Grown-Up Stuff: How to Adult
Do your eyes glaze over when looking at a long list of annual health insurance enrollment options – or maybe while you’re trying to calculate how much you owe the IRS? You might be wondering the same thing we are: Where’s the guidebook for all of this grown-up stuff? Whether opening a bank account, refinancing student loans, or purchasing car insurance (...um, can we just roll the dice without it?), we’re just as confused as you are.
Enter: “Grown-Up Stuff: How to Adult” a podcast dedicated to explaining the complexities of adulting for which most of us are woefully under-prepared. In each episode, we seek out folks who can actually help us start to make sense of all the basic life skills required to be, well, a grown-up.
Latest episodes
Jun 27, 2023 • 37min
Manage your Credit like a Grown-Up
Learn how to manage your credit like a grown-up with Sara Rathner, a credit card expert at NerdWallet. Discover the benefits of using credit cards for safety, rebuilding credit, and earning rewards. Understand the importance of responsible credit management, monitoring for fraud, and maximizing rewards with strategic card usage.
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Jun 13, 2023 • 35min
Clean your Home like a Grown-Up
Watching TikToks of home cleaning and organizing hacks are some of our favorite things to do; it’s like a squeegee for our brains. But how can we apply the lessons of the internet to the way we clean our own homes, and should we? Join us on a cleaning journey with our “TikTok Auntie” and author of the book, “How to Clean Everything: A Practical, Down to Earth Guide for Anyone Who Doesn’t Know Where to Start,” Ann Russell. Ann tells us the essentials for a home cleaning kit and explains how often we should be tidying our kitchens, bathrooms, and bedsheets without getting overwhelmed by it all. Plus learn how you might be using anti-bacterial sprays wrong. Cited Sources: Journal of Neuroscience (Via National Library of Medicine): "Interactions of Top-down and bottom-up mechanisms in human visual cortex" "The Clutter Culture" UCLA's Center on Everday Lives of Families' study of contemporary Suburban America See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 30, 2023 • 33min
Wedding Guest Etiquette for Grown-Ups
Lizzie Post, Emily Post's great-great-granddaughter, discusses wedding guest etiquette, including RSVP importance, off-registry gifts, and wearing all white faux pas. The podcast covers gift-giving customs, wedding dress codes, and seating etiquette tips for weddings, offering valuable insights on home maintenance as an adult.
May 16, 2023 • 26min
Plan for Retirement like a Grown-Up
Jonah Batista, CPA, and Asset and Wealth Management Assurance Senior Manager join the podcast to discuss the importance of early retirement planning and the various retirement account options available. They emphasize the significance of starting early, budgeting for retirement savings, and managing retirement funds effectively for financial security in retirement.
May 9, 2023 • 3min
Welcome to “Grown-Up Stuff: How to Adult”
Ever wish there was a road map to adulthood? Do you find yourself straight-up baffled by terms like 401k, PPO, and fabric softener? Welcome to “Grown-Up Stuff: How to Adult,” a podcast from Ruby, the iHeart Media Branded Audio Studio, dedicated to answering all of your questions about, well, grown-up stuff, like health insurance, weddings, laundry, retirement, credit, finding a home, and all the other adulting things that keep you up at night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
