The feminist, financial podcast aiming to smash the taboo around money through honest conversations about mistakes made, lessons learned and money myths that hold us back.
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By Charlotte Lorimer
The feminist, financial podcast aiming to smash the taboo around money through honest conversations about mistakes made, lessons learned and money myths that hold us back.
... moreThe podcast currently has 7 episodes available.
Alex Holder is a freelance journalist, consultant and author of Open Up: The Power of Talking About Money. In her book, she shares her thoughts on the emotions that surround money and gives her advice on splitting bills, navigating unpaid internships and those £400 hen dos.
https://linktr.ee/alexandreholder
https://twitter.com/AlexandreHolder
https://www.instagram.com/alexandreholder/
Books
Open Up: The Power of Talking About Money, Alex Holder
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alex-Holder/Open-Up--The-Power-of-Talking-About-Money/23289514
Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Candice-Carty-Williams/Queenie/23449724
Websites
Your Mental Wealth, Dr Brad Klontz
https://www.yourmentalwealth.com/about-us/dr-brad-klontz/
Articles
Women need to talk more openly about pay, Emma Gannon
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/emma-gannon-women-need-to-talk-more-openly-about-pay-lzpxbdvg7
Apps
Splitwise
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/splitwise/id458023433
The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.
Anna Codrea-Rado is a freelance journalist, campaigner and founder of FJ&Co, through which she organises panel discussions meet-ups. Earlier this year, she launched the #FairPayForFreelancers campaign to call for an end to payment on publication, respect to late payment fees and updates to outdated payment systems. She also a runs weekly newsletter, the Professional Freelancer and a podcast, Is this working?
https://www.annacodrearado.com/
https://twitter.com/annacod
https://www.instagram.com/annacod/
Host: Charlotte Lorimer
Music: Milly Ashbridge
Artwork: Amber Haas
Resources
First Aid for Freelancers
https://www.annacodrearado.com/first-aid-for-freelancers
Articles
How I Hacked My Most-used Apps to Calculate My Day Rate
https://contently.net/2019/02/21/resources/rates/how-i-hacked-my-most-used-apps-to-calculate-my-day-rate/
Newsletters
The Professional Freelancer
https://www.annacodrearado.com/newsletter
Ann Friedman
https://www.annfriedman.com/weekly
Quartz
https://qz.com/emails/daily-brief/
Podcasts
Is this working?
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/is-this-working/id1473508626
Instagram accounts
FJ&Co
https://www.instagram.com/fjandco/?hl=en
Facebook groups
Freelance Journalists UK
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreelanceJournalistsUK/
Freelance Heroes
https://www.facebook.com/groups/freelanceheroes/
Apps
Clockit: the Pomodoro timer
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clockit-the-pomodoro-timer/id1126290740
Monzo
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/monzo-bank/id1052238659
Starling Bank
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/starling-bank-mobile-banking/id956806430
First Direct
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/first-direct/id405905004
The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.
Mariam Jimoh is a social entrepreneur. She is the founder of Women in the City Afro-Carribbean Network, known as WCAN, the ethnic food delivery service Oja, and the publisher Onwe Press. When she set up WCAN at university in 2013, it was the first organisation of its kind. Six years on, WCAN supports 4000 black women in their professional and personal development.
https://twitter.com/TheArtofMariam
https://www.wcan.uk/
https://www.my-oja.com/
https://www.onwepress.com/preorder
Host: Charlotte Lorimer
Music: Milly Ashbridge
Artwork: Amber Haas
Definitions
Fundraising: Seeking financial support for a charity, cause, or other enterprise.
Bootstrapping: Starting up with minimal financial resources.
Books
Daughters of Nri, Reni K Amayo
https://www.onwepress.com/books/daughtersofnri
Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Candice-Carty-Williams/Queenie/23449724
"I Will Not Be Erased": Our stories about growing up as people of colour, gal-dem
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/gal-dem/I-Will-Not-Be-Erased-Our-stories-about-growing-up-as-people-of-colour/23674482
What We're Told Not to Talk About (But We're Going to Anyway): Women's Voices from East London to Ethiopia, Nimko Ali
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nimko-Ali/What-Were-Told-Not-to-Talk-About-But-Were-Going-to-Anyway/20394734
The Multi-Hyphen Method, Emma Gannon
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emma-Gannon/The-Multi-Hyphen-Method--The-Sunday-Times-business-bestseller/23289114
The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.
Ashley Agwuncha and Eve Obasuyi are pharmacists by day, bloggers by night and savers, always. In 2018, they founded the online money tips platform Money Medics, along with Ashley’s brother and Eve’s fiancé Nicholas Agwuncha. Their aim is to debunk millennial money myths.
https://linktr.ee/moneymedics
https://www.instagram.com/moneymedics/
Host: Charlotte Lorimer
Music: Milly Ashbridge
Artwork: Amber Haas
Definitions
Help to Buy: A government-backed initiative designed to help people get on the property ladder or buy a new home without a large deposit.
Mortgage: An agreement that allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organisation, especially in order to buy a house.
Interest: Money that is charged by a bank or other financial organisation for borrowing money or money that you earn from keeping your money in an account in a bank or from investments.
Credit Score: A number based on information which financial organisations consider in making decisions about lending money.
ETF: Exchange-Traded Fund, a fund that follows the level of share prices on a stock market, and that is also traded on a market.
Articles
How to become a property developer in your twenties: Trio debunk myth that millennials can’t get on housing ladder after saving for a £750k portfolio by ditching lunches out, avoiding peak travel times and only buying clothes in the sales
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6683857/Three-millennials-debunk-myth-home-ownership-building-property-portfolio-worth-750k.html
Apps
Monzo
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/monzo-bank/id1052238659
Starling Bank
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/starling-bank-mobile-banking/id956806430
Plum
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/plum-grow-your-money/id1456139507
Moneybox
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/moneybox-save-and-invest/id1049797239
ClearScore
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/clearscore-credit-tracker/id1056640628
Hargreaves Lansdown
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/hargreaves-lansdown/id450465506
Wealthify
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/wealthify-saving-investments/id1204332482
Wealthsimple
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/wealthsimple-invest-and-save/id948087968
Nutmeg
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nutmeg-saving-investment/id1127250193
Websites
Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
Shoptagr
https://beta.shoptagr.com/?source=old_shoptagr
Facebook Marketplace
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/
Gumtree
https://www.gumtree.com/
eBay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/
Trainline
https://www.thetrainline.com/
The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.
Emilié Bellet is the author of You’re Not Broke, You’re Pre-Rich, a practical guide for streamlining your finances, and the founder and CEO of Vestpod, the digital platform and community that empowers women financially through education, workshops and events. While working for the investment bank Lehman Brothers, she became acutely aware of the financial literacy gap, especially for women. Vestpod and her You’re Not Broke, You’re Pre-Rich aim to change this.
https://www.vestpod.com/
https://twitter.com/emilieldn
https://twitter.com/VestPod
https://www.instagram.com/vestpod/
Host: Charlotte Lorimer
Music: Milly Ashbridge
Artwork: Amber Haas
Definitions
ISA: Individual savings account, a scheme allowing individuals to hold cash, shares, and unit trusts free of tax on dividends, interest, and capital gains.
Stock: The capital raised by a company or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares.
Share: One of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of the profits.
Dividend: A sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
Bond: A certificate issued by a government or a public company promising to repay borrowed money at a fixed rate of interest at a specified time.
Coupon: A detachable portion of a bond which is given up in return for a payment of interest.
Fund: A supply of capital belonging to numerous investors that provides a broader selection of opportunities, greater management expertise and lower investment fees than investors might be able to obtain on their own.
Portfolio: A range of investments held by a person or organisation.
APR: Annual or annualised percentage rate (used typically of interest on loans or credit).
Compound interest: The addition of interest to the principal sum of a loan or deposit, or in other words, interest on interest.
Impact investing: Investments made into companies, organisations, and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Net worth: Everything you own minus everything you owe.
SIPP: A self-invested personal pension, a pension plan that enables the holder to choose and manage the investments made.
Books
You’re Not Broke, You’re Pre-Rich: How to streamline your finances, stay in control of your bank balance and have more GBP, Emilié Bellet
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emilie-Bellet/Youre-Not-Broke-Youre-Pre-Rich--How-to-streamline-your-fi/23569589
Work Like a Woman: A Manifesto For Change Paperback, Mary Portas
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mary-Author-Portas/Work-Like-a-Woman--A-Manifesto-For-Change/23641476
Money: A User’s Guide, Laura Whateley
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Laura-Whateley/Money-A-Users-Guide/22214660
Websites
Inflation calculator
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator
Boring Money
https://www.boringmoney.co.uk/?signupfrom=https://www.google.com/
Apps
Moneybox
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/moneybox-save-and-invest/id1049797239
Wealthsimple
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/wealthsimple-invest-and-save/id948087968
Starling Bank
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/starling-bank-mobile-banking/id956806430
Monzo
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/monzo-bank/id1052238659
The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.
Alice Tapper is the founder of Go Fund Yourself, an online platform and community which makes personal finance relatable. Her book, Go Fund Yourself, has five sections: Learn It, Earn It, Start It, Spend It and Invest It. It covers everything from the history of money and consumerism to financial mindsets and how to make a budget work for you.
https://linktr.ee/go_fund_yourself_
https://twitter.com/AliceRTapper
https://www.instagram.com/go_fund_yourself_/
Host: Charlotte Lorimer
Music: Milly Ashbridge
Artwork: Amber Haas
Definitions
ISA: Individual savings account, a scheme allowing individuals to hold cash, shares, and unit trusts free of tax on dividends, interest, and capital gains.
Pension: A regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life.
GDP: Gross domestic product, the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
Share: One of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of the profits.
Compound interest: The addition of interest to the principal sum of a loan or deposit, or in other words, interest on interest.
Dividend: A sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
APR: Annual Percentage Rate, a percentage that represents the actual yearly cost of funds over the term of a loan.
Books
Go Fund Yourself: What Money Means in the 21st Century, How to be Good at it and Live Your Best Life, Alice Tapper
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alice-Tapper/Go-Fund-Yourself--What-Money-Means-in-the-21st-Century-Ho/22991633
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sheryl-Sandberg/Lean-In--Women-Work-and-the-Will-to-Lead/17559860
My Thoughts Exactly, Lily Allen
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lily-Allen/My-Thoughts-Exactly--The-No1-Bestseller/23016169
Apps
Wealthsimple
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/wealthsimple-invest-and-save/id948087968
Wealthify
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/wealthify-saving-investments/id1204332482
The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.
Harriet Allner is a writer and senior account manager at Common Industry, a purpose-led communications agency. In collaboration with the app-only bank Starling, she led the#MakeMoneyEqual campaign which called out the media on speaking to men and women differently about money. Outside of Common Industry, she has written for Metro and has her own blog The Scribble Bug.
https://thescribblebug.com/
https://twitter.com/TheScribbleBug
https://www.instagram.com/thescribblebug/
Host: Charlotte Lorimer
Music: Milly Ashbridge
Artwork: Amber Haas
Definitions
FinTech: Financial technology.
ISA: Individual savings account, a scheme allowing individuals to hold cash, shares, and unit trusts free of tax on dividends, interest, and capital gains.
Stock: The capital raised by a company or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares.
Share: One of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of the profits.
Bond: A certificate issued by a government or a public company promising to repay borrowed money at a fixed rate of interest at a specified time.
Books
Open Up: The Power of Talking About Money, Alex Holder
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alex-Holder/Open-Up--The-Power-of-Talking-About-Money/23289514
The Money Revolution: Easy Ways to Manage Your Finances in a Digital World, Anne Boden
https://www.koganpage.com/product/the-money-revolution-9781789660616
The Multi-Hyphen Method, Emma Gannon
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emma-Gannon/The-Multi-Hyphen-Method--The-Sunday-Times-business-bestseller/23289114
Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible, Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Yomi-Adegoke/Slay-In-Your-Lane--The-Black-Girl-Bible/22326316
Little Black Book, Otegha Uwagba
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Otegha-Uwagba/Little-Black-Book/23155603
When’s Happy Hour? Work Hard So You Can Hardly Work, Betches
https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Whens-Happy-Hour/Betches/9781501198984
You’re Not Broke, You’re Pre-Rich: How to streamline your finances, stay in control of your bank balance and have more GBP, Emilié Bellet
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emilie-Bellet/Youre-Not-Broke-Youre-Pre-Rich--How-to-streamline-your-fi/23569589
Go Fund Yourself: What Money Means in the 21st Century, How to be Good at it and Live Your Best Life, Alice Tapper
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alice-Tapper/Go-Fund-Yourself--What-Money-Means-in-the-21st-Century-Ho/22991633
Money: A User’s Guide, Laura Whateley
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Laura-Whateley/Money-A-Users-Guide/22214660
Instagram accounts
Money Medics
https://www.instagram.com/moneymedics/?hl=en
Go Fund Yourself
https://www.instagram.com/go_fund_yourself_/?hl=en
Betches
https://www.instagram.com/betches/?hl=en
Websites
Money and Mental Health
https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/
National Numeracy
https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/
Apps
Depop
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/depop/id518684914
Starling Bank
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/starling-bank-mobile-banking/id956806430
Splitwise
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/splitwise/id458023433
Moneybox
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/moneybox-save-and-invest/id1049797239
Flux
https://www.tryflux.com/
Podcasts
The High Low: Should Celebrities Be Involved In Prison Reform?; & The Lunacy of Hen/Stag Season (41:32)
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/should-celebrities-be-involved-in-prison-reform-lunacy/id1211338187?i=1000440625458
Where Shall We Begin?
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/where-should-we-begin-with-esther-perel/id1237931798
The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.
The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.