Send us Fan Mail Brandon and Jessica are traveling through Europe this month, so they're bringing back one of their most impactful episodes as part of their Summer Rewind series. Bankruptcy attorney Adrienne Hines joins the show to reframe everything most people think they know about debt relief. With nearly 30 years of experience, she makes the case that bankruptcy is not a last resort, it is often the smartest first call you can make before touching your 401k, pulling from home equity, or s...
Send us Fan Mail ☀️ Summer Rewind! We're spending the month traveling Europe, so we're bringing back one of our most-listened-to episodes. The advice is fully evergreen and hits just as hard now as it did when it first dropped. If you've been meaning to get your finances in order but keep putting it off, this episode is for you. Jessica and Brandon walk you through 5 money moves that can change how you manage, save, and grow your money, no matter where you're starting from. In this episode: W...
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the internet gets honest about money, and people start showing their whole hand? This week's episode explores three viral social media posts as a jumping-off point for some real financial conversations. First: a husband who demanded $10,000 from his wife's daughter's medical school fund to buy a truck, and threatened divorce when she said no. Then: a grieving father who wants to give his late daughter's college fund to her best friend instead of a blood rel...
Send us Fan Mail What if instead of summer camp, you just took your family to Europe for a month? Jessica and Brandon are taking their family to Europe for four weeks this summer, and in this episode they walk through exactly how they pulled it off. From stalking flight portals for months to find 120,000 points worth of flights across four countries, to building a five-tab spreadsheet to keep every confirmation number, address, and ticket organized, this episode is the full behind-the-scenes ...
Send us Fan Mail The data is clear: staying loyal to one employer rarely keeps pace with what strategic career moves can do for your income. But what does "smart" job hopping actually look like, and when does loyalty still win? In this episode, Jessica and Brandon get real about the job hopping vs. loyalty debate. They share firsthand experience navigating layoffs, negotiate their way through six-figure compensation packages, and break down the framework listeners can use to make career deci...
Send us Fan Mail A woman on Threads wrote that she is being gifted a $400,000 rental property by her mother, but only in her name, with a legal agreement keeping it separate from any future marriage. Her boyfriend of three years is furious. He wanted to sell it and use the money toward a bigger place for them both. When she explained her mom's conditions, he packed a bag and moved in with a friend. In this episode, Jessica and Brandon break down why the mom's conditions are not just reasonabl...
Send us Fan Mail You just had a fight about the dishwasher. Or the thermostat. Or the vacation your partner keeps putting off. Spoiler: it wasn't about any of those things. Most arguments couples have about money are actually about something much deeper, and once you learn to spot it, you can't unsee it. In this episode, Jessica and Brandon break down how couples argue about money without ever actually talking about money. They share their own real-life examples, including Jessica's recent ...
Send us Fan Mail Your ability to earn money is your most valuable financial asset, and most people have zero protection for it. In this episode, Jessica and Brandon break down disability insurance from the ground up: what it actually covers, why your employer's policy probably isn't enough, and how to plug the gaps before something happens. You'll learn: The difference between short-term and long-term disability, and why most people confuse themWhy 60% of your base salary sounds fine until ...
Send us Fan Mail No performance issues. No warnings. Just a Monday morning calendar invite that ends your role. In this episode, Brandon and Jessica, a tech professional who has been laid off twice in two years, walk through the red flags most employees ignore, what to do financially before a layoff happens, and how to navigate the first critical days after it does. Listeners will learn: How to spot the organizational and role-specific signs that a layoff may be comingWhy great performance r...
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The conversation starts with a story that feels simple on the surface and rich underneath: a shiny Michael Jordan card, a peeled sticker, and a lesson about value meeting what the market will actually pay. That moment anchors a theme that runs throu…
Most financial crises don’t start with numbers; they start with not knowing. When partners can’t answer basic questions like where the mortgage sits, how the light bill gets paid, or which card covers pest control, stress compounds into …
Couples rarely fight about numbers; they fight about what the numbers mean. That theme runs through this conversation with Heather and Douglas Bonaparte, authors of Money Together, and the hosts who share their own pivots through career shifts, divo…