ChooseFI | Financial Independence Podcast

Your spouse might be planning your surprise party three months early because she knows you're too detail-oriented to fool otherwise. Jonathan's wife Laura pulled off the impossible — a genuine surpris...

3 Maj 201951min

Walking away from $450,000 a year sounds insane — unless you've already done the math on what your time is really worth. Chelsea Brennan's decision to leave her hedge fund career wasn't about reaching...

28 Apr 201959min

Lynne Frayer started investing at age 12—then beat a brain tumor and still retired early. Brad and Jonathan share her story alongside book updates, DIY cost-cutting tricks, and listener questions on i...

25 Apr 201958min

A commission-based advisor quietly drained tens of thousands from a couple's portfolio over a decade—even as they saved 50% of their income and did "everything right." Chris Mamula, a former physical ...

21 Apr 201950min

Attending a documentary screening can feel like watching someone else's highlight reel — until you realize the people on screen made the exact same mistakes you did. Brad and Jonathan tackle a roundup...

19 Apr 201949min

Most people assume financial independence is equally accessible to everyone—but what if the playing field was never level to begin with? Jillian and Kirsten from richandregular.com challenge this assu...

15 Apr 201950min

Congratulations — you just found the single most efficient way to drain your portfolio before you even touch the principal. Brad and Jonathan tackle the dividend-investing obsession head-on, sorting t...

12 Apr 20191h 4min

Craig learned the fundamentals of investing not in a classroom, but during an unpaid internship at Merrill Lynch — a crash course in capital markets that would shape his entire financial philosophy. N...

8 Apr 20191h 5min