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HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

By: Jean Chatzky Her Money
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Anyone who tells you women don’t need financial advice specifically for them is wrong. Women, whether they’re the caretakers, the breadwinners, or both, face a unique set of financial challenges. That’s where HerMoney comes in. In her frank, often funny, but always compassionate way, Jean Chatzky takes every audience of women through the steps they need to take today to live comfortably (and worry-free) tomorrow, offering the latest research, expert tips and personal advice. Want more money news when you need it? Get the latest and greatest updates on all things investing, budgeting, and making money. Subscribe to the HerMoney newsletter at HerMoney.com/subscribe!© 2016, Jean Chatzky Economics Personal Finance
Episodes
  • "My kids don't need their college savings anymore. Can I keep the tax benefits?"

    "My kids don't need their college savings anymore. Can I keep the tax benefits?"
    Apr 10 2026
    You saved diligently for your kids' education, and now that chapter is closing. So what happens to the money? Can you protect those tax benefits and roll the funds into something new? We're getting into it. This week, Jean is joined by Lacy Garcia, founder and CEO of TrustWillow.com, a personalized advisor-matching platform that connects women and their families with vetted, fiduciary financial advisors who are legally required to act in your best interest, and who have been trained specifically in working with women's financial lives. They dig into your mailbag questions from: Inge, who opened Coverdell ESAs for her kids 20 years ago, just got a notice that Vanguard is shutting down the program. What are her options for keeping that money tax-protected? An anonymous listener just paid off her husband's student loans and is officially done with daycare. Where should that newfound money go? Rebecca, who is recently divorced with a high school senior and a 529 that covers about one year of college. She wants to know: Are there financial planners who specialize in college planning? 🔗 Connect with a vetted fiduciary advisor at hermoney.com/findanadvisor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Introducing: A Week In Her Wallet

    Introducing: A Week In Her Wallet
    Apr 9 2026
    Do you actually know where your money went last week? Not roughly...where it actually went. Every coffee, every impulse buy, every bill that hit all at once on a Monday morning when you were least expecting it. A Week in Her Wallet is a HerMoney limited series where real women from our community track every single dollar they spend for one full week, and then sit down with Jean Chatzky to talk about what they learned. Because the way we spend says so much about what we value, what we're afraid of, and where we might want to make a change. In this series, you'll hear from women like: Kortne, a 55-year-old tech director in Texas who meal preps every meal — even on race day at a half-marathon across the country — but didn't think twice about dropping $820 on Bruno Mars tickets for her daughter Kristen, a single woman in her 40s who travels constantly for work, owns her own home, and used her yard sale earnings to buy festival tickets for a night out with a friend Larisa, a Maryland mom juggling a rental property, two busy kids, a road trip to Florida, and a Sam's Club run that started with paper towels and ended with a bathing suit Real women. Real numbers. Real life. Subscribe to HerMoney on Apple Podcasts so you never miss an episode, look for A Week In Her Wallet directly in your HerMoney podcast feed. And if you want to track your own spending with us, apply here to be featured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • Ep 522: The Economic Forces Shaping Your Money, Career, and Future with Planet Money's Alex Mayyasi

    Ep 522: The Economic Forces Shaping Your Money, Career, and Future with Planet Money's Alex Mayyasi
    Apr 8 2026
    At HerMoney, we're always trying to make money a little less intimidating; breaking down the big, complicated stuff into things you can actually use in your real life. And when it comes to understanding the economy, nobody does that better than today's guest. Alex Mayyasi is a contributor to Planet Money, the NPR podcast that has spent seventeen years making economics genuinely entertaining, and he and the team have just written a book: Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life. Alex also stuck around for a Mailbag, answering listener questions about tariffs, tax-loss harvesting, and why everything you buy seems to be getting more expensive but less high quality at the same time. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the economy feels so broken right now, even when GDP is growing, inflation is down, and wages are solid Baumol's Cost Disease: the simple but powerful concept that explains why childcare, healthcare, and college keep getting more expensive What the history of the ATM tells us about AI and whether it's really going to take your job Why it's nearly impossible to beat the market, and what a cute animal experiment reveals about how stocks actually work The one economic principle Alex has found most useful in his own life, and why it applies to way more than just your money Resources mentioned in this episode: Planet Money’s new book, Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life Subscribe to the free twice-weekly HerMoney newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
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