Episodes

Meet Alyssa Bonagura Alyssa Bonagura is one of those creative types who is not only a stellar singer/songwriter, but she also designed and created her own CD cover that I am holding in my hands right now. This Nashville nativ...

Make Your Tax Return Count It’s tax time and that means you start the seemingly endless wait for your return showing up in your bank account. What to do with all that money? While you’re probably dream of tropical escapes and...

Places to Live Abroad The idea of moving aboard is so exciting. New people. New culture. New food. New adventures. New life. Admittedly, I’m a huge fan of House Hunters International (you, too). Moving abroad is one of our to...

The Catch 22 of Income Today’s podcast is inspired by a listener question. It’s a classic curse of making more money, which is great, but missing out on valuable income tax deductions like the student loan deduction. Allison’...

Free Tax Filing…Say What? More than 1 in 3 U.S. taxpayers whose household income is less than $50,000 a year hired a tax professional or a national tax preparation company last year even though they may have qualified for fre...

Meet The Heirs Los Angeles-based band The Heirs, led by the brother and sister team of Brandon and Savannah Hudson, who’s new single “What You Want” got over 100,000 downloads in its first week of being released. The Heirs ri...

Secrets to Save for College Congrats, you’ve had a baby, and now the terror of thinking about how expensive college will cost when your bundle of joy is 18 is causing a panic attack. Not to fear, you still have plenty of time...

Get to Know Healdsburg Since today is Valentine’s Day we wanted to take you to some place romantic, beautiful and maybe do a little wine tasting. This week we are exploring a great part of wine country in Northern California,...

Healthy Money Habits Relationships are hard. If you’re in one you know what I mean. It takes a lot of work on both sides to make it through each day. Forming healthy money habits in a relationship can be a tough task. Often t...

Lower Your Taxes Like a Millionaire Millionaires know a couple of “secrets” and one is that the key to the million dollar mark is being savvy with your money. It’s staying within a budget and committing every month to saving ...

Meet Drew Holcomb You may have heard Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors music on such TV shows as Parenthood, How I Met Your Mother and Nashville. This Memphis-born and now Nashville transplant has been making a big name for hims...

Valentine’s Day Stats It’s that time a year again, love it or hate it, where we feel obligated to spend a lot of money on flowers, chocolate and gifts to show our love. The most commercially amorous day of the year is fast ap...

Travel Dream List We were recently asked the question, “Hey, if you could travel anywhere, where would you go.” Honestly, the answer is probably everywhere, but it sparked and idea for a podcast detailing our travel dream lis...

Divorce & Money = No Fun It’s never a popular topic to address but one that must be addressed. Divorce brings out the worst in us all and divorce & money is no easy subject. It’s nasty, stressful, and downright expensive. I’v...

Meet Jesse Dayton Jesse Dayton has lived an eclectic Forrest Gump-esque life and many times sets those experiences to music. Whether he is working on a new record, writing music for a soundtrack or directing a zombie movie, t...

File Your Taxes for Free It’s that time of year again when we all have to start collecting our W-2’s and 1099’s for tax time. This year we have until April 18th (normally the 15th) to file our taxes or file an extension if yo...

Build Your Dream Network It’s a well-established fact that networking is an integral part of business success — according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 70 percent of all jobs are found through networking. Networking...

Airbnb has revolutionized the way we stay when we travel. I’m very honest about my love for renting via Airbnb, and often prefer that over a big brand named hotel. I’ve had so many ask questions about investing in real estate...

On today’s podcast, I’m tackling two more listener questions that are so awesome I couldn’t resist. Question #1 Nicole asks: “My first credit card was with a semi-predatory/scammy company (CreditOne, if you’re curious), becau...

Meet Magnus Ek This week we spoke with Swedish top chef Magnus Ek, owner of Stockholm’s, Oaxen Krog Slip. Oaxen Krog won its second Michelin star in 2015, and is one of the cities top-rated restaurant. Both eateries are house...

Frequent Flyer Programs Frequent flyer miles are the best – they’re like a warm hug on a cold day, as nice as those fluffy marshmellows in your cup of hot cocoa. Frequent flyer miles can help you score all sorts of goodies li...

This week we are talking about how the Stockholm food scene is evolving making Stockholm the next great food city. The new Swedish food scene landscape has become as diverse and creative as any culinary scene in the world. To...

Investing in Startups is Easy Investing in startups used to be reserved for the experts on Shark Tank, and big business people who have lots of funds behind them. I don’t know about you, but there are a ton of deals that I se...

It’s Friday, and that means we’re tackling more listener questions. We’ve got three great ones today: Can you help me figure out how to divvy up my paycheck so I can know that I’m spending and saving within the right guidelin...