (with Michael Arceneaux) - Ep 61

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Lori Gottlieb, author, Maybe You Should Speak with Someone -Ep 60

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How Londoners survived the Blitz with Dr. Amy Bell - Ep 59

273

Marshall Chiles: Owner, Laughing Skull Lounge - Ep 58

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Bernie Madoff victim talks loss, PTSD and suicidal thoughts with Steve Heimoff - Ep 57

275

Rory Scovel, world-famous / down-to-earth comedian -Ep 56

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From $100mm+ to broke in six months with AJ Jain - ENCORE EPISODE

277

Danny Wuerffel, Heisman Trophy-winner - Ep 55

278

Devin Singh, author Divine Currency: The Theological Power of Money in the West - Ep 54

279

What happens to all the stuff we buy? with Adam Minter - Ep 53

280

John Soforic, author, The Wealthy Gardener - Ep 52

281

Bruce Daisley, author, Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat - Ep 51

282

Year 1 in Review of Crazy Money - Ep 50

283

Giving away half of your house with Kevin Salwen - Ep 49

284

Buddhism and money with Dominic Houlder - Ep 48

285

Why Happiness plummets in middle age with Jonathan Rauch - Ep 47

286

Mike Norton, Harvard Business School - Ep 46

287

Culture, marriage and money with first generation Americans with Dr. Diana and Mr. Yoshee Sodiq - Ep 45

288

Creator of Stacking Benjamins podcast Joe Saul-Sehy - Ep 44

289

Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B with Tess Vigeland - Ep 43

290

"The Moral Obligations of Money" with Princeton's Peter Singer - Ep 42

291

The Anxious Achiever Podcast with host Morra Aarons-Mele - Ep 41

292

"Willful" with Author Richard Robb - Ep 40

293

Stacey Ollinger, Paul’s wife - Ep 39

294

The Happiness Research Institute with its CEO, Meik Wiking - Ep 38

295

Failure’s lessons with AJ Jain - Ep 37

296

"Civilized to Death" with Author Christopher Ryan - Ep 36

297

"How to Be a Financial Grownup" with author and financial journalist Bobbi Rebell - Ep 35

298

Comedy Entrepreneur, Rick Bronson - Ep 34

299

"Stillness is the Key" with Author Ryan Holiday - Ep 33

300

"Happiness" with Professor in Psychology, Yale University, Dr. Laurie Santos - Ep 31

301

"Does happiness peak?" with Nobel Laureate and Economist Sir Angus Deaton - Ep 31

302

"Quit Like a Millionaire" with Authors Kristy Shen & Bryce Leung - Ep 30

303

"Chutzpah" with Author Inbal Arieli Ep - 29

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"Rich People Have Problems Too" with Financial Therapist Brad Klontz - Ep 28

305

Short-seller who goes after “bad guys" with Marc Cohodes - Ep 27

306

Closing the Opportunity Divide with Year Up Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian - Ep 26

307

America's Got Talent finalist and two-time David Letterman guest ; Comedian Joe Matarese - Ep 25

308

Minimalism and Design with CEO of LifeEdited ; Graham Hill - Ep 24

309

"Effective Altruism" with Oxford professor Dr. Will MacAskill - Ep 23

310

Glamour Magazine Editor-in-Chief ; Samantha Barry - Ep 22

311

"Power of the Upper Middle Class" with Richard Reeves of Brookings Institution - Ep 21

312

"Making Money after Growing up Poor" with Comedian and Radio Legend Adam Carolla - Ep 20

313

"The Vietnamese Refugee" with Mom and Entrepreneur Gianni Le Nguyen - Ep 19

314

"An Economist Walks Into a Brothel" with Author Allison Schrager - Ep 18

315

Millennial Extraordinaire with Darrah Brustein - Ep 17

316

"Red Notice" with Author and Hedge fund Legend Bill Browder - Ep 16

317

Brian Portnoy, author "The Geometry of Wealth" - Ep 15

318

The Importance of Gratitude with A. J Jacobs - Ep 14

319

Growing up poor: Yancey Spruill and Susan Nicholas - Ep 13

320

Alfred Lubrano, journalist and author, Limbo - Ep 12

321

Jean Chatzky, NBC Today Show Financial Editor - Ep 11

322

Death and Money with "What Matters Most" author Chanel Reynolds - Ep 10

323

William Ollinger: Paul's 92 yr-old dad - Ep 9

324

Brendan O'Connell, painter, aka The Warhol of Walmart - Ep 8

325

Broke at 52 with Mike Carano - Ep 7

326

Ed Roland, lead singer of Collective Soul - Ep 6

327

Anna David, NYT Best-Selling Author of Party Girl - Ep 5

328

Raising Rich Kids Who Aren't Spoiled with Ron Lieber - Ep 4

329

Wall Street, Cocaine, and Money with Turney Duff - Ep 3

330

From 'Loveline to Celebrity Rehab' with Dr. Drew Pinsky - Ep 2

331

Dating While Rich with Jessica Mah: (28 year-old CEO of Indinero) - Ep 1