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After a brief hiatus, PSA Thursday is back! If you’re a new listener, PSA Thursday is a weekly-ish segment of the podcast in which we normally talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the middle of a pandemic.

However, for this episode, we’re taking a step back to 1) reflect on why this show exists, and 2) give you a sneak peek of future PSA Thursday episodes. 

We also break down why we interview the guests that we have on the show, and the important difference between telling someone what to think versus telling them how to think. 

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Welcome back to PSA Thursday, a mostly-weekly segment in which we talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the middle of a pandemic.

At the beginning of the month, we interviewed two teachers, Rob Phelan and Mandy Bert, for their perspective on what lies ahead for schools.

Now, as summer break ends, we turn to Andy Hill, father of two and founder of Marriage, Kids, and Money, for his perspective on how to avoid parental burnout.

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Welcome back to PSA Thursday, a mostly-weekly segment in which we talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the middle of a pandemic.

Today, we’re focusing on handling money — specifically, how to earn more, especially as the $600 supplemental federal unemployment benefit has come to an end.

The new $300 supplemental benefit that’s replacing it is slooooowly getting approved by FEMA, state-by-state, through an excruciatingly snail-like process that can only be described as 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯.

As a result, millions of people — including possibly your friends, family, neighbors, or yourself — are in financial limbo.

You may be lamenting the loss of the old benefit, anxiously awaiting the new reduced benefit, and drowning your sorrows in a bucket of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream while you wait for two+ months to receive a whopping half of the enhanced benefit that you used to collect.

That’s a run-on sentence, I know, but there are worse atrocities in life.

So. Here we are. And you — or someone you know — might be extra-anxious to figure out how to make a little extra money right now.

That’s why we put together a guide that does two things:

1. This guide gives you a framework for how to think about opportunities to make extra money. How to think about the tradeoffs, the pro’s and con’s, the priorities.
2. This guide gives you those opportunities, organized along that framework.

Click here to see the full guide, complete with awesome offers and resources.

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Welcome back to PSA Thursday, a mostly-weekly segment in which we talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the middle of a pandemic.

Do you have school-age children? If so, then brace yourself for a school year like no other.

This year, some children will return to school five days a week. Others will learn from home five days a week, and yet others will experience a hybrid of the two.

You and your kids may face wildly different schedules and challenges than anything you’ve encountered before.

How can you cope with this? Mandy Bert and Rob Phelan, who both work as teachers and are on the K-12 Education Team at the ChooseFI International Foundation, join us to share tips to help your children – and you! – survive the school year.

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Welcome back to PSA Thursday, a mostly-weekly segment in which we talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the middle of a pandemic.

This week, we shift our focus to handling tenants who can’t pay, a concern that many the landlords in our community have voiced since March.

If you’ve asked yourself:

• What can we do to help if our tenants are unable to pay, but we still have bills to pay?
• How can I make sure my tenant doesn’t ghost me during this time?
• Is there any alternate resolution that doesn’t require an eviction?

then this episode is for you.

For this topic, we asked Alieza Durana to offer her expertise. She’s a journalist and media strategist who works with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University.

The Princeton Eviction Lab is a group that rigorously researches the causes and consequences of the affordable housing crisis, housing instability, and the impact of evictions.

On this episode, Alieza shares data that Princeton has gathered on evictions, and tips for landlords who want to be part of the solution, but struggle with the reality of having bills to pay.

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Welcome back to PSA Thursday, a mostly-weekly segment in which we talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the middle of a pandemic.

This week, we focus on life and how to stay safe when venturing outside of your home.

Many of us are concerned with reducing the risk of coronavirus infection in places like a grocery store, gas station, or backyard BBQ, but the guidelines on how to stay safe aren’t always clear.

In this episode, we discuss the precautions to take…

• When using a public toilet
• When picking up food at a quick-serve restaurant or fast food place
• When you’re exercising at the gym
• When filling your car with gas
• In your general day-to-day life when you’re out and about

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