116R | Escape
Most people assume escaping a toxic workplace requires years of grinding and sacrifice. Wendy slashed her family's food budget so dramatically she compressed her timeline to freedom—without eating ram...
1 Mar 201959min
116 | Adoption, FFLC & the House of FI | Wendy Mays
A high-earning lawyer with six kids and mounting debt saw no way out — then discovered a community that changed everything. Wendy Mace was making excellent money as an attorney but had nothing to show...
25 Feb 201953min
115R | How to Get Out of Debt
What if losing your job became an opportunity instead of a crisis? Brad's wife was unexpectedly fired — but instead of panic, they found themselves reflecting on the power of financial independence. T...
22 Feb 201954min
115 | Poverty, Divorce and FI by 43 | Bonnie Truax
After rebuilding from serious debt twice—once in a low-income childhood, again after a financially disastrous marriage—Bonnie and her husband Trinity achieved a 75% savings rate and retired to travel ...
18 Feb 201955min
114R | Fine Tuning the College Equation | PSAT and National Merit Scholarship
The "prestige" college narrative says you need elite schools and perfect grades to succeed—but what if you could graduate debt-free from a quality institution without being a straight-A student? This ...
15 Feb 20191h 5min
114 | How to Win College Scholarships
Student loan debt can derail financial independence for decades — even for people with perfect résumés. Brian Eufinger joins Brad and Jonathan to show how families can avoid that trap entirely through...
10 Feb 20191h 16min
113R | Making your Retirement Plan Bullet Proof | Tanja Hester
Brad's solar panels in Richmond are projected to return 9.6% annually — a figure that challenges the typical "index funds only" mindset in the FI community. This episode also features Tanya Hester fro...
8 Feb 20191h 7min
112R | Planned Obsolescence
Most consumer products aren't built to last — they're built to break so you'll buy again. That's planned obsolescence, and Jonathan opens this mashup episode with a personal frustration: replacing eve...
1 Feb 201955min
