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For a quick and easy way to gain bite-sized knowledge of financial issues, try listening to a personal finance podcast. Some 55% of Americans listen to podcasts, and Apple Podcasts features more than 436,000 active podcasts, including many that focus on budgeting, personal debt, investing, and retirement planning.
Other popular platforms for listening to podcasts include Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, and Amazon Music. It’s easy to find podcasts on personal finance topics with search terms like personal finance, investing, money, or budgeting. But if you don’t want to wade through the plethora of podcast choices, here are three options to get you started.
DIY Money
Certified Financial Planner Daniel Czulno and Quint Taro of Jouile Financial, an investment firm, host this podcast. Its semiweekly episodes tackle budgeting, debt, stocks and bonds, and investing.
HerMoney
Former “Today” show personal finance editor and author Jean Chatzky gears this podcast specifically toward women. Yet, the weekly episodes on budgeting, investing, and retirement planning are helpful to everyone.
NerdWallet’s Smart Money
Sean Pules, a certified financial planner, and producer Elizabeth Ayoola take a straightforward, matter-of-fact approach to budgeting, saving, borrowing, planning for major expenses, and other everyday financial topics.
