If money is a placeholder (see Two Rules for Money) and you need to know what it holds a place for—does this mean that emergency accounts are wrong? Is "emergency" a sufficient place to be held? How much or how little is prudent/imprudent? Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam, as usual, have an opinion.

We've all been there. You've got so much money you don't know who to give it to. Your local almoner (?) can help. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam celebrate and advocate for a return of almoners.

Money makes you more predictable, less creative, and more controllable. Surprise, surprise, Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam still don't like money. But they give you some ideas on how to use it to become more free, creative, and virtuous.

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Magic obscures cause and effect. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam argue that money functions a bit like magic, at least obscuring the true cause and habituating us to the idea that we can be our own gods.

Many of us think of debts as finite monetary obligations, but that's just a modern re-framing. In this episode Jacob Imam argues that true debts can never be repaid and that gifts are supposed to create true debt—debt that builds a community of love rather than a system of repayment. Marc Barnes is there, too.

It may seem like Good Money is advocating eliminating all wealth. Is being rich sinful? Bad? Jacob Imam and Andrew Jones provide some nuance to the question of being rich.

F.I.R.E. = Financial Independence, Retire Early. Work is a sacramental insofar as it was a gift God gave us in the garden, which helps us participate in Him. So ceasing from work is not a good thing, but retiring from certain jobs is. Tune in with Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam to hear the pros and cons of F.I.R.E.

"Investing is good because it allows you to retire without being a burden on your kids." Is this statement true? Listen in to  get Good Money's first take on retirement with Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam.

The Council of Nicaea laid out the most foundational beliefs of Catholic doctrine: the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father. It was in this same ecumenical council, indeed, the very first ecumenical council, in which usury, lending money at interest, was condemned. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss the Church's teaching then and now.

Nichole Oresme was the first scholastic to write a treatise on the nature of money. And as no Church Father had ever written on the topic, one can say that this is the first treatise on the nature of money in the Church. His understanding of money is different than what we use today, but his insights are still worth a listen. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss.