A PODCAST on FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
🎤 On a mission to get friends to talk about money
🔥 Hosted by friends, Mike + Maggie,Â
who both reached FI before 40Â
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#116 | Are you ready to invest in Crypto?
Episode Summary:  In this week’s episode, we bring on Maggie’s brother, Alex, to talk about all things cryptocurrency. Alex is a self-taught expert on cryptocurrency and shares his experiences and thoughts as we define blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, NFTs, and...
#115 | How to learn anything for free
Episode Summary:  In this week’s episode, we discuss how you can learn anything for free. We share some of our favorite resources and tips for learning how to do things for free. Resources such as youtube, the Libby app, your public library, podcasts, Instagram,...
#114 | What’s a rothIRA and do I need one?
Episode Summary: In this episode, we explain the 3 types of Roth retirement accounts and how you can leverage them on your financial independence journey. We talk through the differences between IRAs and Roth IRAs, what tax-deferred and tax-free mean as it relates to...
#113 | 8 tips for financial wellness
Episode Summary:  In this week’s episode, we talk about the importance of financial wellness and share eight tips for achieving financial wellness. First, we compare financial wellness to physical wellness and talk about why both are important. Then we break down...
#112 | How to know if you are FI
Episode Summary:  In this week’s episode, we talk about how the FIRE community traditionally defines Financial Independence (FI) and how you can use that information to help you plan your own life. We explain the ever-popular 4% rule and dig into the benefits and...
#111 | Gift economies and buy nothing groups
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we discuss the gift economy and how you can use it to improve your finances, community, and happiness. We talk about how to join and leverage buy nothing groups, borrow things from neighbors on facebook neighborhood...
$3 financial templates @ our ETSY shop
We offer a number of very affordable financial templates at our friends on FIRE Etsy shop. We sell these templates to keep our podcast ad free. If for some reason you’re not in a position to purchase these templates, please email us and we will provide them to you for free.
About friends on FIRE
Mike’s a dude who loves #s. He wrote a book. It’s on Amazon. His dad retired at 42, so early retirement is in his blood!
Maggie’s pretty cool. She early-retired at 41 along with her husband! And sometime’s she writes on her blog. It’s on the www.
If you really want to know more about us, we share it all here. Or listen to our podcast and we’ll share more than you ever wanted to know about two people. And most importantly, we hope listening will help you along your own personal finance or financial independence journey.
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