The Personal Finance Podcast
Andrew Giancola
Andrew Giancola from Master Money reveals all of his personal finance, money, investing, business strategies, income sources, stock, and real estate investing tips so that you can build more wealth than you ever thought possible. Discover how to increase your income at your job and create multiple passive income streams that work for you, so you have the time and freedom to do what you love. Whether that’s travel, or having freedom from your day job. Since 2013, Andrew has been sharing the wins and losses of his personal finance journey. You will learn how to invest to create wealth in stocks, index funds, real estate, building businesses, and side-hustles. You will learn how to save more money, get a raise, set up simple budgets, build habits, personal growth, and money hacks that will take you to the next level with your finances. Take control of your money so you can live a stress-free, rich life. Anyone can be wealthy, Andrew will show you how. Hit subscribe and get ready to change your life.
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Oct 21, 2026 • 49min
Do You Think You'll ACTUALLY Be Able to Retire?
Can retirement, homeownership, and debt freedom really coexist? This money deep dive tackles the confidence gap, calculating your retirement number, and the million-dollar cost of delaying investments. It also covers buying a home without becoming house poor, prioritizing competing goals, handling windfalls, retiring early while navigating ACA subsidies, finding advice-only planners, and avoiding romance investment scams.
Oct 19, 2026 • 51min
5 Ways to Go BROKE (By AGE!)
Financial pitfalls change with every decade. Explore the money mistakes that can derail your teens, twenties, thirties, midlife, and retirement, from debt and lifestyle inflation to oversized homes, risky businesses, and neglected investing. The conversation also covers car-buying guidelines, catch-up contributions, college funding, healthcare costs, and protecting your time, wealth, and freedom.
Oct 14, 2026 • 57min
How to Evaluate a Stock Like Warren Buffett! With Brian Feroldi
Brian Feroldi, author, educator, and investing teacher, breaks down Buffett-inspired stock analysis. He explores the five phases of a company’s life, from startup to decline, and explains which metrics matter at each stage. Topics include the “too-hard” pile, why Amazon could be cheap at 100x earnings, when P/E ratios work, and how to compare a stock’s valuation with its history.
Oct 12, 2026 • 54min
12 Reasons You Need to Stop PLAYING SMALL with Money
Small savings matter, but career moves, housing, cars, taxes, and investing can reshape your financial future. Explore ways to grow income through negotiation and valuable skills, measure purchases by ROI, invest consistently with lower fees, and manage lifestyle inflation. The conversation also covers reverse-engineering million-dollar goals, emergency funds, and tackling high-interest debt.
Oct 7, 2026 • 43min
19 Strategies to Pay Off Debt (FASTER!)
Discover 19 practical ways to accelerate debt payoff, from micro and biweekly payments to APR negotiation, balance transfers, refinancing, and principal-only payments. Explore snowball versus avalanche methods, windfalls, subscription cuts, selling unused items, rewards, automation, visual tracking, no-spend challenges, and behavioral tactics to stop adding new debt.
Oct 5, 2026 • 46min
How to Build a Portfolio If You Are Worried About An AI Bubble
Worried that AI stocks are in a bubble? Explore the difference between AI’s promise and stock prices, uncover how much AI exposure is already in broad index funds, and consider equal-weight, value, small-cap, international, and bond funds. The discussion also covers rebalancing, staying invested, writing an investment plan, organizing accounts, and using a Backdoor Roth IRA.
Sep 30, 2026 • 46min
The Millionaire Money Rules (Get to $1M Faster!)
Discover ten practical rules for reaching your first million, from spending boldly on what matters and attacking high-interest debt to automating broad index-fund investing. The discussion also explores boosting income, making smarter housing and car choices, protecting wealth with insurance, tailoring money routines to your personality, and tracking net worth instead of income.
Sep 28, 2026 • 56min
The EXACT System I Use to Manage Every Paycheck
Flip the usual paycheck routine with an automated system that puts investing first. Explore weekly credit card payments, clustered bills, emergency funds, guilt-free spending buckets, and savings for repairs, travel, children, and long-term goals. See how the strategy works with a $6,000 paycheck and how to set it up in one weekend.
Sep 23, 2026 • 46min
The 7 Habits of Great Investors
Discover seven habits shared by exceptional investors, from automating contributions and thinking in decades to managing emotions and avoiding costly fees. Explore why diversification matters when only a tiny fraction of companies drive market wealth, plus practical answers on high-interest debt, Roth contributions, financial planning, and getting couples aligned on money.
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Sep 21, 2026 • 50min
How to Reach Financial Independence Without Putting Your Life on Hold with Justin Peters
Justin Peters, personal finance creator and host of the FI Minded podcast, explores financial independence without extreme frugality. He shares four intentional-spending principles, including fun funds and oops budgets, plus a “moments that matter” list. They discuss healthy lifestyle creep, discovering your values through small experiments, managing money as a couple, and a simple 20-minute monthly routine.
