So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

On this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer your biggest questions about tax withholding allowances, medical insurance plans for self-employed people, paying off student loans vs. investing in buying a home and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes in life a little voice inside tells you, “You need to quit your job immediately, effective now and take on a brand new path.” Today's guest, Wendell Potter, is someone who lived that. Wendell started as an insider in the insurance world. He worked for a big insurance company and had a moral dilemma about it. He believed that he was very much a part of the systemic problem that the healthcare world faces. He made a personal commitment to change his life and to change the status quo. Since then, he’s gone on to be a consumer advocate, a journalist and a New York Times bestselling author. Now his latest book is called, Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It. In that book, he talks about how America has become coin operated. It’s a very timely book given the election, between the combination of wealth and politics. This is creating a corrupt system and we’re not dealing with the most pressing problems. How can we actually move the needle as consumers and as voters? Wendell is also the author of Deadly Spin and a regular contributor for Huffington Post and Healthinsurance.org.  For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angie Martinez is known as "The Voice of New York." Her afternoon radio show has consistently been ranked #1 with more young listeners than any other radio program in the country. She has over 20 years of experience in the industry and is also an author, actress, TV host and recording artist. Angie has worked alongside President Obama, and some of the media industry's biggest power players including Jay Z, Beyonce and Naomi Campbell. Last summer Angie made the switch to iHeart Media where she started The Angie Martinez Show on New York's Power 105.1 weekdays from 2-6p and on Miami's The Beat 103.5 middays from 10a-2p. Angie also has her own healthy living website, Healthy Latin Eating and a cookbook under the same name. This past May, she released her memoir My Voice, which recounts her story of how she became a multimedia icon in the world of entertainment. In our conversation we open some of the most fascinating pages from her book and life including how she started as a radio intern making $3 an hour. How did she work her way up the ladder? Also, Angie's had her fare share of financial mess-ups, including getting evicted...and not just once. Plus, how she managed to negotiate a more lucrative contract following her maternity leave. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about gift giving culture, looking for a new job when you're currently getting an MBA sponsored by your current employer, student loans and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mr. and Mrs. 1500 are soon-to-be early retirees at age 43. Their real names are Carl and Mindy. They're documenting their journey to financial independence on their blog, 1500 Days with the goal of having a portfolio of $1M by February 2017. This is... you guessed it... 1500 days from the birth of the blog on January 1, 2013. But I learned in the interview they’ve actually surpassed that goal early, so how are they doing it? Their plan is to aggressively save, make smart lifestyle choices and invest. Carl and Mindy are an open book sharing exact figures and information with their readers. On the show they talk about how they reached all those goals and what’s next? They’re both in their early 40’s now. So, what are they going to do? How are they going to define this new chapter in their lives and what can we learn? For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katie Lane is helping artists and freelancers protect their rights and get paid fairly for their work. She's an attorney and negotiation coach based in Portland, OR. She helps her clients successfully handle all sorts of sticky conflicts like, how do I ask for more money? How do I ask for more resources? How do I know what to ask for in the first place because I don’t know what my peers are making in this space? On her blog, Work Made For Hire, she also shares some of her negotiation and legal information and her favorite thing to do is to teach people who are intimidated by negotiation to get what they want with confidence while remaining calm. That is where we focus the conversation with Katie Lane. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about knowing when it's time to move on to the next career opportunity, setting priorities with your personal finances, insurance plans and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexandra Dickinson is on a crusade to close the gender wage gap. She's the founder and CEO of Ask For It, a boutique consulting company that is working to close the gender wage gap and effecting change on both the institutional and individual level. Ask For It works with companies, schools, organizations and individuals through a combination of trainings, workshops and consulting. Ultimately, their goal is for both women and men to be paid based on their talents and skills, not their gender. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hal Elrod has an incredible story. Imagine if you died and then lived to tell the tale? That's exactly what happened to him. He died at age 20 after being hit head-on by a drunk driver going 70mph. He died for 6 minutes and broke 11 bones. Doctors told him he would never walk again but not only did he walk again, he went on to run a 52-mile ultra marathon. He also became a hall of fame business achiever, international keynote speaker and #1 bestselling author of the book The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM).This book is one of the highest rated books on Amazon with over 1,300 five-star reviews. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about finding secondary income streams, budgeting, real estate, student loans and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.