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Financial Independence Podcast

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The Mad Fientist

Join the Mad Fientist as he interviews personal-finance icons like Mr. Money Mustache, Ramit Sethi, and JL Collins to discover the strategies they used to achieve financial independence and retire early! Learn about investing, tax avoidance, entrepreneurship, travel hacking, real estate, and all things related to financial independence and early retirement!

#84

Learning How to Spend Money (While Enjoying Every Dollar Spent)

After decades of saving/investing, it's hard to immediately flip a switch and go into spen... more

14 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:15

14 Nov 2025

#83

Valuable Lessons from My Eighth Year of Freedom

In 2021, I decided to stop doing annual updates. At that time, I thought I had FI figured ... more

03 Sep 2024

19 MINS

19:06

03 Sep 2024

#82

The Power of Quitting

Saving up a bunch of money gives you power - power you can use to make your life better an... more

08 Jul 2024

06 MINS

06:18

08 Jul 2024

#81

Happiness Through Subtraction

If you want to use money to make you happier, stop thinking about what you can buy with it... more

17 Jun 2024

07 MINS

07:57

17 Jun 2024

#80

Bill Perkins - Memory Dividends, Time Buckets, and Maximizing Net Fulfillment

Out of all the episodes of the Financial Independence Podcast, this is the one I wish I he... more

02 May 2024

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:41

02 May 2024

#79

The Best Advice from JL Collins

To celebrate the release of JL Collins' new book, Pathfinders, I collected all the best ad... more

05 Dec 2023

39 MINS

39:56

05 Dec 2023

#78

Parker Hewes - Your Money and Your Health

Health is similar to finances in that there are many overly-complex things people say you ... more

06 Nov 2023

22 MINS

22:31

06 Nov 2023

#77

Jillian Johnsrud & Chad Carson - Small and Mighty Real Estate Investing

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Chad Carson from ... more

23 Aug 2023

49 MINS

49:02

23 Aug 2023

#76

Ramit Sethi – How to Spend (and Actually Enjoy It)

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Ramit Sethi from ... more

17 Feb 2023

51 MINS

51:12

17 Feb 2023

#75

My Family - Raising Money-Smart Kids

Over the last few years, I interviewed members of my family to find out two things: 1--How... more

14 Dec 2022

18 MINS

18:22

14 Dec 2022

#74

Podcast Takeover: The FI Show - Employee vs. Entrepreneur

Cody Berman and Justin Taylor, hosts of the FI Show, have both achieved financial independ... more

01 Oct 2022

37 MINS

37:21

01 Oct 2022

#73

Mad Fientist Jr. - Why I'm Appreciating FI More Than Ever Now

Life has completely changed. And because of this major change, I'm even more grateful for ... more

02 Sep 2022

11 MINS

11:51

02 Sep 2022

#72

Podcast Takeover: Financial Independence Europe - Effective Altruism

Welcome to another podcast-takeover episode of the Financial Independence podcast! This ti... more

27 Jun 2022

51 MINS

51:05

27 Jun 2022

#71

The Best Advice from Mr. Money Mustache

Exactly 10 years ago, I released the first episode of the Financial Independence Podcast! ... more

31 May 2022

14 MINS

14:49

31 May 2022

#70

Aime to Invest – From Bankruptcy to FI in 8 Years

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I speak to Patrick Aime from Aim... more

25 Apr 2022

37 MINS

37:28

25 Apr 2022

#69

Podcast Takeover: Mile High FI - Early Retirement Failures & Successes

I'm excited to share with you the first Podcast Takeover episode of the Financial Independ... more

28 Mar 2022

38 MINS

38:25

28 Mar 2022

#68

The Escape Artist - FIRE in the UK

I have some big news… I am now a British citizen! In honor of finally getting my UK passpo... more

15 Dec 2021

53 MINS

53:57

15 Dec 2021

#67

Bogleheads - Life After FIRE

Last year, I published an interview with one of my favorite financial writers, Morgan Hous... more

15 Nov 2021

44 MINS

44:51

15 Nov 2021

#66

Fifth (and Final) Annual Update

If you've followed me for a while, you'll know that I've released an annual update every y... more

20 Aug 2021

15 MINS

15:38

20 Aug 2021

#65

Early Retirement Extreme - A Systems Approach to Lifestyle Design

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I finally got to interview the p... more

19 Jan 2021

53 MINS

53:36

19 Jan 2021

#64

8 Key Lessons from the Ultralearning Experiment

Last year, I conducted an experiment in Ultralearning that I hoped would help me achieve a... more

02 Oct 2020

39 MINS

39:02

02 Oct 2020

#63

Morgan Housel - The Psychology of Money

One of my favorite financial writers, Morgan Housel, is on the Financial Independence Podc... more

10 Sep 2020

48 MINS

48:57

10 Sep 2020

#62

Valuable Lessons from My Fourth Year of Freedom

It's been four years since I left my full-time job and what a crazy year it's been! To cel... more

07 Aug 2020

17 MINS

17:53

07 Aug 2020

#61

Coronavirus Market Crash - Is This Time Different?

Bear markets are a normal part of investing but is this time different? As the coronavirus... more

16 Mar 2020

29 MINS

29:09

16 Mar 2020

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