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A Recast of ‘Afford Anything’

You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life. How do we make smarter decisions? How do we think from first principles? On the surface, Afford Anything seems like a podcast about money and investing. But under the hood, this is a show about how to think critically, recognize our behavioral blind spots, and make smarter choices. We’re into the psychology of money, and we love metacognition: thinking about how to think. In some episodes, we interview world-class experts: professors, researchers, scientists, authors. In other episodes, we answer your questions, talking through decision-making frameworks and mental models. Want to learn more? Download our free book, Escape, at http://affordanything.com/escape. Hosted by Paula Pant.

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Recastable Episodes (732)

1. The Story of M.O.N.E.Y. -- Having Heart and Hustle Jan. 28, 2016
2. Don’t Feel Guilty - Buy a Coke Zero and Pay Someone to Mow Your Lawn Jan. 28, 2016
3. Habits We Rock to Kick Ass and Grow Wealth Jan. 28, 2016
4. Ultimate Beginner Guide to Real Estate Investing Jan. 28, 2016
5. How Kids Affect Your Hustle (and it's Okay!) Jan. 28, 2016
6. How to Transition from Hustler to Entrepreneur Jan. 28, 2016
7. The Mad Fientist Reveals the Science of Financial Independence Feb. 3, 2016
8. How Jay Became a Half-a-Millionaire -- and Why He Wants You to Track Your Net Worth Feb. 5, 2016
9. Tools We Use to Kick Ass and Grow Wealth Feb. 8, 2016
10. From Millionaire to Broke, Plus the Habits of the Rich, with Tom Corley Feb. 10, 2016
11. Making $100k from eBay and Airbnb with Jay & Ryanne Feb. 12, 2016
12. Ask Us Anything #1 - Student Loan Help, Tax Hacks, Time Management Tips and REITs Feb. 15, 2016
13. How to Destroy Your Stupid Debt, with Steve Stewart (and the controversy around Dave Ramsey!) Feb. 22, 2016
14. So You Want to Be a Blogger? Feb. 29, 2016
15. Ask Us Anything #2 - Dollar Cost Averaging, Pay off Debt or Invest March 7, 2016
16. How Aaron Epstein Went from Side Hustler to Selling a Multi-Million Dollar Company March 14, 2016
17. Making Money as an Uber and Lyft Driver, with The RideShare Guy Harry Campbell March 21, 2016
18. Ask Us Anything #3 - Real Estate Investing Edition March 29, 2016
19. Football and Hip-Hop's Financial Advisor Rob Wilson Talks About Managing Celebrity Money April 4, 2016
20. From Debt to Financial Independence, with Get Rich Slowly Founder JD Roth April 11, 2016
21. Making Money as a Voice Over Actor with Carrie Olsen April 18, 2016
22. How Jeremy and Winnie Retired in Their 30's April 25, 2016
23. Farnoosh Torabi, Host of CNBC's Follow the Leader, Spills the Secrets of Successful CEOs May 2, 2016
24. Ask Us Anything #4 - Betterment, Wealthfront, Robo-Investing -- What's the Deal? May 9, 2016
25. The Stacking Benjamins Roundtable Plays a Game of 'Would You Rather' May 16, 2016
26. The Last Show With Jay May 23, 2016
27. Pete the Planner, Comedian-Turned-Money-Columnist, on Millionaires and Mock Retirements May 30, 2016
28. How I Woke Up, Removed the Blindfold, and Noticed My Money for the First Time -- with Evelyn Connors June 6, 2016
29. Ask Paula: Pay Debt vs Buy a Home? Invest in Index Funds vs Creative Alternative? June 13, 2016
30. Okay, I’m Financially Independent. Now What? -- with Jim Wang June 20, 2016
31. The Simple Path to Wealth, with Jim Collins June 27, 2016
32. Ask Paula: The Market Might Drop. Should I Sell? July 4, 2016
33. How I Became a Millionaire on a Military Salary - with Doug Nordman July 11, 2016
34. How I Built a Six-Figure Online Store -- with Steve Chou from My Wife Quit Her Job July 18, 2016
35. How to Start Freelancing on the Side, with Carrie Smith from Careful Cents July 25, 2016
36. Ask Paula -- Should I Buy a Turnkey Rental Property? -- and More Real Estate Investing Question Aug. 1, 2016
37. Chris Guillebeau -- How to Live a Remarkable Life in a Conventional World Aug. 8, 2016
38. Why You're Not As Busy As You Think, with Laura Vanderkam Aug. 15, 2016
39. The Seven Stages of Financial Independence, with Joshua Sheats Aug. 22, 2016
40. The Power of Habit Formation, with Gretchen Rubin Aug. 29, 2016
41. Ask Paula: Investing, Rebalancing and Renovating Sept. 5, 2016
42. The Incredible Value of Deep Work, Instead of Distraction – with Cal Newport Sept. 12, 2016
43. Jean Chatzky Shares Money Rules for Modern Life Sept. 19, 2016
44. "Why I Quit My Dream Job" – with entrepreneur Leslie Samuel Sept. 28, 2016
45. Ask Paula - Should I Invest $5,500 in One Huge Chunk? - and More Investing Questions Oct. 3, 2016
46. The Unbelievable Power of Building a Community - Live at FinCon Oct. 10, 2016
47. How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy, with Clark Howard Oct. 17, 2016
48. How to Overcome Procrastination and Perfectionism, with Stephen Guise Oct. 24, 2016
49. Behind-the-Scenes Mastermind Call - with J.D. Roth Oct. 31, 2016
50. Ask Paula - Retirement Savings in Your 50's, Starting a Side Hustle, Buying Health Insurance, Home Warranties, and More Nov. 7, 2016
51. Six Types of Financial Frenemies, with Mary Beth Storjohann Nov. 14, 2016
52. How to Combat Lifestyle Inflation, with Julia Kelly Nov. 21, 2016
53. Live Q&A with Paula on Real Estate and Travel Nov. 28, 2016
54. Ask Paula - Automating Savings, Starting a Blog, Emergency Funds, Investing in Real Estate Confidently, and More Dec. 5, 2016
55. From Money Moron to Millionaire, with Scott Alan Turner Dec. 12, 2016
56. Billy Murphy - Expected Value, or What Professional Poker Taught Me About Running a 7-Figure Business Dec. 19, 2016
57. Philip Taylor - Top 5 Financial Lessons PT Learned in the Past Decade Dec. 26, 2016
58. Ask Paula -- Death, Taxes, Crushing Debt and Moving in with Mom Jan. 2, 2017
59. Andrew Hallam: How I Became a Millionaire on a Teacher's Salary Jan. 9, 2017
60. Andrew Hallam (Part Two): The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School Jan. 16, 2017
61. John Lee Dumas - From Small-Town Kid to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur Jan. 23, 2017
62. Ask Paula - Q&A Featuring Special Guest Joe Saul-Sehy from Stacking Benjamins Jan. 30, 2017
63. Ask Paula - Travel vs. Passive Income, Proximity in Real Estate Investing and Selling Off Properties Feb. 6, 2017
64. Michael Kitces -- Your Mind is More Powerful Than Money Feb. 13, 2017
65. How to Improve Your Relationship with Money Feb. 20, 2017
66. Take Radical Responsibility for Your Life -- a Breakfast Chat with 26-Year-Old Millionaire Emma Pattee Feb. 27, 2017
67. Ask Paula -- How to Care for Aging Parents, Buy a Car, and Organize a Business March 6, 2017
68. Ask Paula - How to Invest Your Tax Refund, Save for College, and Avoid Massive Pitfalls March 13, 2017
69. Ask Paula - The Real Estate Edition March 20, 2017
70. Erin Lowry on Raising Children Who Are Enabled, Not Entitled March 27, 2017
71. Can I Retire Yet? - with Roger Whitney, the Retirement Answerman April 3, 2017
72. Ask Paula -- Should I Loan Money to Friends? Stay Sane While Repaying Debt? ... and More April 10, 2017
73. What Chess Taught Me About Making Smarter Life Moves -- with Steve Gossett April 17, 2017
74. Ask Paula - How to Repay $50k in Student Loans on a $31k Income, What's the Deal with Bonds, and Do I Really Need Insurance April 24, 2017
75. Jen Sincero says she used to be a "grouchy broke person" May 1, 2017
76. Ask Paula - How to Handle an Inheritance, Should I Invest in Properties or Start a Business, and More. May 8, 2017
77. What I've Learned from 9 Years of Nonstop Travel, with Geraldine DeRuiter, The Everywhereist May 15, 2017
78. Ask Paula (and Will) - How Technology is Changing the Future of Real Estate Investing May 22, 2017
79. How I Bootstrapped a $4 Million Company, with Laura Roeder May 29, 2017
80. Joe Says Life Insurance Won’t Make the Headline. But it Did. June 5, 2017
81. Get Me Out of This Crappy Job! - with Jenny Blake, author of Pivot June 12, 2017
82. Ask Paula - How Do You Pick a Rental Property? June 19, 2017
83. This is The Toughest Episode I've Created So Far June 26, 2017
84. Ask Paula: No, Really, I'm Asking for a Friend! -- How to Crush $500,000 in Debt July 3, 2017
85. How to Make Money without a Job -- with Nick Loper from Side Hustle Nation July 10, 2017
86. Ask Paula - Should I Keep My Properties in an LLC July 17, 2017
87. Myths about Money - Are Your Ideas Holding You Back? July 24, 2017
88. Ask Paula - When is Lifestyle Inflation a Smart Business Decision? July 31, 2017
89. Imagine You Only Have 10 Years to Live ... Aug. 7, 2017
90. Ask Paula -- I'm Tired of Paying Rent. Should I Buy a House? Aug. 14, 2017
91. How to Spend Less, Earn More and Grow the Gap Aug. 21, 2017
92. Ask Paula - How Do I Hire an All-Star Rental Property Team? Aug. 28, 2017
93. The Secret Lives of Introverts - with Jenn Granneman Sept. 4, 2017
94. Ask Paula - The Early Retirement Episode Sept. 11, 2017
95. Money for the Rest of Us, with JD Stein Sept. 18, 2017
96. Ask Paula - Should I Be an Out-of-State Airbnb Host? Sept. 25, 2017
97. How to Be Awesome at Your Job, with Pete Mockaitis Oct. 2, 2017
98. Ask Paula - The Side Hustle Episode Oct. 9, 2017
99. How I Grew BiggerPockets From 0 to 870,000 Members - with Joshua Dorkin Oct. 16, 2017
100. Life After Financial Freedom, with Brandon - the Mad FIentist Oct. 23, 2017
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