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Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger — 342 episodes
Senator Phil Gramm Dispels Economic Myths
‘Young Money’ with Jack Raines
The Secret Economics Behind Only Fans, Tarrifs, and Government Grocery Stores
Can You Fake Happiness? w/Beth Cabrera
Freeze the Rent! And Other Silly Policies ( w/ Paula Pant)
Nobel Prize Winner on "Moral Economics"
How Empathy Is Destroying Western Civilization (with Gad Saad)
The Richest Family You've Never Heard Of
TRIGGERnometry's Francis Foster on Teaching, Comedy, and Why the U.K. is Fucked
W. Kamau Bell on Cosby, Comedy, and Father's Day
5 Questions with Bruce Feiler
5 Questions with Andy Borowitz
A Political Family Black Sheep Tells All (with Rosebud Baker)
5 Questions with A.J. Jacobs
I Read My Essays to You
5 Questions with Dave Barry
Gretchen Rubin Will Teach You to be Happy
Money, Family & Comedy w/Roy Wood Jr.
How to Get Rich in America
The Fragile Power of Wealth
Surviving the Loss of a Child
Millionaires v. Billionaires in NYC
The Beatles, Ted Turner, and Ric Flair with Steve Chamberlain
Money, Fame, and Misery: Meet the Beatles
Believe and You Will See! (w/ Nir Eyal )
Gina Gershon on Fame, Desire, and Boobs
The Courage to Be Right w/ Matt Kaplan
Insider Trading w/Tom Hardin
Surviving Middle Age w/ Ben Markovits
Marriage, Infidelity, and Millennial Disillusionment with Erin Somers
A.I. Facts, Fears and Fiction (w/ Bryan Reimer)
From Apartheid to Atlanta w/ Robyn Curnow
Rewrite Mental Illness w/Laura Delano
Find your Essential Intent w/ Greg McKeown
High Net Worth Divorce with Laura Wasser
Surviving the College Application Process w/ Jeffrey Selingo
Paul’s Insights into NYC, Email, and Estate Planning
Confronting Mortality with Thad Reichley
Walking Away from Fame and Money with Rachel Heck
Family, Politics & The American Dream with Raj Goyle | Reasonably Happy
Stoic Street Smarts w/ Ed Latimore
Soul on Fire w/ John O’Leary (Encore episode)
Why You Will Never Feel Rich w/ Daniel Crosby
Why Two Parents Are Better Than One w/ Melissa Kearney (Encore)
Giving Away Half-a-Billion Dollars w/ Craigslist founder, Craig Newmark
Laughing at Death w/ John Kenney
Rise of Populism w/ Brad Todd
From Prison to Oprah
Vote for Jesus! w/ Jonathan Rauch
Tribalism is Dumb (w/Andrew Heaton)
Puck CEO, Sarah Personette
Weapons Grade Gorgeous w/ Mehran Khaghani | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
How Victimhood and Narcissism Hold Us Back (w/ Scott Barry Kaufman)
Legacy, Loss, and Being Jewish Now | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Jeffery Toobin on Presidential Power | Reasonably Happy Podcast
A Poet’s Wild Past w/ Edward Hirsch
Has Affirmative Action FAILED? | Richard Kahlenberg & Paul Ollinger
Facing Down Trump with Jocelyn Benson
Paul Wants $$ From Qatar (and other hilarious Substack posts)
From Chaos to Cambridge
From Chaos to Cambridge - Rob Henderson
Mike Reiss: How The Simpsons Changed TV | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Laurie Woolever- Dark Side of Celebrity Chefs
E.A. Hanks - Famous Father, Troubled Mother
Jim Lampley- Boxing, Fame & Fallout | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Jane Borden- Cults Like Us | Reasonably Happy
Life at Fox News w/ Jessica Tarlov | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Too Woke to Joke w/ Jeff Maurer | Reasonably Happy Podcast
From $0 to $100,000,000: How Anne Mahlum Built a Fitness Empire | Reasonably Happy
Bruce Vilanch: Hollywood Stories | Reasonably Happy
Gretchen Rubin: Happiness Hacks | Reasonably Happy
Fire Up Your Marriage with Carolyn Sharp | Reasonably Happy
Anthony Scaramucci: Success, Failure & the Paradox of Wealth | Reasonably Happy Podcast
Comedian Matt Ruby | Reasonably Happy
Nathan Macintosh | Reasonably Happy
Paul Shaffer | Reasonably Happy
Deepak Chopra & Dr. John Kaag | Reasonably Happy
Rickey Smiley: Living with Loss | Reasonably Happy with Paul OIlinger
Is music meaningless? | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Comedian Mandal was theWorst Student Council President | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
I sleep with a blankie | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Start Thinking Rich | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Claiming Confidence | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
What Cocaine Taught Me | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
The People Who Never Quit with Henry Oliver
A Poet’s Life (with In-Q)
“Second Class” Americans with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Why the News is Bad with Angus Hervey
Fighting for the Family Business with Stephanie Stuckey
Persevering Through Grief with Nicole Avant
On The Move
Who killed Rudolf Diesel? (with Doug Brunt)
Restoring Politcal Sanity with Charlie Wheelan (Encore)
Mike Posner on Life Beyond Fame and Fortune
Andrew Yang on Our Broken Political System (Encore)
The Third Path with Jordan Harbinger
Living The Constitution with AJ Jacobs
Being Human at Work with Kim Scott, author of 'Radical Candor’
Power Couple: Debbi “Mrs.” Fields and Wade Shealy
Death, Dying, and Israel with Rabbi Steve Leder
The Wealth Money Can’t Buy with Robin Sharma
America’s Government Teacher, Sharon McMahon
Poor Kid Makes Millions Trading, Fights Inequality with Gary Stevenson
The Narcissist Next-door with Dr. Ramani Durvasula
TED's Chris Anderson on Infectious Generosity
Mike and Paul’s Road Trip
On Fire for Life with John O’Leary
Paul Reads Money Essays
Race and Money with Coleman Hughes (Encore)
The Joys and Anxieties of Wealth (Encore)
Dr. Drew Pinsky on Careers, Money, and Fame (Encore)
How to Live a Stress-free Financial Life with Jared Dillian
Judd Apatow on Money, Fame, and Adam Sandler (Encore)
Author Gary Sernovitz
How to Get Un-stuck with Merrick Furst, Ph.D.
Paul Reads His Thanksgiving Essays
Ed Begley Jr. on Finding Serenity in Hollywood
Pushing Our Kids Too Hard: On Toxic Achievement Culture with Jennifer Wallace
Lessons from an '80s Guitar god with Rik Emmett of Triumph
The NHL, Brain Injury, and Psilocybin with Daniel Carcillo
Paul and Cal Fussman Talk Israel, Hamas
On Losing Billions with Victor Haghani
How Fear Can be Your Friend with Farnoosh Torabi
How Much Should You Pay for College? with Ron Lieber (Encore)
Why 2 Parents Are Better Than One with Melissa Kearney
The Funniest Financial Speaker on Earth (besides Paul) with Garrett Gunderson
Break Free from Automated Spending Habits with Julio Vincent Gambuto
Sorority Rush Consultant Trisha Addicks (as seen on Bama Rush)
Opioids: Greed, Death, and $$$$ with Barry Meier (Encore)
The Secret to Being Very, Very Rich (and more)
Self Help for Mediocre People with Laura Belgray
High Net Worth Divorce with Laura Wasser
Finding Hidden Assets in Divorce Discovery with Nick Himonidis
Divorce For Wealthy Women with Olivia Summerhill
I See Rich People (with Will Vogt)
Student Loan Debacle with Oren Cass
The All-or-Nothing Marriage with Eli Finkel
Wall Street, Cocaine, and Recovery with Turney Duff
Staying Hungry in Your 50’s
Searching for Meaning at Work with Bruce Feiler
Family Fortune and Misfortune with Janny Scott (Encore)
Kevn Kinney is Done Auditioning
Starting from the Bottom with Justin Richmond
Is Private School Worth it?
Using Your 4,000 Weeks with Oliver Burkeman (Encore)
Cooking with Money w/ Frankie Celenza
Wealthy Woman Flies Southwest with Leah Rudick
Morgan Housel on The Psychology of Money (Encore)
Cars, Sex, and Money with Robert Searle
Why it’s Called “F-You Money” and other Thoughts on Wealth and Happiness
Cancer, Careers, Finances, and Family with Julie Saxon (Encore episode)
Mass Hole Donuts co-founder Peter Gladstone
Rich B*tch Nicole Lapin: More than Meets the Eye
A Hollywood Dream Career with Larry Thompson
New Fame, New Money with Katherine Blanford
Crazy Money's direction in 2023
How Your Mindset Can Change Your World with David Robson
Growing Up Rich with Kristin Keffeler
Why Boys and Men are Struggling with Richard Reeves
The Need to Belong with Geoffrey L. Cohen
The Hedge Fund Legend Hugh Hendry
Money and Opioids with Barry Meier
Why Status Matters with Will Storr
Money in College Sports, Part 2 (with AJ Vaynerchuk and Laine Higgins)
Emotions and Money Stress with Ken Honda
Robinhood, Wall Street Bets, and the GameStop Stock Frenzy with Spencer Jakab
Money in College Sports, Part 1 with Darren Rovell and John Staton
Money and Pro Golf: How LIV Golf’s Billions Threaten the PGA with Rich Beem
Porn, Money, and Women in Hollywood with Maitland Ward
Drug Cartels, Money Laundering, and HSBC with Chris Blackhurst and Everett Stern
The Prison Break of a Global CEO - The story of Carlos Ghosn
Student Loan Debt with Oren Cass
Surviving the Market Meltdown with Ben Carlson
Universal Basic Income with Andrew Yang
Racial Wealth Gap with Coleman Hughes
Buy this, not that! with Author Sam Dogen
Soul in the Game with Vitaliy Katsenelson
Life after the PGA Championship with Rich Beem - ENCORE EPISODE
The Problem with Choice with Barry Schwartz - ENCORE EPISODE
Hedge Fund Novelist with Jay Newman - Ep 145
The Puzzle of Life (with A.J. Jacobs) - Ep 144
Money and Comedy with Christian Finnegan - Ep 143
The Joys and Anxieties of Wealth with Paul Schervish - Ep 142
Mid-Life Career Re-invention with Chip Conley - Ep 141
Fixing Financial Chaos with Joe Saul-Sehy - Ep 140
What’s Your Problem? with Jacob Goldstein - Ep 139
Comparison and the Ultimate Money Delusion - Ep 138
Why Things Are Better than You Think with Grant J. Ryan - Ep 137
Founder of Russian Hedge Fund on Defying Putin with Bill Browder - ENCORE EPISODE
LL COOL J - ENCORE EPISODE
Judd Apatow on Fame, Money, and the Creative Process - Ep 136
Olympic Economics with Apolo Ohno - ENCORE EPISODE
House of Gucci author, Sara Gay Forden - Ep 135
Raising Successful Kids with Julie Lythcott-Haims - Ep 134
Zen Money with Ken Honda - Ep 133
Over-thinking and What to do About It with Jon Acuff - Ep 132
From the Trailer Park to the Comedy Big Time with Rocky Dale Davis - Ep 131
Life After Public Failure with Warwick Fairfax - Ep 130
$50 Million Mistakes with Ali Partovi - Ep 129
What HBO's Succession Tells us about Wealth with James A. Miller, Meredith Blake and David Lenok - Ep 128
Thanksgiving Essays - Ep 127
Investing for Good with Judith Rodin, Joan Salwen, and Pieter van der Gaag - Ep 126
That Voice in Your Head with Ethan Kross - Ep 125
Preppy Handbook Author, Lisa Birnbach - ENCORE EPISODE
Buckhead v. Atlanta - Ep 124
Your Brain on Money with Daniel Crosby - Ep 123
From Iraq to Dancing with the Stars with J.R. Martinez - Ep 122
Stevie Van Zandt takes it all in - Ep 121
Net fulfillment v. Net worth with Bill Perkins - ENCORE EPISODE
Gianni Le Nguyen: mom, entrepreneur, Vietnamese refugee. ENCORE EPISODE
Luck v. Hard Work with Robert H. Frank- Ep 120
Are Smart People Less Happy? with Raj Raghunathan- Ep 119
How to Restore Sanity to our Political System with Charlie Wheelan - Ep 118
Andrew Sullivan Holds Nothing Back - Ep 117
How to Use Your 4,000 Weeks with Oliver Burkeman - Ep 116
A conversation with my producer Mike Carano- Ep 115
God Wants You to be Rich with Rabbi Daniel Lapin - ENCORE EPISODE
Overcoming Injury and Life After the NFL with Mohamed Massaquoi - Ep 114
Why Commitment Matters with Pete Davis - Ep 113
Does More $ = More Happy? with Sir Angus Deaton - ENCORE EPISODE
How to Change with Katy Milkman - Ep 112
Living Rich v. Dying Rich with Joe Duran of Goldman Sachs - Ep 111
Aging Well with Dr. Laura Carstensen - Ep 110
Hey everyone, this is just a quick update from Paul to talk about how summer travel will affect the production schedule for Crazy Money.
Wealth and Existential Despair with Melissa Bernstein - Ep 109
Moby on Fame, Fortune, Addiction, Animals - Ep 108
Life After Paralysis with Maura McVann Coley - Ep 107
Rebounding from Mid-life Melancholy with Jonathan Rauch - ENCORE EPISODE
How business education builds character with Matt Slaughter - Ep 106
The Science of Well-being with Dr. Laurie Santos - ENCORE EPISODE
Our possessions, ourselves with Michael Heller & James Salzman - Ep 105
Wall Street, the movie: a panel discussion - Ep 104
Wall Street Trader Turns Big Time Writer with Jared Dillian - Ep 103
Money and the Maasai people with Josphat Mako - Ep 102
Ryan Holiday on Stillness - ENCORE EPISODE
Andy Stanley on Jesus and Money - Ep 101
Crazy Money Trailer
LL COOL J on Hip Hop, money and business - Ep 100
The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good Business with Lord John Browne - Ep 99
James Altucher Skips the Line - Ep 98
Love and Money with Rachel Greenwald - Ep 97
Divorce, Anxiety, and $8B in real estate with Holly Parker- Ep 96
The Price of College with Ron Lieber - Ep 95
Working Ourselves to Death with Daniel Markovits - Ep 94
Managing Our Desires with William Irvine - Ep 93
Getting the Most from Life with Jesse Itzler - Ep 92
Peter Singer on the Moral Obligations of Money (from 2019) - ENCORE EPISODE
The Death of Tony Hsieh with Angel Au-Yeung, David Jeans and Dr. Drew Pinsky - Ep 91
Happiness Around the Globe with John Helliwell - Ep 90
Real Life Diff'rent Strokes with Kay Madati - Ep 89
Giving thanks, literally with A.J. Jacobs - ENCORE EPISODE
Life after the PGA Championship with Rich Beem - Ep 88
In defense of the Preppy with Lisa Birnbach - Ep 87
Brad Klontz, Financial Psychologist to Billionaires (from Aug, 2019) - ENCORE EPISODE
Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires with Dylan Mohan Gray - Ep 86
Family Fortune & Misfortune with Janny Scott - Ep 85
Asian-American Attitudes About Money and Success with Kathy Wang - Ep 84
The Psychology of Money with Morgan Housel - Ep 83
Olympic Economics with Apolo Ohno - Ep 82
Talking About Wealth with Jennifer Risher - Ep 81
How I Built This with Guy Raz - Ep 80
Net fulfillment v. Net worth with Bill Perkins - Ep 79
Affluence, Insolvency, and Alcohol with Kirkland Hamill - Ep 78
Happiness is Making a Living with Your Hands with Ken Rusk - Ep 77
More Choice Makes Us More Miserable with Barry Schwartz - Ep 76
In memory of Paul’s dad William Ollinger - ENCORE EPISODE
Bill Collector turned Money Coach to Millions with Chris Hogan - Ep 75
The Economics of Comedy with Kyle Kinane - Ep 74
Are our markets really free? with Denise Hearn - Ep 73
The Wisdom of Frugality with Emrys Westacott- Ep 72
Happiness for Realists with Oliver Burkeman - Ep 71
Freedom, Aliveness, and Financial well-being with Tripp Lanier - Ep 70
Addiction, work, and living “mask-free" with Mike Brody-Waite - Ep 69
Cancer, Careers, and Family with Julie Saxon- Ep 68
Does money make you happy? with Carol Graham - Ep 67
Rich v. Wealthy with Paul Sullivan - Ep 66
Money and College Admissions with Paul Tough - Ep 65
God Wants You to be Rich with Rabbi Daniel Lapin - Ep 64
Finding joy in the everyday with Laura Delizonna - Ep 63
James Lowry, Minority business pioneer- Ep 62
The bondage of student debt (with Michael Arceneaux) - Ep 61
Lori Gottlieb, author, Maybe You Should Speak with Someone -Ep 60
How Londoners survived the Blitz with Dr. Amy Bell - Ep 59
Marshall Chiles: Owner, Laughing Skull Lounge - Ep 58
Bernie Madoff victim talks loss, PTSD and suicidal thoughts with Steve Heimoff - Ep 57
Rory Scovel, world-famous / down-to-earth comedian -Ep 56
From $100mm+ to broke in six months with AJ Jain - ENCORE EPISODE
Danny Wuerffel, Heisman Trophy-winner - Ep 55
Devin Singh, author Divine Currency: The Theological Power of Money in the West - Ep 54
What happens to all the stuff we buy? with Adam Minter - Ep 53
John Soforic, author, The Wealthy Gardener - Ep 52
Bruce Daisley, author, Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat - Ep 51
Year 1 in Review of Crazy Money - Ep 50
Giving away half of your house with Kevin Salwen - Ep 49
Buddhism and money with Dominic Houlder - Ep 48
Why Happiness plummets in middle age with Jonathan Rauch - Ep 47
Mike Norton, Harvard Business School - Ep 46
Culture, marriage and money with first generation Americans with Dr. Diana and Mr. Yoshee Sodiq - Ep 45
Creator of Stacking Benjamins podcast Joe Saul-Sehy - Ep 44
Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B with Tess Vigeland - Ep 43
"The Moral Obligations of Money" with Princeton's Peter Singer - Ep 42
The Anxious Achiever Podcast with host Morra Aarons-Mele - Ep 41
"Willful" with Author Richard Robb - Ep 40
Stacey Ollinger, Paul’s wife - Ep 39
The Happiness Research Institute with its CEO, Meik Wiking - Ep 38
Failure’s lessons with AJ Jain - Ep 37
"Civilized to Death" with Author Christopher Ryan - Ep 36
"How to Be a Financial Grownup" with author and financial journalist Bobbi Rebell - Ep 35
Comedy Entrepreneur, Rick Bronson - Ep 34
"Stillness is the Key" with Author Ryan Holiday - Ep 33
"Happiness" with Professor in Psychology, Yale University, Dr. Laurie Santos - Ep 31
"Does happiness peak?" with Nobel Laureate and Economist Sir Angus Deaton - Ep 31
"Quit Like a Millionaire" with Authors Kristy Shen & Bryce Leung - Ep 30
"Chutzpah" with Author Inbal Arieli Ep - 29
"Rich People Have Problems Too" with Financial Therapist Brad Klontz - Ep 28
Short-seller who goes after “bad guys" with Marc Cohodes - Ep 27
Closing the Opportunity Divide with Year Up Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian - Ep 26
America's Got Talent finalist and two-time David Letterman guest ; Comedian Joe Matarese - Ep 25
Minimalism and Design with CEO of LifeEdited ; Graham Hill - Ep 24
"Effective Altruism" with Oxford professor Dr. Will MacAskill - Ep 23
Glamour Magazine Editor-in-Chief ; Samantha Barry - Ep 22
"Power of the Upper Middle Class" with Richard Reeves of Brookings Institution - Ep 21
"Making Money after Growing up Poor" with Comedian and Radio Legend Adam Carolla - Ep 20
"The Vietnamese Refugee" with Mom and Entrepreneur Gianni Le Nguyen - Ep 19
"An Economist Walks Into a Brothel" with Author Allison Schrager - Ep 18
Millennial Extraordinaire with Darrah Brustein - Ep 17
"Red Notice" with Author and Hedge fund Legend Bill Browder - Ep 16
Brian Portnoy, author "The Geometry of Wealth" - Ep 15
The Importance of Gratitude with A. J Jacobs - Ep 14
Growing up poor: Yancey Spruill and Susan Nicholas - Ep 13
Alfred Lubrano, journalist and author, Limbo - Ep 12
Jean Chatzky, NBC Today Show Financial Editor - Ep 11
Death and Money with "What Matters Most" author Chanel Reynolds - Ep 10
William Ollinger: Paul's 92 yr-old dad - Ep 9
Brendan O'Connell, painter, aka The Warhol of Walmart - Ep 8
Broke at 52 with Mike Carano - Ep 7
Ed Roland, lead singer of Collective Soul - Ep 6
Anna David, NYT Best-Selling Author of Party Girl - Ep 5
Raising Rich Kids Who Aren't Spoiled with Ron Lieber - Ep 4
Wall Street, Cocaine, and Money with Turney Duff - Ep 3
From 'Loveline to Celebrity Rehab' with Dr. Drew Pinsky - Ep 2
Dating While Rich with Jessica Mah: (28 year-old CEO of Indinero) - Ep 1