Pam & Dyalekt Get Shameless (FKA Brunch & Budget)

To close out Women’s History Month, we talk with Mary Pilon, whose new book reveals the true history of the invention of Monopoly. The story Parker Brothers tells is such common knowledge that it’s included as an insert in every Monopoly set – Charles Darrow, down on his luck, invents the game in his basement, […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

We hear about start ups all the time – the hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars they raise, the cool offices, the “culture.” But what does it really take to start a start up? On today’s show, we talk with Morgan Hirsh, founder of Morgan’s Don’t Run Out ( morgans.me ), a line of bathroom […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

At one point, McDonald’s owned 90% of Chipotle. On today’s show, Brunch & Budget goes in on how Chipotle Mexican Grill is leading a new fast food era and how McDonald’s is trying to not get left in the dust. Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Student loan debt has gotten to be even more confusing than ever, especially as people take out more money, loans get sold to other companies, and it’s not clear what’s federal or private, subsidized or unsubsidized (and what the heck does all that even mean???). Luckily, on today’s show, we have student loan counseling expert, […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.subst...

Emcee, artist, and entrepreneur MeccaGodzilla joins us in the studio today to revisit our show (episode 10) on the Landmark Forum! He attended the 3-day intensive, did the 10 week action steps course afterwards, and he says it changed his life! But not in a culty way! We dig in on what the 3-day course […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Another Valentine’s Day has passed, which begs the question, is it less expensive to be single or in a relationship? Not just on Valentine’s Day, but in general. Do couples spend more money or do single people spend more money trying to get couple-y? We compare single and living alone to single and living with […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Shark Tank is a super popular TV show where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to very wealthy investors to get them to invest in a piece of their companies. They say they’ve reignited the entrepreneurial spirit in America. Drink every time someone says “American Dream” on the show and you’ll be drunk by the end of […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscrib...

President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address was inspiring. He called for focusing on building a “middle class economics” and outlined three ingredients that would be needed to achieve this: 1. helping families feel more secure (i.e. raising minimum wage, paid sick leave, childcare options) 2. upgrading Americans’ skills (making higher education more financially […] Get full access to Get Sha...

Do you want to talk to an accountant who also makes you feel like a person? Take a listen to our interview with Rus Garofalo, founder of Brass Taxes, a tax preparer who treats his people like, well, people. He drops a ton of knowledge throughout the show on what you can claim, tips on […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

In December 2014, Dyalekt and I traveled through Asia for 25 days and did it for $5,700. Total. For the both of us. In this week’s show, we talk about how we planned, what we stumbled through, what snafu’s we ran into along the way, and how we prioritized our spending throughout the whole trip, […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

In Part 2 of why we believed the $72mm lie that Mohammed Islam told NY Magazine (that he made all this money investing in the stock market), we explore why we WANTED to believe his story. America and the American Dream is built on the idea of “rags to riches” narratives, being able to come […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Mohammed Islam was named in NY Magazine’s annual “Things We Love About New York” issue for claiming to make $72 million in the stock market. He said he started trading penny stocks at the age of 8 or 9 and that his net worth was in the 8 figures. Of course, a few days later, […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Do you know you have to get health insurance for 2015 but also feel completely overwhelmed? Me too. So we invited a health insurance expert on the show to answer all our questions about the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. We go over the most jargon-y jargon you’ll need to know, like deductible, copays, coinsurance, […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/su...

The number two New Year’s resolution people make every year (after losing weight), is to save more money. So what stops us from saving? In this show, we go over the common reasons people don’t save and the most effective ways to get around these reasons and change your savings habits, according to your money […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Tis the season to give back to your favorite non profits, and what better place to give than the… wait? The NFL is a non profit? That’s exactly what we said when we first found out, so we did some research and found ourselves down a non profit rabbit loop hole matrix. Or something like […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Deepti Kapur, CEO and founder of FoodToEat.com , joins us in the studio and shares some eye opening facts about the economics of online food delivery services like Seamless.com and GrubHub.com . If you are a frequent user of these online services, like Dyalekt and I once were (we deleted our Seamless accounts immediately after this show!), […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getsha...

Does having more money make you less empathetic? Less moral? Less happy? As someone who wants to believe I am in control of my emotions and action and that having more money doesn’t change people, it was hard for me to hear, much less talk about, the findings in the studies about money and empathy, […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

This Friday, millions of people will line up outside of stores across the country and try to score a deal on Black Friday. But is it really worth it? Are you actually saving that much more money? We talk about the psychology (and psychological tricks) behind Black Friday sales, why it appeals to some basic […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Did the premiums go up or down? What happens if you don’t sign up? Can you get some help paying for it? Can you get some help applying for it? All these questions and more answered on today’s show on the state of Obamacare in 2015. Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

If the idea of talking to an insurance agent about anything scares you (even though you know you really need to protect your stuff!), meet Heather Klein of Eastern Insurors. She joins us on today’s show and drops some serious knowledge about property and casualty insurance, specifically renter’s and auto insurance. Do you know the […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.su...

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Identity theft is the fast growing crime in the U.S. and identity thieves are staying two steps ahead of the people trying to catch them. Huge companies like Home Depot and Target have recently had millions of credit card numbers stolen, ID thieves are preying on children and the elderly, and stitching together multiple identities […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.su...

You may have heard people call them pyramid schemes or scams. Or you may have been pitched by someone who swears you can work from home and just watch the money roll in. People either love em or they hate em, so we wanted to find some middle ground. Enter Shirone Robinson, who has been […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

“A blessing isn’t complete until it’s shared.” Cerece Murphy, a black, female, self-published, sci-fi author (pause for a second, take in all the qualifiers), joins us in the studio while she’s in town for NYC ComicCon to promote and sell the third installment in her Order of the Seers Trilogy. We dig into the nitty […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subs...

The Ice Bucket Challenge was a charitable giving phenomenon this summer. The ALSA raised over $100 million in the last three months – that’s almost 50% more than the US government has committed to helping fight ebola. What makes some charitable campaigns more successful than others? What compels people to give to one charitable cause […] Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless...