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Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger — 336 episodes

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1

How Empathy Is Destroying Western Civilization (with Gad Saad)

2

The Richest Family You've Never Heard Of

3

TRIGGERnometry's Francis Foster on Teaching, Comedy, and Why the U.K. is Fucked

4

W. Kamau Bell on Cosby, Comedy, and Father's Day

5

5 Questions with Bruce Feiler

6

5 Questions with Andy Borowitz

7

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

8

5 Questions with A.J. Jacobs

9

I Read My Essays to You

10

5 Questions with Dave Barry

11

Gretchen Rubin Will Teach You to be Happy

12

Money, Family & Comedy w/Roy Wood Jr.

13

How to Get Rich in America

14

The Fragile Power of Wealth

15

Surviving the Loss of a Child

16

Millionaires v. Billionaires in NYC

17

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

18

Money, Fame, and Misery: Meet the Beatles

19

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

20

Gina Gershon on Fame, Desire, and Boobs

21

The Courage to Be Right w/ Matt Kaplan

22

Insider Trading w/Tom Hardin

23

Surviving Middle Age w/ Ben Markovits

24

Marriage, Infidelity, and Millennial Disillusionment with Erin Somers

25

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

26

From Apartheid to Atlanta w/ Robyn Curnow

27

Rewrite Mental Illness w/Laura Delano

28

Find your Essential Intent w/ Greg McKeown

29

High Net Worth Divorce with Laura Wasser

30

Surviving the College Application Process w/ Jeffrey Selingo

31

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

32

Confronting Mortality with Thad Reichley

33

Walking Away from Fame and Money with Rachel Heck

34

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

35

Stoic Street Smarts w/ Ed Latimore

36

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

37

Why You Will Never Feel Rich w/ Daniel Crosby

38

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

39

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

40

Laughing at Death w/ John Kenney

41

Rise of Populism w/ Brad Todd

42

From Prison to Oprah

43

Vote for Jesus! w/ Jonathan Rauch

44

Tribalism is Dumb (w/Andrew Heaton)

45

Puck CEO, Sarah Personette

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

Jeffery Toobin on Presidential Power | Reasonably Happy Podcast

50

A Poet’s Wild Past w/ Edward Hirsch

51

Has Affirmative Action FAILED? | Richard Kahlenberg & Paul Ollinger

52

Facing Down Trump with Jocelyn Benson

53

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

54

From Chaos to Cambridge

55

From Chaos to Cambridge - Rob Henderson

56

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

57

Laurie Woolever- Dark Side of Celebrity Chefs

58

E.A. Hanks - Famous Father, Troubled Mother

59

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

60

Jane Borden- Cults Like Us | Reasonably Happy

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

Bruce Vilanch: Hollywood Stories | Reasonably Happy

65

Gretchen Rubin: Happiness Hacks | Reasonably Happy

66

Fire Up Your Marriage with Carolyn Sharp | Reasonably Happy

67

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

68

Comedian Matt Ruby | Reasonably Happy

69

Nathan Macintosh | Reasonably Happy

70

Paul Shaffer | Reasonably Happy

71

Deepak Chopra & Dr. John Kaag | Reasonably Happy

72

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

73

Is music meaningless? | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

74

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

75

I sleep with a blankie | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

76

Start Thinking Rich | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

77

Claiming Confidence | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

78

What Cocaine Taught Me | Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

79

The People Who Never Quit with Henry Oliver

80

A Poet’s Life (with In-Q)

81

“Second Class” Americans with Batya Ungar-Sargon

82

Why the News is Bad with Angus Hervey

83

Fighting for the Family Business with Stephanie Stuckey

84

Persevering Through Grief with Nicole Avant

85

On The Move

86

Who killed Rudolf Diesel? (with Doug Brunt)

87

Restoring Politcal Sanity with Charlie Wheelan (Encore)

88

Mike Posner on Life Beyond Fame and Fortune

89

Andrew Yang on Our Broken Political System (Encore)

90

The Third Path with Jordan Harbinger

91

Living The Constitution with AJ Jacobs

92

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

93

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

94

Death, Dying, and Israel with Rabbi Steve Leder

95

The Wealth Money Can’t Buy with Robin Sharma

96

America’s Government Teacher, Sharon McMahon

97

Poor Kid Makes Millions Trading, Fights Inequality with Gary Stevenson

98

The Narcissist Next-door with Dr. Ramani Durvasula

99

TED's Chris Anderson on Infectious Generosity

100

Mike and Paul’s Road Trip

101

On Fire for Life with John O’Leary

102

Paul Reads Money Essays

103

Race and Money with Coleman Hughes (Encore)

104

The Joys and Anxieties of Wealth (Encore)

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

Author Gary Sernovitz

109

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

110

Paul Reads His Thanksgiving Essays

111

Ed Begley Jr. on Finding Serenity in Hollywood

112

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

113

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

114

The NHL, Brain Injury, and Psilocybin with Daniel Carcillo

115

Paul and Cal Fussman Talk Israel, Hamas

116

On Losing Billions with Victor Haghani

117

How Fear Can be Your Friend with Farnoosh Torabi

118

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

119

Why 2 Parents Are Better Than One with Melissa Kearney

120

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

121

Break Free from Automated Spending Habits with Julio Vincent Gambuto

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

Self Help for Mediocre People with Laura Belgray

126

High Net Worth Divorce with Laura Wasser

127

Finding Hidden Assets in Divorce Discovery with Nick Himonidis

128

Divorce For Wealthy Women with Olivia Summerhill

129

I See Rich People (with Will Vogt)

130

Student Loan Debacle with Oren Cass

131

The All-or-Nothing Marriage with Eli Finkel

132

Wall Street, Cocaine, and Recovery with Turney Duff

133

Staying Hungry in Your 50’s

134

Searching for Meaning at Work with Bruce Feiler

135

Family Fortune and Misfortune with Janny Scott (Encore)

136

Kevn Kinney is Done Auditioning

137

Starting from the Bottom with Justin Richmond

138

Is Private School Worth it?

139

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

140

Cooking with Money w/ Frankie Celenza

141

Wealthy Woman Flies Southwest with Leah Rudick

142

Morgan Housel on The Psychology of Money (Encore)

143

Cars, Sex, and Money with Robert Searle

144

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

145

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

146

Mass Hole Donuts co-founder Peter Gladstone

147

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

148

A Hollywood Dream Career with Larry Thompson

149

New Fame, New Money with Katherine Blanford

150

Crazy Money's direction in 2023

151

How Your Mindset Can Change Your World with David Robson

152

Growing Up Rich with Kristin Keffeler

153

Why Boys and Men are Struggling with Richard Reeves

154

The Need to Belong with Geoffrey L. Cohen

155

The Hedge Fund Legend Hugh Hendry

156

Money and Opioids with Barry Meier

157

Why Status Matters with Will Storr

158

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

159

Emotions and Money Stress with Ken Honda

160

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

161

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

162

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

163

Porn, Money, and Women in Hollywood with Maitland Ward

164

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

165

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

166

Student Loan Debt with Oren Cass

167

Surviving the Market Meltdown with Ben Carlson

168

Universal Basic Income with Andrew Yang

169

Racial Wealth Gap with Coleman Hughes

170

Buy this, not that! with Author Sam Dogen

171

Soul in the Game with Vitaliy Katsenelson

172

Life after the PGA Championship with Rich Beem - ENCORE EPISODE

173

The Problem with Choice with Barry Schwartz - ENCORE EPISODE

174

Hedge Fund Novelist with Jay Newman - Ep 145

175

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

176

Money and Comedy with Christian Finnegan - Ep 143

177

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

178

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

179

Fixing Financial Chaos with Joe Saul-Sehy - Ep 140

180

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

181

Comparison and the Ultimate Money Delusion - Ep 138

182

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

183

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

184

LL COOL J - ENCORE EPISODE

185

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

186

Olympic Economics with Apolo Ohno - ENCORE EPISODE

187

House of Gucci author, Sara Gay Forden - Ep 135

188

Raising Successful Kids with Julie Lythcott-Haims - Ep 134

189

Zen Money with Ken Honda - Ep 133

190

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

191

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

192

Life After Public Failure with Warwick Fairfax - Ep 130

193

$50 Million Mistakes with Ali Partovi - Ep 129

194

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

195

Thanksgiving Essays - Ep 127

196

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

197

That Voice in Your Head with Ethan Kross - Ep 125

198

Preppy Handbook Author, Lisa Birnbach - ENCORE EPISODE

199

Buckhead v. Atlanta - Ep 124

200

Your Brain on Money with Daniel Crosby - Ep 123

201

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

202

Stevie Van Zandt takes it all in - Ep 121

203

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

204

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

205

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

206

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

207

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

208

Andrew Sullivan Holds Nothing Back - Ep 117

209

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

210

A conversation with my producer Mike Carano- Ep 115

211

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

212

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

213

Why Commitment Matters with Pete Davis - Ep 113

214

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

215

How to Change with Katy Milkman - Ep 112

216

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

217

Aging Well with Dr. Laura Carstensen - Ep 110

218

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

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Wealth and Existential Despair with Melissa Bernstein - Ep 109

220

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

221

Life After Paralysis with Maura McVann Coley - Ep 107

222

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

223

How business education builds character with Matt Slaughter - Ep 106

224

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

225

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

226

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

227

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

228

Money and the Maasai people with Josphat Mako - Ep 102

229

Ryan Holiday on Stillness - ENCORE EPISODE

230

Andy Stanley on Jesus and Money - Ep 101

231

Crazy Money Trailer

232

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

233

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

234

James Altucher Skips the Line - Ep 98

235

Love and Money with Rachel Greenwald - Ep 97

236

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

237

The Price of College with Ron Lieber - Ep 95

238

Working Ourselves to Death with Daniel Markovits - Ep 94

239

Managing Our Desires with William Irvine - Ep 93

240

Getting the Most from Life with Jesse Itzler - Ep 92

241

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

242

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

243

Happiness Around the Globe with John Helliwell - Ep 90

244

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

245

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

246

Life after the PGA Championship with Rich Beem - Ep 88

247

In defense of the Preppy with Lisa Birnbach - Ep 87

248

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

249

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

250

Family Fortune & Misfortune with Janny Scott - Ep 85

251

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

252

The Psychology of Money with Morgan Housel - Ep 83

253

Olympic Economics with Apolo Ohno - Ep 82

254

Talking About Wealth with Jennifer Risher - Ep 81

255

How I Built This with Guy Raz - Ep 80

256

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

257

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

258

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

259

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

260

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

261

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

262

The Economics of Comedy with Kyle Kinane - Ep 74

263

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

264

The Wisdom of Frugality with Emrys Westacott- Ep 72

265

Happiness for Realists with Oliver Burkeman - Ep 71

266

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

267

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

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

269

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

270

Rich v. Wealthy with Paul Sullivan - Ep 66

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Money and College Admissions with Paul Tough - Ep 65

272

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

273

Finding joy in the everyday with Laura Delizonna - Ep 63

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James Lowry, Minority business pioneer- Ep 62

275

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

276

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

277

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

278

Marshall Chiles: Owner, Laughing Skull Lounge - Ep 58

279

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

280

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

281

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

282

Danny Wuerffel, Heisman Trophy-winner - Ep 55

283

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

284

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

285

John Soforic, author, The Wealthy Gardener - Ep 52

286

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

287

Year 1 in Review of Crazy Money - Ep 50

288

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

289

Buddhism and money with Dominic Houlder - Ep 48

290

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

291

Mike Norton, Harvard Business School - Ep 46

292

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

293

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

294

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

295

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

296

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

297

"Willful" with Author Richard Robb - Ep 40

298

Stacey Ollinger, Paul’s wife - Ep 39

299

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

300

Failure’s lessons with AJ Jain - Ep 37

301

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

302

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

303

Comedy Entrepreneur, Rick Bronson - Ep 34

304

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

305

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

306

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

307

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

308

"Chutzpah" with Author Inbal Arieli Ep - 29

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

310

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

311

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

312

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

313

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

314

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

315

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

316

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

317

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

318

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

319

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

320

Millennial Extraordinaire with Darrah Brustein - Ep 17

321

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

322

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

323

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

324

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

325

Alfred Lubrano, journalist and author, Limbo - Ep 12

326

Jean Chatzky, NBC Today Show Financial Editor - Ep 11

327

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

328

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

329

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

330

Broke at 52 with Mike Carano - Ep 7

331

Ed Roland, lead singer of Collective Soul - Ep 6

332

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

333

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

334

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

335

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

336

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