Best Charles and Bethany Podcasts (2025)

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24: Julien & Kiersten | Money Layers in Society and Relationships 52:57

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Kiersten and Julien from Rich and Regular join us for our last interview in season 2. You may have seen them in the trailer for the upcoming documentary Playing With FIRE. We couldn't have asked for better guests to wrap up season 2, these two blew it out of the park. We originally brought them on to talk about finances and relationships and they h…

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23: Michelle Schroeder-Gardner | Alternative Living 28:20

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Michelle from Making Sense of Cents joins us to talk about living life a bit differently. From living the nomadic life in an RV for 3 years and to now transition to a life on the sea in their sailboat, this is just another day in their life. As travelers ourselves, we were curious about what full time travel looks like, some of the challenges, and …

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22: Jimmy and Jenny | The Challenges of Parenting in Today's Society 49:42

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Jimmy and Jenny from Living Life Loving Us join us to talk about something we haven't really ever discussed before, parenting. The challenges of parenting are ever widening with the expanse of social media and the expectations that other parents have of each other for raising children. These two have a different take on the matter and have a truly …

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21: Jamila Souffrant | Quitting your Job to Pursue Entrepreneurship 55:49

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Jamila from Journey to Launch joins us to talk about her recent major decision. What I really appreciate from Jamila is that she figured out money first. Saving and investing her money for years before taking on such a big new challenge. Not only that, she and her husband saved a 2 year emergency fund to really give being a full-time entrepreneur a…

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Bonus: The Money Middletons | A New Curation Site for Mild to Moderate Income Earners 16:08

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We are happy to have on Stephanie, the creator of a new personal finance content curation site The Money Middletons. Their goal is to reach the shrinking middle class whose incomes are mild to moderate. What is considered the middle class you say? Well, that is a tricky question as Stephanie points out in our talk. According to Brookings the defini…

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20: Sarah | Save AND Spend Approach to Personal Finance 49:34

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Sarah from Smile and Conquer is on the show to share her financial expertise as a professional in the finance world. She doesn't advocate for a frugal life but instead takes a save AND spend approach. This reflects in her desire to not retire early as she enjoys her work and job. This results in some awesome advice for how to budget when you are an…

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19: Zero | FIRE as a Necessity 1:17:22

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Zero from Zero 2 FIRE comes on the show to tell her story. A powerful story at that, battling 3 grand mal seizures, brain surgery, and rheumatoid arthritis. Grit is a word I don't use lightly with her, she has had to face more challenges in her 20's than most of us will have to in our lives. Zero overcame these challenges all while living in New Yo…

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18: Fetching Financial Freedom | FIRE Risks and Charitable Giving 1:09:30

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Felicity and Ferghus with a special appearance by Fluffster are on the show today to talk about how they are doing things a bit differently from the rest of us. Set to retire at 29 and 35, these two engineers have planned for their future all while still donating up to a years salary to a donor advised fund. Their philanthropy is only one side of t…

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17: Tanja and Mark | An Inside Perspective Into Early Retirement 1:10:21

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Tanja and Mark from Our Next Life have been rocking early retirement. As recent early retirees at the ages of 38 and 41 they share how their next life is one filled with intentionality and purpose, without a single trace of boredom. They bring a unique perspective as having now walked the path they envisioned. With this comes insightful thoughts ab…

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16: Angela | Tread Lightly with Sustainability and Finances 58:33

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Angela from Tread Lightly Retire Early intertwines finances with saving the environment. Sustainability is simple; Angela explains how this is not a fad and is a lifestyle that is accessible for anyone. Changes in your own life that can help improve the earth, also coincide with things that save you money. Her own steps towards financial independen…

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15: Ms ZiYou | Feminism and Finances 58:25

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Coming to us from the UK is feminist finance blogger Ms ZiYou. A world traveler that brings a world of wisdom and an array of varying perspectives. This is someone who actually takes the time to analyze her own actions and contemplates if they are contributing more to the problem or not. Something we all could be better at. Listen and hear some tru…

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14: Kara Perez | Looking Outside Your Own Experience 1:00:25

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We are joined this episode by the CEO of Bravely, Kara Perez. We learn about Kara's background including how she paid off $25,000 in debt in 3.5 years while never making more than $32,000 a year. We also explore how Bravely came to be and the motivation behind it and the importance of bringing diversity to the financial world especially in today's …

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13: Ty Roberts | Behind the Scenes with the Creator of Camp Fire Finance 55:50

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Welcome back to season 2 of the His and Her FI Post Podcast. We are kicking off the season with Ty Roberts. You may recognize the name as he is the owner and curator of Camp Fire Finance. A directory that features the best articles in the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) world. We look at the origin story of Ty, how he got to where he is …

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His and Her FI Post Season 2 Returns August 21st 2018 2:13

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We are back! After upgrading just about everything on the podcast we are ready to return with not just ourselves as usual, but with some amazing guests. That's right, we have changed up the format and as promised, will be interviewing others in the personal finance community. This won't be like other interviews, we want to learn about the person, t…

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12: Changing Daily Habits for More Time and Money 1:08:57

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We are wrapping up season 1 with a collection of the habits we have changed this past year. As a result of these changed habits, you guessed it, we gained more freedom, time, and money. We are taking a quick break between seasons and will announce a date in the future for season 2! We cover a lot in this episode. We have been making little changes …

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11: Is Google Really Giving you the Answers you Need? 46:08

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We are in an age of unparalleled Googling. Google is becoming the collective consciousness of the world and critical thinking is dropping off by the wayside. Have you ever stopped and thought about how much you rely on the answers to your search results? Well we did just that in this week's episode. We are encapsulated in a highly curated world of …

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10: Why These Two Millennial's Aren't Married Yet and Don't Want Kids 33:24

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What does marriage mean to you? Depending on who you ask, in what society, in what culture, in what place you ask the answer will most likely be different. For most, the first concepts, ideas, and notions of marriage you get are from your parents. Oversimplifying things a bit, you could say if your parents had a good marriage, then you would be mor…

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09: Top 10 Cheap Travel Tips to Feed Your Wanderlust on a Budget 44:25

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Travel feeds our souls. We make it a priority to go on a big trip every summer. Last year we spent 2 weeks in Ireland touring the whole country. This summer we are going to Peru for 2 weeks to see Macchu Picchu, the Amazon jungle, and some good eats in Lima. Sprinkled in-between these big trips we try to take advantage of any other travel we can sq…

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08: Expectations of Society and the Labels we Apply to Ourselves and Others 1:00:36

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What is your role in life? We all want to play a role in this play we call life. The stage has been set and all that's left is to say our lines and perform as instructed. Society expects something from us, people expect things from us, family expects things from us. No, it doesn't necessarily come from a bad place. It's simply the understanding tha…

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07: Personal Growth and the Upper Limits to Success 58:21

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We have had to overcome a lot of personal limits to begin this personal growth journey. Financial Independence was one of the catalysts that made us start thinking differently and choosing to live a life by our own design. We have had some personal growth wins already and it always feels good to know you are making positive steps in the right direc…

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06: Should you Combine Finances in a Relationship? An Honest Talk 32:57

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The money talk every couple needs to have. Should you combine finances in a relationship when previously you have kept everything seperate? What if one of the partners has a large amount of debt? What if one person makes more than the other? These are the very same questions we talk about in this episode. What makes matters worse is each of our own…

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05 - Overcoming Death with Michelle. Does Money Really Matter? 58:22

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What does quality of life mean to you? Income, job, commute, happiness, pets, people, love? What if you had to restart your life over? These questions are exactly what our first guest on the show had to answer. Michelle is currently a therapist in our local community, spends her weekends volunteering at a dog shelter, remains active in Donate Life …

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04 - What it Actually Takes to Achieve your Goals. Staying Productive and Accountable. 35:02

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Setting a goal is easy, actually putting in the work to achieve that goal? A whole different story. This episode almost didn't happen because we waited until a Sunday night to record and weren't feeling very motivated. Nevertheless, we persisted and it gave us even more motivation to talk about today's episode. What does balance look like for us cr…

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03 - Are College Degrees Really Needed for your Career? Arguments of a Teacher and Engineer. 52:42

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This is a continuation of a talk we had with friends at the dinner table. The question was, do you think college is needed to do your job? I won't give our answers here, you'll have to listen to find out! I'll give you some hints though. We go through our personal backgrounds with Charles having a bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Bethany wit…

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02 - Adopting a Life of Minimalism and Simple Living. The Perfect Partner to Financial Independence? 29:36

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Is minimalism the ultimate side-kick to financial independence and retiring early? In our case it was the catalyst that helped Bethany get on this path to FI. This thought helped us evaluate what "things" actually brought us happiness. This meant for Charles having to overcome his impulse spending habits and for Bethany to tame her one-click Amazon…

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01 - Our 3 Roadblocks to Pursuing Financial Independence 29:17

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We are starting off the season with our beginning. This is a look into how we discovered FI for Her and Him. What started as a way to try and save money by learning about travel hacking morphed into this complete lifestyle change into a pursuit to FI. We had a rough start on this path as we had to overcome relationship hurdles first. We never reall…

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00 - One Couple's Journey to Financial Independence 2:46

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Welcome to His and Her FI Post, a podcast by Charles and Bethany. What started with a discovery of financial independence and FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) lead to a complete lifestyle change. This is a Money Podcast more about the Why, and less about the How. The emotions, memories and mindsets of individual money stories are what we …

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