Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

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March 12Critiquing People’s Disney Drama (Debt, Lawsuits and Club 33 Tea)
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Vacation debt, budget-friendly hacks and some light legal drama—today we’re unpacking all things Disney! Stick around for the magic, fun and chaos.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Pineapple Blueberry Margarita Mocktail
Recipe by Yum Recipes Now
Lime juice
Pineapple juice
Blueberry syrup
Sparkling water
Salt

Instructions: Start by rubbing a lime wedge around the rim of your glass. Then, dip the rim into a plate of salt to coat it evenly. In a shaker or mixing glass, combine 3/4 ounce of fresh lime juice, 1/2 ounce of pineapple juice, and 1/2 ounce of blueberry syrup. Stir or shake gently to blend the flavors without diluting the vibrant colors. Strain the chilled mixture into your salted rim glass filled halfway with fresh ice. Then, top it off with sparkling water.

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41 min
March 05Ranking the Worst Financial Habits (and Admitting Our Guilt)
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If you can’t be the best, why not be the worst? Or at least that’s what some people must be thinking to justify their spending habits. Stick around for a bracket battle of bad money habits.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Pisco Sour
Recipe by: Liquor.com
2 ounces pisco
1 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1 egg white
Instructions: Add pisco, lime juice, simple syrup and egg white into a shaker and dry shake (without ice) vigorously. Add ice and shake again until well chilled. Strain into a chilled glass and serve!
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51 min
February 26Subtle Habits That Reveal a Quiet Millionaire
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Good manners, simple style, old-school investing—today we’re unpacking subtle “quiet millionaire” habits and teaching you how to build wealth the right way.

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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Apple Ginger Fizz Mocktail
Recipe from The Mindful Mocktail
3 ounces still apple cider
1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
6 mint leaves
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Pinch powdered cinnamon
3 ounces ginger ale
Instructions: Place apple cider, lime juice, cinnamon, apple cider vinegar and a few ice cubes into a cocktail shaker. Clap the mint together in your hands to release the scent, and add to the shaker. Shake for about 20–30 seconds until ingredients are combined. Pour into an ice-filled glass and top with ginger ale. Stir gently, garnish with mint, and serve.

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48 min
February 19Reacting to People Justifying Their Outrageous Spending Habits
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We all have our weaknesses when it comes to frivolous spending—but some of you are next level. Today, we’re reacting to (and lightly judging) the internet’s most ridiculous spending habits.

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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 “The Reddish” Maroon Manhattan
Recipe from Smart Money Happy Hour mixologist Michael Reddish
2 ounces bourbon
1 ounce dry vermouth
1 ounce amaro
2–3 dashes black walnut bitters
2–3 dashes chocolate bitters
Instructions: Add the bourbon, dry vermouth, amaro and bitters into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled. Serve in a coupe glass and enjoy!

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59 min
February 12Love and Money: Financial Decisions People Immediately Regret
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Is love blind? Some of your financial decisions certainly make it seem that way! Today, we’re reacting to people’s biggest money mistakes made on behalf of their loved ones.

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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Trophy Wife Spritz
Recipe from Fly Girl Bartending
Mint leaves
1/2 ounce honey
3 ounces club soda
3 ounces nonalcoholic sparkling wine
Grapefruit
Instructions: Place mint in the bottom of a wine glass. Add honey and club soda and stir. Fill the glass with ice and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with mint and grapefruit and enjoy!

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45 min
February 05Questioning “Life” Choices With Ken Coleman (“Would You Rather” Edition)
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Career, relationships, self-improvement—life is full of important choices, and today we’re unpacking all the options with bestselling author and The Ramsey Show co-host Ken Coleman.

Next Steps:
🎙️ Catch our episode Critiquing Your Spending Habits (and Ours) With Dr. John Delony

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🤑 Catch Ken’s episode with George: Financial Expert: These Common Money Habits Are Keeping You Poor

🤩 Catch Ken’s episode with Rachel: Marriage, Parenting and Growing Up as Dave Ramsey’s Daughter

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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Kentucky Mule
Recipe from Liquor.com
2 ounces bourbon
1/2 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
Ginger beer, to top
Garnish: mint sprig

Instructions: Add the bourbon and lime juice to a copper mug or a highball glass. Fill the mug or glass with ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a mint sprig and enjoy!

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1 hr 2 min
January 29Weird Money Habits That Will Make You Rich
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Apparently, living on less than you make and ditching your credit score is groundbreaking financial advice—but we’ll let you be the judge. If you’re willing to be a little unorthodox in order to build wealth, stay tuned! You’re in the right place.

Next Steps:
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Virgin Piña Colada
Recipe from House of Nash Eats
2 cups pineapple juice
3/4 cup cream of coconut
4 cups ice
Pineapple wedges for garnish
Maraschino cherries for garnish

Instructions: Pour the pineapple juice and cream of coconut into a high-powered blender. Add the ice. Blend for 30–60 seconds until smooth. Divide between 3–4 glasses. This makes about 5 cups of piña colada, which is about 10 ounces per person if divided between 4 people. Garnish with pineapple wedges, maraschino cherries and cocktail umbrellas before serving!

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51 min
January 22Are These Social Obligations Worth the Money?
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If an event costs you social energy, should you really have to pay actual money too? Today, we’re saying what we all wish we could write on the next birthday party, wedding shower or gender reveal RSVP—join the unfiltered fun!

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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Smoked Rosemary Negroni Sour
Recipe from: Join Jules
1 ounce gin
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce rosemary syrup
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 egg white
Splash of orange juice

Instructions: Using a lighter, light the tips of a fresh rosemary sprig until it begins to smoke. Flip your coupe glass upside down over the smoking sprig and let sit while you mix your cocktail. In a cocktail shaker, add gin, sweet vermouth, Campari, syrup, lemon juice, a splash of orange juice and egg white. Dry shake. Add ice and shake again. Double strain into the smoked glass. Garnish with a fresh rosemary sprig and a citrus wheel.

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53 min
January 15These “Get-Rich-Quick” Schemes Will Topple Your Financial Progress
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Building wealth is actually pretty simple (when you do it the right way). But there are some risky strategies out there that can topple your financial progress overnight. Join us for a live game of Jenga and some commonsense financial advice along the way.

Next Steps:
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥂 Lemon Ginger Mocktail Spritz
Recipe from Join Jules
1/2 ounce honey syrup
3/4 ounce ginger juice
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
2 ounces sparkling water

Instructions: Blend ginger with a little water and strain. Add honey syrup to a glass. Add ginger juice and lemon juice. Add ice and top with sparkling water.

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36 min
January 08Your Money Habits Are Our Financial Pet Peeves—Let’s Talk! (With Jade Warshaw)
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Are you guilty of these annoying money habits? In this episode, we sit down with Jade Warshaw to rant about our biggest financial pet peeves. Let’s get into it!

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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Tequila Old Fashioned
Recipe from Tommacy Cocktails
2 ounces reposado tequila
1/4 ounce mezcal
1/2 ounce agave nectar
2 dashes orange bitters
2 dashes black walnut bitters
Orange peel (optional)

Instructions : Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for about 20–30 seconds until well chilled. Add a bourbon ice cube to a lowball or rocks glass and strain the drink into the glass over the ice. Express an orange peel over the drink by squeezing it to release the oils. Run the peel around the rim, drop it into the drink, and enjoy!

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About Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

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Pull up a chair to the happy hour you wish your friends were having. Mix two money experts with some hot takes and a splash of nostalgia, and you get Rachel Cruze and George Kamel talking unfiltered…