Martinis and Your Money Podcast

In this episode, Shannon talks to Saleem Khatri, founder of Instavest to hear his top 6 tips for smart investing.

Direct download: Saleem20Podcast.mp3
Category:investing -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Gillian Segal about her latest book, Getting There: A Book of Mentors and discusses what we can learn from popular leaders to live a better life.

Direct download: Gillian20Zoe20Segal20Podcast.mp3
Category:mentor -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to William Green, author of the book, The Great Minds of Investing about what he learned from profiling 33 of the world's best investors who combined manage over a trillion dollars in assets.

Direct download: William20Green20Podcast.mp3
Category:investing -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Jason Hartman founder of the Platinum Properties Investor Network and host of the Creating Wealth podcast about investing in income producing property as a means to grow your wealth. 

Direct download: Jason20Hartman20Podcast.mp3
Category:property -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Stephanie Halligan about the launch of her new book Art to Self and talks about what motivates Stephanie and how others can get motivated to live a financially healthier life. 

Direct download: Stephanie20Halligan20Shot.mp3
Category:motivation -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Nick Clements, co-founder of Magnify Money about building and rebuilding your credit score. They discuss the importance of secured credit cards, what to do we collection agencies and how you can save money with your credit score.

Direct download: Nick20Clements20Podcast.mp3
Category:credit -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon discusses money saving tips for the holidays with the happy hour ladies. We share our best ideas for saving on gifts and entertaining as well as our favorite and least favorite gifts we've received. 

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session2011.mp3
Category:happy hour -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Paul Golden from the National Endowment for Financial Education about warning signs to watch for as far as your parent's personal financial management skills and how to start the family money conversations before it's too late.

Direct download: Paul20Golden20Podcast.mp3
Category:family -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Harlan (Luke) Landes about his journey from living at home with his parents to selling his blog for seven figures. 

Direct download: Harlan20Landis20Podcast.mp3
Category:entrepreneur -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

On this episode, Shannon talks to Jennifer Fitzgerald, the CEO of Policy Genius about disability insurance, why you should care about it, how to know when you're covered, the best way to search for it and questions you should ask.

Direct download: Jen20Fitzgerald20Podcast.mp3
Category:insurance -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon answers a reader's question with the help of Matt Reiner and Eddie Goepp from Wela about preparing for retirement while also preparing for the possibility of a zombie apocalypse.

Direct download: Zombie20Apocalypse20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon and the Happy Hour Ladies discuss their personal care spending, why they spend what they spend and how they save money on personal care. 

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session2010.mp3
Category:spending -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Cary Carbonaro, a Certified Financial Planner, and author of the bestselling book, The Money Queen's Guide: For Women Who Want to Build Wealth and Banish Fear about how men and women can gain better control of their finances.

Direct download: Cary20Carbonaro20Podcast.mp3
Category:Money -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to financial planner, Melissa Sotudeh about great tips, tools and resources to help families plan and pay for college while also achieving their other financial goals. 

Direct download: Melissa20Sotudeh20Podcast.mp3
Category:college -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to New York Times Bestselling author, Kabir Sehgal, about his new book, Coined and learns some really interesting facts about money.

Direct download: Kabhir20Coined20Podcast.mp3
Category:Money -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Elle Martinez from the Couple Money podcast about best money practices that couples can use to keep the money stress to a minimum.

Direct download: Elle20Martinez20Podcast.mp3
Category:Relationships -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, the happy hour ladies record for the first time in the same room together live from the podcast recording stage during FinCon the financial blogger's conference. They share some of the money mistakes they have made and what they learned from the process. 

Direct download: FinCon20Happy20Hour20Podcast.mp3
Category:Money -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Emily Thompson from the Being Boss podcast about her best tips and ideas to start your own online business. 

Direct download: Emily20Thompson20Podcast.mp3
Category:side hustling -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Joshua Sheats from Radical Personal Finance about life insurance, determining the best type for you, the difference between term and whole life and when whole life insurance makes sense as an investment. 

Direct download: Joshua20Sheats20Podcast.mp3
Category:insurance -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Jenny Powers, the founder of Running with Heels, a networking company focused on helping women network, about some best practices to help you grow and maintain your networks.

Direct download: Jenny20Powers20Podcast.mp3
Category:networking -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon and the Happy Hour Ladies share their best tips on how you can save money while traveling. 

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session208.mp3
Category:travel -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon revisits her conversation with Melanie from Dear Debt about how she has paid off thousands of dollars in student loan debt while not earning much in her 9-5 job.

Direct download: Melanie20Podcast20Replay.mp3
Category:side hustling -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

This episode originially aired in November 2014. Shannon sat down with Mr. and Mrs. Frugalwoods, the anonymous bloggers responsible for the Frugalwoods website to talk about their frugal journey toward financial independence by the age of 33. 

Direct download: Frugal20Woods20Podcast20Replay.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Andy Josuweit, CEO of the company Student Loan Hero about student loans, how to manage them, repay them and how his company can help you understand your student loans. 

Direct download: Andy20Josuweit20Podcast.mp3
Category:student loans -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon and the Happy Hour Ladies discuss various personal and financial obstacles that they have had to overcome and share their tips for navigating tough times. 

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session207.mp3
Category:happy hour -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to solopreneur and coach, Carrie Smith, about how freelancers, solopreneurs and small business owners can better manage their finances. This is a great episode for anyone with an erratic income stream.

Direct download: Carrie20Smith20Podcast.mp3
Category:freelancing -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon chats with Eric Roberge, founder of Beyond Your Hammock about questions clients should ask their advisors before and after starting a relationship with one. 

Direct download: Eric20Roberge20Podcast.mp3
Category:investing -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this podcast, Shannon talks to lifestyle and personal finance expert, Stefanie O'Connell about the various ways that you can have fun while not spending much money.

Direct download: Stefanie20Podcast2.mp3
Category:Lifestyle -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon and the Happy Hour Ladies talk about food, how much they each spend on food, how they save on food and some of their biggest food splurges.

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session206.mp3
Category:food -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon sits down with her dad to talk about the money choices he made so that he could enjoy financial freedom at 60.

Direct download: Dad20Podcast.mp3
Category:Money -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Kali Hawlk about 5 smart money tips that Millennials should follow to have financial success. 

Direct download: Kali20Hawlk20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Mel who decided to not pursue a teaching career but rather follow her theater passion to the cruise ship life and beyond. 

Direct download: Melissa20B20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon and the Happy Hour Ladies talk about relationships and money, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session205.mp3
Category:Relationships -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to former financial advisor Joe Saul-Sehy about his experience of helping men and women invest to determine if there are differents and if stereotypes are correct.

Direct download: Joe20S20Podcast202.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to her sister Megan about the ups and downs she's experienced in her career from living on Shannon's sofa to getting her dream job at her dream company.

Direct download: Megan20Lally20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Catherine Alford about the ups and downs of being a working mom.

Direct download: Cat20Alford20Mothers20Day20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon explains the difference between mutual funds and ETFs and what investors should look for when investing in them.

Direct download: Mutual20Fund-ETF20Shot.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon and the happy hour ladies talk about investing, who is doing what and concerns or challenges they face around the topic of investing. 

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session204.mp3
Category:investing -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to Erin Chase, otherwise known as the 5 Dollar Dinner Mom about how she saves money and they discuss great tools and strategies to save money on your food spending.

Direct download: Erin20Chase20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to LeeAnn Maxwell, the founder of Vixen Vodka about starting a vodka company and brand after turning 50.

Direct download: LeeAnn20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to blogger and credit card churner, Holly Johnson about how you can travel for free by using credit card rewards.

Direct download: Holly20Johnson20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode the Happy Hour crew discusses whether certain behaviors are frugal or cheap.

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session203.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon talks to financial motivational speaker and stand up comedian, Colin Ryan about his career and how he helps people have a better relationship with money through humor. 

Direct download: Colin20Ryan20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon speaks with financial planner and blogger, Shannon Ryan about the basics of life insurance, who needs it, how much do you need, what type and how much will it cost.

Direct download: Shannon20Ryan20Insurance20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to Philip Taylor, of PT Money and FinCon success about his experience as a landlord and learns what advice he has for others. 

Direct download: PT20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, the Happy Hour crew gets together to talk about when you are being cheap vs. frugal. 

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session202.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to her friend Jenn about her experience working as a temp which led to a full-time position. 

Direct download: Jenn20Builes20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to Paula Pant about her life experiences of traveling the world, working for herself, investing in real estate and becoming an Airbnb host.

Direct download: Paula20Pant20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this episode, Shannon chats with Lauren Bowling from LB and the Money Tree about the recent debt trouble she has gotten into and how she plans to get out of it.

Direct download: Lauren20Bowling20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

In this monthly series, Shannon is joined for happy hour with some of her favorite personal finance bloggers to discuss various topics in personal finance.

Direct download: Happy20Hour20Session201.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to entrepreneur and artist, Stephanie Halligan, about her debt repayment journey and her latest passion project, Art to Self. 

Direct download: Stephanie20Halligan20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to a 23-year-old listener, Claire who wants to know how she should invest her savings.

Direct download: Investing20for20Millennials20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to solopreneur, freelance writer, blog owner and mom of 9 month old twins, Cat Alford, about her transition from type A overachiever to working mom trying to balance making money and taking care of her family.

Direct download: Cat20Alford20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

Shannon talks to new Author, Stefanie O'Connell about her book, The Broke and Beautiful Life. Stefanie is a professional actress and personal finance expert who writes about how to live a big life on a small budget.

Direct download: Stefanie20Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

1