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Steve Heimoff is a wine writer, author, and former West Coast editor at Wine Enthusiast. He has published three books about winemaking with the University of California Press. In 2008, Steve learned that his entire savings—almost $2mm—had vanished in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. The loss, Steve shares, drove him to despair, leaving him with suicidal thoughts and PTSD. Learn more about Steve here. Find out more about Paul on his website and/or follow him on the socials: • Twitter: http://Twitter.com/Paul_Ollinger • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_ollinger/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulOllinger/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulollinger/ You can also email him at Paul@CrazyMoneypodcast.com

Rory Scovel is a writer, actor, and comedian who plays to sold-out crowds all over the country.  He was the male lead in Amy Schumer’s hit movie, I Feel Pretty, and was a principal character in Demetri Martin’s 2016 film, Dean. He has appeared on many TV shows, including TBS’ Ground Floor, TruTV's Those Who Can’t, NBC’s Undateable, ABC’s Modern Family, and has performed on Conan nine times. His most recent comedy special, Rory Scovel Tries Stand-up for the First time is available on Netflix. Rory and I talk about how growing up in Greenville, SC in a big ol’ family affects his attitudes toward money, the entertainment industry, and his career.  Here are his recommendations for books, movies, and comedy specials to help you enjoy your Quarantine:  Books: 11/22/63 by Stephen King, and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Haraji Comedy specials: anything by Maria Bamford or Nate Bargatze Movies: Willow, Back to the Future When the world returns to normal, find Rory’s touring schedule here: http://roryscovel.com In the mean time, visit Paul’s website and/or follow him on the socials: • Twitter: http://Twitter.com/Paul_Ollinger • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_ollinger/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulOllinger/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulollinger/

AJ Jain is a retired C-level insurance executive, former strategy consultant, and professor of marketing at Southern Methodist University. He holds a Ph.D. and MBA from SUNY Buffalo and two other degrees from prestigious universities in India. In other words, he’s a very accomplished guy.  Yet, for a few years in his early 40’s, AJ faced existential economic catastrophe and marital collapse. On the brink of financial ruin, AJ rediscovered himself and committed to living a purposeful, family-centric life. AJ is the founder of Feed A Billion, a nutritional non-profit program that helps prevent human trafficking caused by food insecurity. Since it’s inception in 2016, it has provided 5.5 million meals to those in need. Learn more here: http://FeedABillion.orgTell Paul hello at Paul@crazymoneypodcast.com

Danny Wuerffel won the Heisman Trophy and led University of Florida Gators to a national championship and four SEC titles. Today Danny is the Executive Director of Desire Street Ministries, an organization that helps reshape disadvantaged urban communities in the Southeastern U.S. Desire Street provides coaching, training, retreats and many other resources to the heroes leading change in the neighborhoods that need the most support. Learn more about Danny and his work here: https://dannywuerffel.com/bio/and https://desirestreet.org/ Visit Paul’s website: http://PaulOllinger.comand/or follow Paul: -on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/Paul_Ollinger -on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_ollinger/ -on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulOllinger/ -on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulollinger/

Devin Singh is an Associate Professor of Religion at Dartmouth. His first book, Divine Currency: The Theological Power of Money in the West examines the ways early Christian thinkers made use of monetary and economic concepts as they created Christian doctrine. We talk about how financial language and metaphor of the early Church affects how we talk about money and God today.  Learn more about Devin and his work here: http://www.devinsingh.com/ Visit Paul’s website: http://PaulOllinger.com Follow Paul: -on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/Paul_Ollinger -on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_ollinger/ -on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulOllinger/ -on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulollinger

Adam Minter is a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion where he writes about China, technology, and the environment. He is the author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade, a critically-acclaimed, bestselling account of the hidden world of globalized recycling, and the forthcoming Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale. Adam has covered the global recycling industry for almost two decades. He has been cited, quoted, and interviewed on recycling and waste by The New York Times, Vice, NPR, BBC, The Huffington Post, and CBC. He regularly speaks to groups about the global waste and recycling trade including colleges, universities, and trade groups. We spoke via web conferencing with me in Atlanta and him in Malaysia.  Share your feedback with Paul via http://PaulOllinger.com or Paul@CrazyMoneyPodcast.com

John Soforic is a chiropractor who earned financial freedom. He shares his life lessons for his son in his self-published The Wealth Gardener: Life Lessons on Prosperity Between Father and Son, which sold 30,000 copies (this is a lot!) in the first year, and is now being re-issued by PenguinRandomHouse.John achieved his financial dreams by thinking long-term, and working really, really hard for decades while raising a family in rural Pennsylvania. He is an authority on financial freedom not because he studied wealth or learned about finance in school. He is an authority because he actually did it- he mastered his subject and achieved the desired end in the real world. Learn more about John on http://wealthygardener.com/ Get in touch with Paul on paul@crazymoneypodcast.com or at http://paulollinger.com

Bruce Daisley has spent his career working in media and technology companies, like YouTube, Google and Emap. His last venture in corporate leadership was as VP EMEA (translated: King of Europe). Along the way he became obsessed with making our jobs better, and how often we get it wrong. Eat Sleep Work Repeat (called The Joy of Work in the UK) is his attempt to escape the bad opinions that leaders bring to work culture – and to replace them with evidence and facts thus creating a more humane workplace. Get Bruce’s new book here. Tell Paul he has a strong nose here: http://PaulOllinger.com Hear the song Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeathere

We are one year and 50 episodes into Crazy Money!!! This week, Paul and producer/editor extraordinaire, Mike Carano, discuss their favorite episodes, themes and guests they’ve had on the show. Those guests include rockstars, Nobel laureates, famous authors/broadcasters, and Paul’s wife and father. (Two different people.) As our one year birthday gift, please rate / review the show on your Podcast app. Also, see Paul’s upcoming shows and videos on http://paulollinger.com or send him an email at Paul@crazymoneypodcast.com.

Kevin Salwen is a former reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal and co-author of two very different, yet equally compelling books.The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back, is the story of how — at the urging of their then 14 year-old daughter—the Salwen family sold their big house and contributed half the proceeds to help a village in Ghana. The new book is called The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle. It’s a gripping read about the bombing in Atlanta’s Centennial Park during the 1996 Olympics, the heroism of Richard Jewell and the calamity that took place after the FBI named Jewell as a suspect. Kevin is a graduate of Northwestern University. He served as board chair of Year Up Atlanta, and served as a board member of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity for 12 years. Buy The Suspect here.Buy The Power of Half here.Send Paul an Email at paul@crazymoneypodcast.comVisit his website at http://paulollinger.com