By Paula Pant
This month’s jobs report looks strong on the surface, with 178,000 jobs added and unemployment ticking down—but a closer look tells a more complicated story. When I compare it against other data like job openings and layoffs, it still points to a slower, low-hiring environment, raising the question: is this […]
By Paula Pant
Where should you park money that you’ll need in three years? It’s a question that forces you to balance safety with returns, and resist the temptation to gamble on the stock market just because it’s been going up for 17 years.
In this Q&A episode, Joe and I answer three listener questions. Olivia is saving […]
By Paula Pant
In this episode, I am joined by Jamie Hopkins, a leading retirement researcher and finance expert, to debunk the myth of the “magic number.” We explore why retirement planning is a dynamic process of constant adaptation rather than a static goal.
Jamie explains the psychological and mathematical flaws of focusing solely on a […]
By Paula Pant
Should you take a $30,000 raise right before you retire? It’s the kind of question that forces you to ask what you’re really optimizing for—money, or something else entirely.
In this Q&A episode, Joe and I answer three questions: Melanie is four years from FI but a high-stress job with a big raise just opened […]
By Paula Pant
Can your beliefs actually change your biology? What if the only thing standing between you and breakthrough results isn’t skill, resources, or luck—but the limiting beliefs you carry about what’s possible?
In this conversation, I talk with Nir Eyal, bestselling author of “Hooked,” “Indistractable,” and his latest book “Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop […]
By Paula Pant
Should you reduce your retirement contributions to save for a house down payment faster?
It’s a question that forces you to choose between two competing financial goals—and the answer isn’t as simple as picking one over the other.
In this Q&A episode, Joe and I tackle three listener questions about financial trade-offs.
Hannah […]
By Paula Pant
What does it take to find work you actually love—not just tolerate, not just survive, but genuinely love? And is it even possible if you’re in your 50s and still don’t know what that is?
In this conversation, I talk with Bill Gurley, general partner at Benchmark Capital and author of “Runnin’ Down a […]
By Paula Pant
Should your emergency fund chase yields, or should you prioritize stability over returns? It’s a question we haven’t had to ask for years, but as interest rates drop, savers are facing a new reality.
In this Q&A episode, we tackle four listener questions that span the practical and the philosophical. We start with a listener […]
By Paula Pant
The jobs report that dropped today sent shockwaves through the markets, the US lost 92,000 jobs in February, completely defying expectations of a 60,000 job gain. How do we make sense of data that seems to contradict itself?
In this First Friday episode, I break down the confusing signals coming from different employment reports (BLS […]
By Paula Pant
Will AI take your job? In Part 2 of my conversation with Ben Zweig, we move beyond theory into the practical chaos of how work actually functions in today’s economy.
Ben and I dive deep into why there are 90 million unique job titles (yes, really), how LLMs are finally solving the job categorization problem […]
