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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Previous Episodes
- James Patterson Shows Why Comfort Can Be a Trap
- First Friday: When the Gov’t is Closed, Where Do We Find the Numbers?
- Q&A: Can You Really Beat the Market by Copying Members of Congress?
- Would You Shock a Stranger? What a 1960s Experiment Reveals About Your Money Decisions
- Q&A: How to Choose Between Financial Freedom and a First Home
- How to Stop Fighting About Money
- Radical Transparency in Real Estate Predictions
- Why High Earners Stay Broke, with Rose Han
- Everyone Says Don’t Hold Bonds in Taxable Accounts. They’re Wrong
- How Money Moves Through Markets
- Q&A: Should You Buy a House Now or Invest Your Down Payment Instead?
- First Friday: The Government Shuts Down -- But Bitcoin is at an All-Time High?!?
- Q&A: How Do You Maximize a Mini-Retirement?
- The Third Option Between Working and Retiring
- Q&A: My Friend Won’t Invest - How Can I Help?
- The Hidden Psychology Behind Every Financial Decision You Make with Dr. Daniel Crosby
- LIVESTREAM: A Former Fed Economist Reveals What's Really Happening, with Karsten Jeske (“Big ERN”)
- BONUS: Stagflation, Stocks & Social Security - What’s Next for Your Money? with Rob Berger
- The Case for Investing in Individual Stocks, with Co-Founder of the Motley Fool, David Gardner
- Q&A: ChatGPT Built Her $1.2M Portfolio … But Should You Trust It?
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