Welcome to Casual Gains, the podcast that keeps professional, financial, and personal growth casual.

Today, we're continuing our Ask the MBA series with Episode 5, You Better (Net)Work, where Madi talks about the importance of building your professional and academic network while in grad school, how to maintain your network over time, and how to avoid making every conversation and connection like a transaction.

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Welcome to Casual Gains, the podcast that keeps professional, financial, and personal growth casual.

Today, we're continuing our Ask the MBA series with Episode 4, The Great Balancing Act, where Madi shares her experience getting a graduate degree, getting good grades, having a social life, and keeping a day job, all at the same time.

Join our social community by following @casual.gains on Instagram and TikTok. New episodes drop every other Friday!

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Welcome to Casual Gains, the podcast that keeps professional, financial, and personal growth casual.

Today, we're continuing our Ask the MBA series with Episode 3, How to Maintain a 4.0 GPA in Grad School. Madi shares her top tips for learning to study smarter, not harder.

Join our social community by following @casual.gains on Instagram and TikTok. New episodes drop every other Friday!

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Welcome to Casual Gains, the podcast that keeps professional, financial, and personal growth casual.

Today, we're continuing our Ask the MBA series with Episode 2, What Does Mastering a Subject Really Mean?. Madi explains how her definition differs from what you would find in the dictionary, and shares how achieving "mastery" in a niche can help you become an industry thought leader.

Join our social community by following @casual.gains on Instagram and TikTok. New episodes drop every other Friday!

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Welcome to Casual Gains, the podcast that keeps professional, financial, and personal growth casual.

Today, we're starting our Ask the MBA series with Episode 1, Choosing a Program & Getting In. Madi takes us through her application process, gives advice on choosing the right degree for you, and shares tips on how to make your application the best it can be.

Join our social community by following @casual.gains on Instagram and TikTok. New episodes drop every other Friday!

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Welcome to Casual Gains! Meet your host, Madi Burke, and learn what the podcast is all about.

Join our social community by following us @casual.gains on Instagram and TikTok. New episodes drop every other Friday!

Welcome to the first episode of Casual Gains, a low-key finance podcast for Gen Z. Thank you so much for listening! Today's episode serves as an introduction to the podcast and your host, Madi Burke (almost MBA). She discusses some generational differences affecting Gen Z's current and future financial health, and why most advice out there is biased or not realistic for Gen Z's needs and goals. Madi also discussed how she creates her monthly budget, including what to budget for and how to do it. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for updates, previews, bloopers, and additional helpful content, @casualgainspodcast! Email us at [email protected] for business inquiries, suggestions, or guest/topic requests.