Other People's Pockets

By Maya Lau

Other People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances.

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The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.

Other People's Pockets episodes:

June 21, 2023 Coss Marte on post-prison life: legal weed, workouts, and entrepreneurship
Coss Marte is a lifelong entrepreneur and the founder of CONBODY, a workout program he created in prison that employs formerly incarcerated fitness instructors. He also founded CONBUD, a legal cannabis dispensary that's taking advantage of licenses being given to people convicted of marijuana-related offenses. Coss talked about why being in prison can be so expensive, and how finding a job post-incarceration is so difficult.

Follow Coss Marte at:
Instagram: @cossmarte
Instagram: @conbudny
Instagram: @conbody
conbody.com
conbud.com

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Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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36min
June 14, 2023 Jeremy Bowditch, Politically-active, Wine-loving Ad Man who is redistributing the wealth
Jeremy Bowditch is many things: Neighborhood Council Member in Los Angeles, Lakers fan, wine snob. He's not afraid to admit that what he does to make money — advertising — doesn't light his fire. Lately, he's focused on redistributing the wealth he discovered by marrying his wife, and on being transparent about how they actually afforded a house.

Follow Jeremy Bowditch at:
Instagram: @jbowditch
Twitter: @jbowditch

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Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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43min
June 07, 2023 Ingrid Nilsen, Former YouTube Star & Entrepreneur
Ingrid Nilsen was one of the quintessential YouTube stars of the 2010’s, known for her candid, girl-next-door style videos about makeup and "boyfriend-approved" outfits. Then one day, she quit YouTube, saying goodbye to her 8 million followers and the fortune that came with them. Now, Ingrid runs a fragrance company, The New Savant, that she co-founded with Erica Anderson. She gets a paycheck, but it ain't that YouTube money.
Follow Ingrid Nilsen at:
Instagram: @ingridnilsen
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zSySQab9SA6Wz569WDgqw
Twitter: @ingridnilsen
thenewsavant.com
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Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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44min
May 31, 2023 Uzziah and Nakia Campbell, Teenage Candle Maker + His Inspirational Mom
At age 11, Uzziah Campbell founded Calm & Cure Candle Co. as a way to process the trauma of the pandemic and murders by police. Now 14, Uzziah has a growing savings account and is learning to manage the money from his business. His mom, Nakia, joins to discuss how it all comes together.
Follow Uzziah and Nakia Campbell:
Instagram: @calmandcure_candles
Instagram: @the.mental.motivator
calmandcurecandles.com
Follow Maya Lau at:
Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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37min
May 24, 2023 Ben Shewry, chef of Attica restaurant in Australia
Ben Shewry has one of the top restaurants in the world, but even he needs to supplement his income. Ben is the New Zealand-born chef and owner of Attica, in Melbourne, Australia, a highly-acclaimed yet anti-"fine dining" establishment. He talks about his paycheck, his skater punk youth, and the definition of "selling out."
Follow Ben Shewry:
Instagram: @benshewry
Attica: https://www.attica.com.au/
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Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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45min
May 23, 2023 From This Is Uncomfortable: The Price of Eggs
Today, we’re sharing a clip from the new season of "This Is Uncomfortable" — a podcast from Marketplace where host Reema Khrais digs into stories about the surprising ways money shapes our relationships, identities and the choices we make. You can find the full episode and the new season of “This is Uncomfortable” wherever you get your podcasts.
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May 17, 2023 Wednesday Martin on the economics of her open marriage
Wednesday Martin is a writer and social researcher whose #1 NYT-bestelling book, "The Primates of Park Avenue," revealed the inner world of rich Upper East Side mommies. Now, her anthropologist's eye is turned toward a different type of social currency: sex, erotic capital, cheating, "ethical" non-monogamy, and all things women's sexuality. And she reveals the tricky money conversations that go on inside her own open marriage.
Follow Wednesday Martin:
Twitter: @wednesdaymartin
Instagram: @wednesdaymartinphd
wednesdaymartin.com
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Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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40min
May 10, 2023 Pocket Dial: Mary O'Hara Explains Socioeconomic Class (+more)
It's time for a Pocket Dial! That's where we zoom out and reflect on what people are saying so far on Other People's Pockets. Mary O'Hara, an award-winning journalist whose work centers on social policy and socioeconomic class, helps us process what we're learning about people's income, class identity, and money secrets.
Follow Mary O'Hara:
Twitter: @maryohara1
Instagram: @maryoharawriter
maryoharaproductions.com
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Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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31min
May 03, 2023 Nick Sansano, Record producer and NYU professor
He's produced and mixed records for Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Sonic Youth and others, but Nick Sansano doesn't blow his royalty checks on fancy cars. How did this music maker build a life in expensive NYC despite the ups and downs of his field (and despite the sometimes ruthless politics of being an NYU professor)?
Check out Nick Sansano in his band, Bronze Fondue.
Follow Maya Lau at:
Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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36min
April 26, 2023 Katherine Spiers, Restaurant critic & Food investigator
Her job involves eating her way through L.A., but Katherine Spiers also has a less-talked-about way her finances all come together. The host of the Smart Mouth podcast and founder of TableCakes Productions explains her pivot from food writing to business ownership, her culinary curiosities, and what really causes famines.
Follow Katherine Spiers:
Twitter: @katherinespiers
Instagram: @katherine_spiers
TikTok: @katherinespiers
Listen to the Smart Mouth podcast here.
Follow Maya Lau at:
Twitter: @mayalau
Instagram: @itsmayamoney
TikTok: @itsmayamoney

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34min

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