Unless you’ve studied finance, learning how to balance your checkbook, invest in stocks, and save for retirement is no easy task. A large portion of people in the US simply don’t know much about their own personal finances.
According data from the S&P Global FinLit survey, conducted by the World Bank, Gallup and George Washington University, the US ranked 14th in the world for financial literacy of its citizens. The research also found that only 57 percent of American adults are financially literate.
Fortunately, there are podcasts designed to bridge the financial education gap. For hearing learners, podcasts can be the perfect vehicles to learn more about your personal finances and eventually put that knowledge to good use and create more wealth. Here are some of our favorites.
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From the team that created The Financial Diet, a Chelsea Fagan multi-platform media company working to change the way we talk about money, financial confessions is a weekly podcast that breaks down what you need to know about finances. Each week, Fagan sits down with experts and influencers to discuss everything from divorce to reality TV stars to certified financial planners. It’s a genuinely fun way to learn about finances without getting bogged down in vocabulary. This is a perfect podcast for beginners or anyone who is a little nosy with other people’s vulnerable financial experiences.
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Do you remember the The Robinhood fiasco of winter 2020? Well, the personal finance app is more than just a company that annoyed many users by preventing them from buying shares of GameStop, AMC, Nokia, and Blackberry. They’re also the creators of a pretty fascinating podcast on how the financial system works and how you can take advantage of it. Host and Robinhood CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev interviews YouTubers, CEOs, athletes, technologists and more to answer some of the most pressing personal finance questions today. Underhood.
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How to MoneyY is a podcast hosted by best friends Joel and Matt, who provide the knowledge and tools everyday people need to experience personal finance growth. Episodes range from paying down debt and DIY investing to fun money hacks to help you save.
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Come out and Live! is the perfect podcast for anyone trying to master their personal finances on a schedule. Host Michael Policar creates roughly 15-minute episodes on everything from diversification and stock splits to open enrollment to health care and estate planning.
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Comedian Gaby Dunn wrote the book on how she went from $32,000 in debt to personal finance expert, and now she shares that intellectual wealth on her podcast. Bad With Money With Gaby Dunn. The New York Times The best-selling author examines the intersection of finance, sentiment, and our capitalist system in an attempt to bring social justice into personal finance conversations by interviewing journalists, student loan experts, mutual aid organizers, and more.
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Planet Money from NPR It’s not strictly a personal finance podcast, but it tackles some of the biggest questions in finance today: from explaining any current financial crisis, to asking wealth managers how people can diversify their investments, to producing stories about a group of cheese makers in Switzerland. .
