Paychecks & Balances

Jun 27, 2017

This week we're joined by Damon Young of VSB for the first of a 2-part discussion. Damon is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the black culture cornerstone, VerySmartBrothas.com. He has had his work featured on places like Slate, The Root, Ebony, Essence, HuffPost and everywhere the cool kids hang out on...

Jun 19, 2017

The Money Minute

• A @PayBalances listener asks, "how would you change your budget if you had children?"
• We found that as of 2017, it costs up to $233,610 to raise a child from ages 0 to 17!
• We discuss how we would proactively adjust our personal finances when a little (HYPOTHETICAL!) bundle of joy is on the way:
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Jun 12, 2017

A new Money Minute inspired listener question and our drive to get our and your money right so we can stunt -- responsibly and within our budgets, of course -- on the haters! A This Week in Work update finds Rich delving even further into the seedy underworld of the professional dark side, also known as Middle...

Jun 6, 2017

This week we tackle another listener question from our ASKPB queue:

Hey guys! The question I have is if I should stay in a job that I don't like until I pay off all my debt. I'm in my late 20's, and I'll make 70k this year and I have 28k in credit card debt. The credit cards have been cut, dipped in lighter fluid, and...