The Stacking Benjamins Show

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Named 2023 Best Personal Finance podcast by Bankrate.com, The Stacking Benjamins Show has a light and friendly tone. Hosts Joe Saul-Sehy and OG aim to make financial literacy fun for all as they sit around the card table in Joe's Mom's half-finished basement and talk with experts about personal finance, saving, investing, and important money trends. As Fast Company once wrote, the Stacking Benjamins podcast "strikes a great balance of fun and functional." So join Joe and OG every Monday, Wednesday and Friday as they read your letters, discuss major headlines, and throw in some trivia and laughs for free.

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Tiffany Aliche Shares a BIG...

11.27.2023

Everyone says they know a great "money hack" but Tiffany Aliche (The Budgetnista, Brown Ambition podcast), knows LOTS of them and shares one that Joe calls "his favorite" core idea. While we aren't really fans of the term "money hack," ...

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11.27.2023 Tiffany Aliche Shares a BIG Money Hack and a Sad Money Truth (SB1441) Everyone says they know a great "money hack" but Tiffany Aliche (The Budgetnista, Brown Ambition podcast), knows LOTS of them and shares one that Joe calls "his favorite" core idea. While we aren't really fans of the term "money hack," ...
11.24.2023 Top 5 Board Games about Money and Business With Candice Harris from BoardGameGeek (SB1440) Welcome to Joe's favorite episode of the year—our annual Black Friday board game episode! Joining us on this Black Friday, we are thrilled to welcome the BoardGameGeek herself, Candace Harris! She'll give us the lowdown on what's hot when it ...
11.22.2023 Our 2023 Hot (and not) Tech Guide (SB1439) Some of the most expensive items in your life after your home and transportation are technology related. That's why each year, before Black Friday, we dive into our favorite technology items with CNET's expert Bridget Carey. This year Bridget shares ...
11.20.2023 Save Big Money on Holiday Gifts (SB1438) With prices up (inflation) and wages stagnant, this is a GREAT year to look to save big on holiday gifts (and also to save big on those things you needed to buy anyway for around the house!). Regina Conway from ...
11.17.2023 Top 5 Ways To Get Rich (SB1437) Are you looking to become rich? How do you define rich? What are your preconceived ideas about how to best get there? On today's special roundtable discussion, we're tackling that question and debating what the "best" ways are to hit ...
11.15.2023 Stop Chasing Shortcuts and Bet on Yourself (with BiggerPockets' David Greene) SB 1436 Everyone wants something for nothing. Today's guest says the term "passive income" is a lie, and he's the guy hosting the biggest podcast in the "passive" income space...BiggerPockets! David Greene joins us again, this time to share his journey from ...
11.14.2023 Investing In An Election Year (Special Episode - SB1435) It seems like an uncertain time, doesn't it? High inflation, high interest rates, job uncertainty for some...and just under one year from now, a huge presidential election. These are the types of years when people sit out of the financial ...
11.13.2023 Four Strategies to Transform Your Workplace Performance into Brilliance (with Andrew McAfee): SB1431 Here's a question: who walked into work recently and said, "I hope I suck at my job today?" I'm hoping the answer is NONE of our Stacker community. And yet, many of us underperform every day. Why? There are so ...
11.10.2023 What If The Market Collapses? (REWIND SB1433) Our top article today discusses the current financial markets. If you thought stocks were going to move south, why wouldn’t you do anything about it? We ask our panel today that question and two more. Today’s show features an all-star ...
11.08.2023 How Personal is “Personal” Finance? (REWIND SB1432) On today's special Stacking Benjamins Rewind episode, we jump into the way back machine to listen to an episode from our friend Doc G's Earn & Invest Podcast. If you think personal finance is personal, you're mistaken! We hear it ...
11.06.2023 Saving Distressed Neighborhoods Through Responsible Real Estate Investing In today's special rewind episode, we feature an episode from our sister show, The Stacking Deeds Show. Are you a novice investor interested in real estate? Do you want to learn how to navigate the world of real estate investing ...
11.03.2023 How Will You Create “The Best Days of Your Life”? (SB1430) At what age do you think will be the best days of your life? How do changing priorities impact how you view happiness? What role does stress play in detracting from the best days? What role do finances and financial ...
11.01.2023 Rising Interest Rates, Uncertain Retirement, and Changing Working Conditions: What We Worry About (Live from FinCon 2023) SB1429 What keeps YOU up at night? We asked an All-Star panel that you can only put together at a big conference like FinCon...and today we do just that. We're recording LIVE from the moomoo podcast booth at FinCon 2023 with ...
10.30.2023 Fixing a Toxic Walk Toward Financial Independence (with the FIoneers) Financial independence. It's often presented by writers as the place dreams are made of. You've reached this magical place called "enough" and now life is all unicorns and rainbows. But what happens when you realize that the march toward shoveling ...
10.27.2023 Stop Pressing Life's Easy Button (SB1427) Les Brown, no stranger to hard work and the resulting success it brings, famously said, “Do what is easy, and your life will be hard. Do what is hard, and your life will become easy.” Does the secret to creating ...
10.25.2023 Life Advice From a Top American Entrepreneur - Panera Founder Ron Shaich (SB1426) Want to know how to stack AND enjoy more Benjamins? Us too! That's why we like taking life advice from the right people. In our minds, Ron Shaich, founder and former CEO of Panera Bread joins us to talk about ...
10.23.2023 Our Top 5 Ways to Save Money Fast (SB 1425) Has the cost of...everything...got you down? Us, too. That's why today we bring you our Top 5 Ways to Cut Expenses Fast! If you're looking for some easy wins, we're bringin' them, along with a couple ways that may not ...
10.20.2023 Can You Balance Time and Financial Freedom? ep 1424 Are you letting your dreams of financial freedom slip through your fingers, always putting them off until tomorrow? Join us for today's special roundtable discussion, where we explore the art of not postponing gratification while still pursuing your financial freedom. ...
10.18.2023 Travel Savings Hacks: Reward Programs, Travel Guides, and Best Practices (with Lee Huffman) SB1423 Where have you seen inflation the most? Maybe in travel. Between flights, the rental car, lodging, and admission fees, it feels like it takes FIVE bags of Benjamins to leave your back door for a long weekend! On today's show, ...
10.16.2023 Stumbling Toward -- and achieving -- Your Goals (Live from Bali!) SB1422 Ever think that you aren't sure where you're headed with your money? Today we talk to TWO guests who began experimenting and found themselves much more prepared for the future than they'd thought. First, Annie decided it was time to ...
10.13.2023 When Have Your Saving, Spending and Earning Habits Gone Too Far? (SB 1421) How much is too much of a good thing? How do we achieve the optimal balance between the two extremes of cheapskate and YOLO? Joining us for this extreme discussion we welcome the founder of the EconoME Conference and Doug's ...
10.11.2023 Stop Guessing On Your Investment Choices (featuring Frank Legan) SB 1420 With so much emphasis placed on saving and investing throughout your working career to insure a secure and wealthy retirement, sometimes enjoying your life today can take a backseat. On today's show, we're joined by author Frank Legan to talk ...
10.09.2023 They Flipped Their Way To Financial Independence (SB1419) Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of stuff you have accumulated? Ever looked at the mountains of stuff and wondered how many Benjamins you could flip that into? Joining us today are a husband-and-wife team, professional flippers ...
10.06.2023 Does a "Wealthy Life" Mean More Money? (SB1418) How do you define a wealthy life, and what how do you identify "wealthy?" On today's special roundtable, our panelists share their reactions to a piece that tackles how we define wealth—and not all wealth is tied to how many ...
10.04.2023 How Fear Can Help You Manage Money Better (with Farnoosh Torabi) SB1417 Fear is such an innate and naturally occurring emotion that we may write off irrational fear, or even living in a constant state of fear as normal. What impact do your acquired or ingrained fears have on your life, success, ...
10.02.2023 How Liz Elting Went From a Horrible Career to Billions With One BIG Career A-Ha (SB1416) How much should personal passion factor into our choice of job/career/professional pursuit? Is it acceptable to be content with going after a sweet stack of Benjamins, even if the way you earn them doesn't align with your passion? Why do ...
09.29.2023 How Polluted Is Your Financial Plan? How is your thinking plan looking? Is it all clear skies and amber waves of grain? Or is it a pollution-riddled smog alert experienced during rush hour in LA - if it were next to an erupting Mt. Saint Helens? ...
09.27.2023 Mastering Emotions and Maximizing Energy in Financial Decisions How much of your own emotions and energy go into your financial decisions? Dr. Julia DiGangi joins Joe to chat about how to master your emotions and maximize your energy. She teaches us how to recognize stress triggers so you ...
09.25.2023 Secrets to Unbreakable Confidence and Financial Success (ep 1413) Are you ready to maximize your confidence and unleash your inner bad bitch (even if you're a guy)? Today's interview with certified and self-proclaimed bad bitch Lisa Carmen Wang, and it's one you do not want to miss if you're ...
09.22.2023 A Big Money Lesson From Taylor Swift (ep 1412) Taylor Swift made even more headlines when she decided to sidestep traditional Hollywood studios and distribute her new movie, filmed as part of her Eras Tour, directly to movie theaters and millions of her adoring fans. What does Taylor know ...
09.20.2023 From Burnout to Fully Charged: Building Energy To Create Wealth SB1411 You have one money-making engine that's greater than all of the rest: you. Many of us duct tape our health, popping pills for symptoms and covering up the root causes of our energy depletion. Burnout shows itself in a myriad ...
09.18.2023 Surprise! I've Achieved Financial Independence (plus young entrepreneurs LIVE from Camp FI) SB1410 Imagine that you JUST figured out what the financial independence movement is all about. You've been saving, but doing nothing exotic. You earlier had thought that putting money in the stock market was "gambling," like many people do. Today, though, ...
09.15.2023 Dump These 8 Things To Clear Clutter and Save Money (SB1409) What could be better than clearing clutter and saving money at the same time? And just in time for the upcoming holiday season! Maybe you'll end up with more cash in your pocket to get through the traditionally rough holiday ...
09.13.2023 Trading Time For Money: Building a Small But Mighty Real Estate Empire (SB1408) Trading time for money. Most of us do it. In fact, before financial revolutionary Vicki Robbin (find her on past episodes), the practice was even more prevalent. Chad Carson is a real estate investor who believes that if you're building ...
09.11.2023 The Naked Money Meeting: Where Money and Communication Collide Are you ready to get intimate? Really intimate? Bare it all and totally expose yourself with your partner? We're jumping into financial bed with Erin Skye Kelly to learn about the relationship-saving power of scheduling regular "naked money meetings." Rather ...
09.08.2023 5 Exercises To Improve Your Money Life with Suzanne Lucas (REWIND) ep 1406 On today's evergreen Friday roundtable rewind episode from August 21, 2020, we dive into doing financial fitness exercises to build better money habits with the Financially Savvy Latina herself, Natalie Torres-Haddad. Also joining us is Richard Simmons, showing us all ...
09.06.2023 Building a Strong Real Estate Foundation: Tips for Novice Investors with Paula Pant (Special Episode) SB 1405 Ever wonder how real estate investors reach the summit of success? Our friend and regular Friday roundtable contributor, Paula Pant, joined Joe and Crystal Hammond on the most recent episode of our sister show, Stacking Deeds, Building a Strong Real ...
09.04.2023 The Magic of Relationships (even in construction!) with Mark Ellison (Special Edition) SB 1404 Join us for a special Rewind Week edition as we check in with Crystal Hammond and our sister show geared toward real estate investing, Stacking Deeds! She sits down with the best carpenter in the remodeling business, Mark Ellison, to ...
09.01.2023 Financial Planning Strategies: Creating a Budget That Works (SB1403) Are your household finances running like a well-oiled machine? Does each member of the household know his or her role(s) in reaching your own financial planning strategies? Who's your family's CFO? Who's got the COO role? Joining our roundtable to ...
08.30.2023 What Topics In Personal Finance Worry Us? (Live from Podcast Movement - SB1402) Ever wonder what personal finance topics worry everyone else? You're not alone. We all wonder if our view of the world (and personal finance, by extension), are the same that other people hold. That's why today we're live from the ...
08.28.2023 Charting Paths to Financial Independence (SB 1401) Is the secret to achieving your financial independence in taking a never-ending sabbatical? We're thrilled to have sisters Sammie and Michelle Varghese to discuss what they've learned about financial independence and how taking time off work can lead to greater ...
08.25.2023 Use Mindset Magic To Transform Struggles Into Triumphs (SB1400) Does a hard life automatically mean you're destined to struggle with finances? On today's show, we're all about mindset and how adopting the right mindset can set you on the path to financial success—and how having the wrong money mindset ...
08.23.2023 Getting Zen With Your Money SB1399 How much is enough? Enough money, enough status, enough possessions, enough leisure? We are happy to welcome Manisha Thakor to the basement to discuss some of the revelations she learned after experiencing what she calls the "cult of never enough." ...
08.21.2023 Top 5 Money Lessons From Movie Characters (SB1398) What lessons have you learned from the silver screen? Today we dive into LOTS of great lessons about finance from our favorite films. Joe and OG both prep their top 5 and do not share them with each other until ...
08.18.2023 Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Industry Expertise Where Do You Get Your Advice? (SB 1397) Where do YOU turn for true financial advice? Your family and friends? A CFP professional? Your bridge club crew? TikTok??? On today's special Friday roundtable episode we're thrilled to have an all-CFP lineup to each give their two cents on ...
08.16.2023 Teaching Better Money Lessons - Our Back to School/Back to Work episode! (SB1396) As we buckle up and prep for fall we think "curriculum." What lessons do we need in our life? What lessons do our children need from us? Whether you're headed back to work or back to school, we're diving into ...
08.14.2023 The Power of Confidence When Investing (SB1395) If you've been wondering HOW to get where you want to go. If you've been wondering WHY you aren't getting the results you want. If you wonder WHERE you should look for better ideas, Peter Atwater has you covered on ...
08.11.2023 Invest Better: How To Slash Taxes in Your Portfolio (SB1394) Believe it or not, where you hold your investments can have a big effect on how much money you actually keep - even if you don't touch them! On today's special Friday roundtable, we're talking tax efficiency, and what account ...
08.09.2023 Inflation and the Price of a Sandwich - Len Penzo's Annual Study (SB1393) Our annual look at inflation is back...by looking at the price of a sandwich! Award winning blogger Len Penzo joins us to reveal his look at ten different sandwiches and how their prices have changed since a year ago. What's ...
08.07.2023 Building a Better Life with Lessons from The Past (SB1392) Thinking about a better future? Maybe look at what happened to you during your childhood and learn lessons that can help you grow. That's what today's guest, Charles McCarrick did. He took important lessons from some hilarious, educational, and sometimes ...

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