Season One
Way back when the podcast was a baby, it was a live show with co-hosts Sandi Martin, Jackson Middleton, and Robb Engen. Take a look back at episodes featuring guests Ellen Roseman, Rob Carrick, Dan Bortolotti, Kerry K. Taylor, and Melissa Leong (and plenty more…we didn’t know about seasonal breaks back then and recorded 26 episodes before we took a breath.)
S1 Ep27 | Robert R. Brown
Wealthy Rabbits with RRSPs Special Guest Robert R. Brown Robert R. Brown is a freelance personal finance writer and the author of Wealthing Like Rabbits – An Original Introduction to Personal Finance. He lives in Ajax, Ontario with his wife Belinda and their three...
S1 Ep26 | Alexandra Macqueen
Eric, Ilsa, and Us Special guest Alexandra Macqueen Alexandra Macqueen is a Certified Financial Planner, retirement income specialist, co-author of the (soon-to-be) newly revised book Pensionize Your Nest Egg, and very gracious about usually being the smartest and...
S1 Ep25 | So It’s Your First Time Budgeting
It's our last episode of 2014, and - in the spirit of the coming New Year - we're talking budgets. The Christmas bills are about to start rolling in, which means 'tis the season for resolving to control your money this year. We want you to stick to it, so in this...
S1 Ep24 | Cent$ible Students
Teaching Kids About Money On episode 24 of the Because Money Podcast we are joined by Caroline Munshaw and Jenni Bolton of Cent$ible Students. They are self-proclaimed "money-moms" and work with kids in the school system from K-8 teaching financial literacy. Cent$ible...
Season Two
In Season Two, Kyle Prevost joined the co-host team while Robb Engen took a step back. We killed the live format (thank goodness), and were joined by guests like Cait Flanders, John Robertson, Chris Enns, and The Frugal Girl.
S2 Ep11 | “Advertising in Financial Media” with Robb Engen
On this final episode of Because Money Season Two, we thought we'd spice it up and talk about something we don't necessarily agree on: advertising, brand partnerships, and advertorials on personal finance blogs, and - bonus - we're joined by Season One co-host Robb...
S2 Ep10 | “The Incomparable” Cait Flanders
The Journey Towards Minimalism How do you deal with "stuff"? You know... the "stuff" that surrounds you... all the time. Do you have boxes of "stuff" that you haven't looked in for 27 years but simply can't bring yourself to get rid of? This episode is for you. This...
S2 Ep9 | “The Launch” with Richard Finnie
Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make This episode we're joined by Richard Finnie, founder of thelaunch.ca, and initiative designed to encourage collaboration with entrepreneurs. He's no stranger to podcasting himself, since as part of thelaunch.ca he hosts his own show...
S2 Ep8 | “Here’s the Story of an App” with Kerry K Taylor
Freshbooks. This Entire Episode is About Freshbooks. Period. Although this episode was supposed to be a roundtable Brady bunch type discussion about our favourite financial apps (we did kinda get there), the first half of this episode is spent extolling the virtues of...
Season Three
Season Three is where the show as we know it now (lots of conversation, fewer guests, more fEeLiNgS) started to take shape. Jackson and Kyle took a step back, and Sandi was joined by Chris Enns and John Robertson.
S3 Ep14 | Season Finale with Preet Banerjee
Preet and Everything It's the last episode of Season Three, and because we don't want to see you fall victim to the summer slide, we're talking to Preet Banerjee about enough interesting stuff to keep you thinking until Season Four drops this fall, like: 0.33 - Why...
S3 Ep 13 | Chris and John Talk Rent vs. Buy
Chris and John Talk Through Rent vs. Buy Chris knows all the buttons to push to get John, our resident housing bear, to pull out his rent vs. buy calculator: 1:37 - How should we start thinking about real estate 6:30 - Is renting just a phase of life 10:24 - Is there...
S3 Ep 12 | Communal Living with Rob Bancroft
Communal Living with Rob Bancroft This episode has everything: a quiz that Sandi spectacularly loses, a guest that digs into the nitty gritty of communal living, and a fight with a (housing) bear. Join us and our guest Rob Bancroft if you're at all interested in the...
S3 Ep 11 | Your Magic Number with Avraham Byers
Your Magic Number with Avraham Byers It's the one, the only Avraham Byers, Personal Financial Trainer, here to ring your doorbell every morning with $150, make awesome beard jokes, and talk about his recent (and fabulously simple) ebook Your Magic Number. Highlights...
Season Four
In Season Four we had all the conversations, including one about insurance with Julia Chung, and one about shame free money with Shannon Lee Simmons. They were rad, and you should check them out.
S4 Ep13 | The One Where Kate Is Making Space for Conversation
Kate is Making Space for Conversation Hey, fellow money nerds: how do you talk to people who don’t know or don’t care quite as much as you do? Kate Smalley is our guest this week because A) as a maker and marketer with lots of financial services clients and a...
S4 Ep12 | The One Where RESPs are Between 3 and 24 Percent Complicated
RESPs are Between 3 and 24 Percent Complicated We’ve been angling to get our friend MYD on the show for a long time. If you don’t remember, he’s the nice guy who offered to convert the show to audio and list it in all the podcast places before Season Three, Well, we...
S4 Ep11 | The One Where We Plan to Plan for Emergencies
The One Where We Plan to Plan for Emergencies While smack-dab in the middle of an emergency is kind of the worst time to start preparing for one, for most of us it’s the upheaval and chaos of just such an event that opens our eyes to the value of marshalling our...
S4 Ep10 | The One Where We Talk About Our Aging Parents
Talking to Parents About Their Money is Hard Listen, somebody is going to cry over socks in this episode, just so you’re prepared. We’re talking about how to have the conversations we need to have to make sure our parents are safe and happy as they age, and in the...
Season Five
In Season Five we had even more of all the conversations, including one with John Stapleton on low income planning, one about ethical investing with Tim Nash, and one that still sticks in Sandi’s brain after all these years about planning to get sick.
S5 Ep15 | Why Podcast About Money?
Season Five Finale: Why Podcast About Money? Why talk about money on a podcast? We've all got our reasons, and we learned a bunch in this episode about each other's. Imposter syndrome, squishy soft skills and the importance of real hard data... we talk about why we...
S5 Ep14 | Talking About Money by Yourself
Talking About Money by Yourself How do you talk about money when you're by yourself? We didn't even know this was a question you could ask... but John does (and does it well, naturally) in this solo episode...aka when your co-hosts don't show up on your recording...
S5 Ep13 | Dangerous Defaults
Dangerous Default John leads the charge on challenging some of the defaults we have in the financial world... and why they're sometimes complete phooey You can help make Because Money happen for as little as $1 a month through Patreon. You can also support the show...
S5 Ep12 | Breakups
Breakups Breakups suck and money doesn't make them any better. We talk about how to talk about money in yet another situation where that's the last thing you want to talk about. You can help make Because Money happen for as little as $1 a month through Patreon. You...
