Our last episode of 2016! Dan Ariely, TED Talk star, Duke University professor and bestselling author of "Payoff," Rationally Irrational" and others talks to me about why we make terrible financial decisions, why comedians are fascinating, getting out of debt parties and why money can't buy you happiness.
Ace Callwood is an entrepreneur. His specialty? Freelancers and taxes. In this episode he tells the ups and downs of starting his own business and how freelancers have to look out for themselves -- but it helps if you have the right tools to keep it all together.
Here come the bills! Sarah Tollemache is a comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing and in clubs all over the US. She's planning her wedding and she's got a few things to say about money, marriage, medical bills and being broke.
Jake Hart, a NYC storyteller and bon vivant is clean and sober and here to tell us a so-horrible-you-have-to-laugh story about a really shitty time in his life when he was kicked out of his apartment with no money, no job and no prospects. He tells us what he learned from living on the streets for a short time and what he learned.
Karen Duffy, known to millions of loyal MTV fans and 90's nostalgia lovers as "Duff," was killing it on television and in the movies. Then, unexpectedly, her career suffered a blow when she was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. She tells us how she got past this major hurdle, her life and money philosophy and how to guarantee that people remember you.
Money can be like a cold shower, cooling off the hottest relationships. Who pays for dates? Who pays the rent? Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson, comedians and hosts of the fantastic podcast "Guys We F*****d," weigh in on what it's like to make money for the first time ever and how being the earner in a relationship can cause big headaches.
Comedian Mike Lemme is taking a big risk. He's rented out a theater in New York City for 15 nights, performing an hour of comedy with musical guests. The cost? $7,000 on his credit card. Mike and I talk about creativity and credit, debt and why and when to take financial risks in hopes of making our dreams a reality.
It's less than a month 'til Election Day and I am SPENT. Amid all the talk about harassment, Wikileaks and emails, I'm still hung up on something. What's the deal with Trump's taxes? Has he really not paid any in years? If so, how is that even possible? Scott Reing, an NYC tax attorney, returns to the show to explain what we know about what Trump owes -- and if voters can take advantage of the same loopholes.
Whether you commuted to school or lived in a dorm, ate nothing but cereal or studied abroad -- the fact is 70 perfect of you are carrying student loans. A 2016 graduate will begin his or her adult life owing over $37,000 How can so many of us have so much college debt with no plan to pay it off? How did we get here? How can we get out of it without, as one listener wondered, faking our deaths? Today on SPENT, Max Spiegel, the COO of Student Loan Hero, tells me all about how we can dig ourselves out and start planning for our futures.
Free trials! Free apps! Free samples! If so much is free, why are we so broke? Jeff Kreisler, an award-winning comedian and author of "Get Rich Cheating" talks me through all the ways that free can cost you big.
Did you come out of college knowing how to negotiate your salary? What about knowing your worth in a competitive market or how to ask stranger to give you money for an idea? Yeah, me either. Sara Benincasa, comedian and the author of "Real Artists Have Day Jobs" offers tips for the professionally challenged on how to make sure you're getting paid for your work and to ask for what you deserve.
It's the World Series of Poker. You're sitting in Las Vegas with the best players in the world. The goal? Don't lose the $10G you came with and come away with a big score. Clayton Fletcher is a comedian and a career gambler. He talks about how he makes a living playing cards and how poker knowledge can be used to determine how to invest, whether or not to buy car insurance and of course, dating beautiful women. Clayton talks about the World Series of Poker and what it means to have the "the nuts."
How much is too much Versace? Is there such a thing? When NYC stand-up comic Petey DeAbreu was 21 and making thousands of dollars a week hustling stolen goods in Miami, there was no such thing as too much. The money was flowing and everything was amazing -- until he got arrested. This week, he tells me everything he bought (and everything he lost) and how he makes a living as a comedian now.
What are the ethical implications of giving money to fund a friend's fertility treatments? I talk to Dr. Elizabeth Yuko, a bioethicist and writer, about the financial and ethical obligations that come with asking for money online.
In a world where everyone is out for themselves, is doing good ever its own reward? Pastor Ben Dueholm tells me all about how makes a living serving a higher power and how grifters come with the territory.
New York comic Mike Recine (Comedy Central) used to pay the bills by lugging garbage for a living. He spills the dirt on the things people throw away and how he made a big score before his breakout appearance on Conan in 2014.
Starting today, you're all part of the SPENT book club! What does that mean? It means you can win a copy of Economix: How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work) by Dan Burr and Michael Goodwin (Abrams Books). This incredible book uses words and pictures to teach you how our crazy economy works. Listen to find out how to win.
When Andrew Collin was 24, he made over $250,000 in one deal. He was working in Florida real estate during the wild days of the early 2000s. But when the recession hit, Andrew found himself scrambling to find the next big score. You'll laugh and shake your head along with this tale of fancy cars, bottle service and paper bags full of cash.
How do we lie to ourselves about money? Let us count the ways! Catey Hill, personal finance reporter from Marketwatch, talk credit cards, school debt, wedding delusions and more.
Want to be the next Kardashian? Get real. Jeffrey Marx, former reality TV star dishes on how much he made living on camera and what the real long term prospects are after the show is wrapped.
Hospital bills can give the healthiest person a heart attack. Dr. Nicole Berwald, a doctor in the ER at Staten Island University Hospital, tells us how to make sense of those crazy charges and how to lower your bill.
How does an artist pay his rent? Emmy-winning comic book artist Dean Haspiel talks to SPENT about how much he makes drawing superheroes for a living and what he sacrifices in order to lead a creative life.
Get into corpse pose! Elena Simon enlightens us with a tale of a yoga grifter who took her and other students for a ride. Priya Anand, a reporter for Marketwatch who covers scams and fraud, weighs in. Om!
Tiana Miller, a musician and comedian with MS, talks to SPENT about the cost of living with her illness in New York City.
Did doing your taxes this year make you want to jump out the window? We've got NYC-based tax attorney Scott Reing in the studio to answer all of your dumbest (but really important) tax questions.