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Has talking about the racial wealth divide become conversational quicksand, where we think that people talking about it are considering the problem in its totality and actually trying to solve it but they're actually applying a band aid to a gaping wound by saying the right words so we keep buying their products(looking at you Apple)?This week we're joined by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad for...

It's time for our annual tax episode! This year, we sit down with Darren Liddell, one of our See Change coaches and a seasoned tax preparer (he shows off his 10 year VITA pin on the show!) who breaks down taxes through a news lens. By the end of the episode, you'll learn how to take advantage of the tax changes during COVID (and make sure you get that stimulus payment!), how to maximize...

You know the Lazy Susan(tm)? The mini Gravitron where your sauces or spices turn for everyone at the table? Why is it lazy, and Why Susan? Markus Krajewski, professor of Media History at University of Basel, Switzerland, and author of The Server: A Media History from the Present to the Baroque says, "In all probability, Susan was a generic name rich homeowners addressed their maidservants wit...

Why Desegregation Didn't Work They used to be lying, stealing, screaming f*ck your feelings Now they’re crying, pleading for unity and healing History is written by the richer, not the winners We’re seeing it happen as we tweet History tells us that desegregation fixed America It admits that separate was never equal As if separation was America’s only evil Racial discrimination is like a nucl...

Hey there, It's Black History Month, and we're always ready to call out some sh*t about the finance industry. Here's some f*cked up history for you: The history of insurance is racist. NY Life started in the 1800's by insuring enslaved Africans lives - if a slave died, the insurance company would pay the slavemaster for their life. Fastforward to the 80's and 90's whe...

So what’s going on with this GameStop thing? Did Reddit take down a multi-billion dollar hedge fund? What’s a hedge fund? If you’ve been hearing about GameStop nonstop for the last few days and want to know all the drama and what it might mean for the stock market as a whole and your personal investments, join us today at 2pm EST to learn all about it. We invited back Kevin Matthews of Building Br...

We don't know about you, but we're tired of hearing out of touch celebrity millionaires (looking at you, Diddy) who keep telling us we should have been hustling even harder in the middle of a global pandemic. We are TIRED! But more importantly, hustle culture prevents us from interrogating the system of oppression it was built upon. Instead of advocating for our own labor/worker rights,...

Music Feature in This Episode Payroll Taxes by IM-POWER-MEANT ENT PRESENTS $HO Montega Stimmy (Stimulus Checks)- by Stimmy Gawd feat L'Daialogue DiCaprio Living Wage by Aveli Amun Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

As part of our COVID-19 relief and business saving efforts, DAWI is launching a hotline  this month for small businesses, especially in communities of color, interested in converting to worker ownership,  and we're doing it in partnership with NYC Department of Small Business Services. Music Featured in This Episode: Better Together by Liberty Jones Cooperative DVA by cooperative DVA Workers...

How many of us really love our bank? It feels like an entity that we have to do business with but always begrudgingly and always with a hint of how are they going to screw me over this time? In this episode we talk about this history of banking and how it got to be this way through various acts of deregulation and how we can ask our banks to do better. Music Featured in This Episode: Better by Siv...

Parisian poet Anatole France said "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.” He was poeting about how laws penalize desperate actions borne of need while largely ignoring crimes inspired by greed. We've all heard stories about people spending years in prison or being killed for stealing food, w...

We are talking about how to invest in yourself without spending money and what is investing in yourself vs. self care?  Where do we start with investing in ourselves and what does that even really mean? Music Featured in This Episode: In Yourself by Zo! + Asylum 7 Believe In Yourself by SisterSara featuring Awa Fall Free Yourself (extrait) by NY.KO Get full access to Get Shameless about money at g...

MJ from Advisory Avenue joins us for this episode to talk about knowing your worth, how, why and when you should go to HR, approaching and preparing yourself to have "the raise" conversation and really proving and showing your value to a company during a pandemic! Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

We were so happy to have Kevin Matthews on the show to explain how to think about investing during the pandemic and create an investment plan that weathers all uncertain times. Music Featured in This Episode: Making Bread by Xi Basty & Farky-Investitii (Investment) by Basty Makin' Bread by Sir Kn8 Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

One more episode on PPP and EIDL loans before the PPP loan deadline passes. Take a listen! Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

We're going to talk about how to talk to your parents about money for real. I think it's something that I know has been on a lot of our clients minds.  Especially with COVID, especially with parents getting older, we work with a lot of millennials who have found themselves having to not only adult for themselves, but also adult for their parents. Music Featured in This Episode: Parents b...

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The prison industrial complex is basically the privatization of prisons. The government and prisons are working together to expand the prison population for the sake of profit. And that's basically what it is. What they've done is prisons have been cited as job creators and the use of inmate Labor has kept costs down. That is what they said and they created jobs by imprisoning people and...

Put your money where your mouth is!   In this episode we talk about dismantling systemic racism with your dollars, ways to support POC businesses and also some great recommendations on POC businesses. Music Featured in This Episode: What's Important by LMNZ What's Important by Z.O What's Important by Dialectrix Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.co...

This episode is ALL things PPP loan!  We answered 106 questions.  We also touch on EIDL loans.   Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

In this podcast we will tackle the different ways to approach that tricky "money" conversation with you partner.  Music Featured in This Episode: Communicate by ANGLLS Love Hate Relationship feat. A Jones by Conz Long Distance Relationship by imperfekt Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscribe

Managing Credit In A Time Of Crisis. This topic is on a lot of people's minds. I think that when it comes to our debt, especially during this pandemic, it can feel like even more of a burden. It can feel even more like something that we feel like is an even bigger mistake. Something we wish we got rid of sooner. Get full access to Get Shameless about money at getshameless.substack.com/subscri...

Questions answered: I'm wondering if you have advice for me or others in my situation. I have a small business as a sole proprietor LLC (I'm the only employee) and just received a SBA PPP loan on Friday.  AND I also had applied for PUA early April as a freelancer and the partial unemployment just went through and was accepted. Any ideas of what to do? I imagine I can't take both — I...

Our first IG Live! Today we're talking about how the CARES Act wasn't made for us, as usual, but what you can do within it anyway. Questions answered: Did anyone in there bring up the subject of being asked to come back in to work or have you discussed with others what to do in that situation?? I'm working remote now but they're telling me I have to go back to the office with n...

Bring your meal and mimosas and come chat with us about how we can master our personal finances. We’re offering bottomless budgeting tips. About this EventNever eat alone. We’re here for you. We are offering bottomless budgeting tips as we take brunch digital. In this online event, Brunch & Budget will share a meal while exchanging […] Music Featured in This Episode: IM TRYING WHERE MY STIMULU...