10 Best Personal Finance Podcasts for Millennials

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I used to not consider myself a big podcast person. While everyone else was hopping on the Serial train I was calling NPR like “Can I just hear some Justin Beiber?”

But since writing about the best personal finance podcasts for millennials three years ago, I’ve become a podcast pro in my own right.

This article started as a list of podcasts I wanted to try to save my readers the trial and error of finding them on their own and has led to me starting my own podcast about frugality with my friend Jill.

It’s called Frugal Friends Podcast and we talk about saving money and how to be a more conscious consumer all around.

And since starting, our episodes have been downloaded almost a MILLION times.

Now I get interviewed on podcasts about podcasting! It’s surreal.

We also have a Facebook group to share what’s been working and what doesn’t. It’s been the lifeblood of our success and you’ll find many of the shows on the list share the same feature.

So I’m not including it in my top 10 but I definitely recommend checking it out and subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, or RSS. 😉

Best Personal Finance Podcasts

I found my favorites and scoured the internet for other’s recommendations for the best personal finance podcasts. And while this one is money podcasts, if you read to the end you’ll get my bonus suggestion for the podcast even non-personal finance nerds will love.

1. Popcorn Finance

Popcorn Finance is hosted by one of my favorite human beings ever, Chris Browning. He has the voice of a man you never want to stop talking yet his episodes are all under 15 minutes.

This is a great podcast for a short commute. Chris loves tiny living, investing, debt-free stories, and quick answers to common financial questions.

He also just started a new show with our very good friend Allison Baggerly called This is Awkward where they answer awkward money questions. Both are excellent shows.

Episodes of Interest: How to Not Die When Buying Things on Craigslist & Our $27,000 Debt Story.

2. Stacking Benjamins

Stacking Bejamins served much of the inspiration for Frugal Friends. It’s like a personal finance variety show. They answer listener questions, do interviews, and banter about personal finance like most people do about sports.

This podcast takes place in “Joe’s mom’s basement” and is as funny as it claims to be. They also have a cheesy announcer guy and I think you can guess how I feel about announcers at this point.

Episodes of Interest: How to Spend no Money & Paying off $240,000 in debt

3. Journey to Launch

Jamila Souffrant is the creator of Journey to Launch. Her family saved $85,000 in one year (living in NYC)  through budgeting and smart money choices.

Beyond being a Certified Financial Education Instructor, Jamila is also a wife and mom of three so I find her super relatable.

Episodes of Interest: How to live a luxurious life without sacrificing & Saving 50% of your income while navigating a health condition

4. The Side Hustle Show 

Side hustles are one of the main reasons we were able to pay off our debt so quickly. For the best side hustles, I’m a big fan of Nick Loper’s Side Hustle Show. Nick has a lot of charisma and invites amazing guests from all kinds of side hustles to his show.

Some interesting ones are episode 215 with a notary public loan signing agent, episode 218 about building a 6-figure side hustle on Fiverr, and session 226 on making $500 in the first seven days of your side hustle.

I attribute his episodes on Merch by Amazon for helping me make over $10,000 selling shirts. If you haven’t found your soul hustle then you need to check this podcast out.

Episode of Interest: The 5 Step System to Quit Your Job In the Next 12 Months

5. HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

This is a podcast for older millennials, especially mid-career women. You can run through Jean’s inventory of episodes and find anything you’d need to know from experts who will give you facts, not just thoughts and sales pitches.

Jean Chatzky is a journalist and the financial editor for the Today Show so she’s kind of a celebrity in the financial world. This means she can get some bigger names than us small timers.

Frankly, this is a show all women need.

Episodes of Interest: The Negotiating Skills You Learn in a Brothel and Ethical Investing.

6. Marriage, Kids, & Money

Andy Hill’s podcast for young families is stellar.

I didn’t have a house when I initially made this list and I didn’t have a kid the last time I updated it (woah!) but now that I have both those things I’ve found so many episodes to be extremely helpful. And one day when I’m teaching Kai about money I’ll definitely go back in his archives to get help with that.

Andy and his wife were able to pay off their mortgage while investing and raising two kids which I find incredible. They’re role models to me so anything he has to say I take note of.

Episodes of Interest: 15-Year Mortgage Paid Off in 5 Years and How No-Spend Challenges Helped One Woman Pay Off $78K of Debt

7. Couple Money

Elle Martinez is passionate about helping spouses to stop fighting about money and build a life they love together. She started the Couple Money show because she needed that info and couldn’t find it.

She’s since built a podcast with a great backlog of episodes, comprehensive show notes and great resources for couples.

Episode of Interest: Easy Meal Planning on a Budget & Life After Debt

8. Choose FI

When I originally wrote this post, Choose FI was just a twinkle in its hosts Jonathan and Brad’s eyes. It’s since become behemoth in the podiverse (Grammarly tells me that’s not a real world.)

The Choose FI community is a group of recovering Dave Ramsey baby steppers. Each episode is full of actionable tips for living frugally, creating passive income, and travel hacking.

When we finished paying off our debt we wanted more than just a life of working and investing the minimum. I’m so glad I found Jonathan and Brad, they’re normal guys who’ve created a tribe of people being smart with money.

Episodes of Interest: A Roller Coaster Path to FI & Why Everyone Needs Dave Ramsey and Why You Should Ignore Him

9. Paychecks & Balances

Paychecks & Balances is an amazing show for millennials interested in making money, saving money, and getting out of debt. I met Rich and Marcus in 2019 and they are some of the most genuine and funny dudes you’ll meet. And that’s exactly what you get from their show.

Episodes of Interest: How much home, debt, and car can you afford? & Has Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) burned out?

10. The Minimalists Podcast

I first became familiar with Joshua and Ryan, aka The Minimalists, from a coffee shop they’re invested in down the street from my house in St. Petersburg, FL. They’re better know from their documentary on Netflix.

I believe that the key to saving money is spending less and while I don’t plan on downsizing to two chairs and one book, I am thankful for the reminders in this podcast on what matters and what doesn’t.

Episodes of Interest: Clothing & Money

BONUS: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me 

Less of a podcast and more of the most entertaining 60 minutes you’ll ever experience coming from a radio. I have to admit that I am obsessed with Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. We even went to see it live when we were in Chicago last year.

Peter Sagal hosts this circus of a news comedy variety hour and laughs will ensue the whole time. And whenever I’m asked what MY Bill of the Week is, it’s always Anchorman legend and WWDTM announcer: Bill Kurtis.

Episode of Interest: Any episode with Paula Poundstone.

Tell me: Do you have any favorite personal finance podcasts I didn’t mention?