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Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

You can afford anything, but not everything

Paula Pant, Personal Finance Expert | Cumulus Podcast Network · Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

803 episodesEN

Show overview

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 803 episodes, alongside 46 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 840 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 54 min and 1h 13m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 82 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 109 episodes published. Published by Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network.

Episodes
803
Running
2016–2026 · 10y
Median length
1h 3m
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life. How do we make smarter decisions? How do we think from first principles? On the surface, Afford Anything seems like a podcast about money and investing. But under the hood, this is a show about how to think critically, recognize our behavioral blind spots, and make smarter choices. We’re into the psychology of money, and we love metacognition: thinking about how to think. In some episodes, we interview world-class experts: professors, researchers, scientists, authors. In other episodes, we answer your questions, talking through decision-making frameworks and mental models. Want to learn more? Download our free book, Escape, at http://affordanything.com/escape. Hosted by Paula Pant.

Latest Episodes

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Steve Jobs Hated the Name “Genius Bar.” How He Came Around, with Ron Johnson

Oct 9, 20261h 48m

How Losing $500K in ‘08 Led One Trader to a Different Kind of Portfolio, with Jared Dillian

Oct 6, 202652 min

AI, Debt, and a Social Security Shortfall. Should Your Money Plans Change? With Rob Berger

Oct 2, 20261h 9m

Q&A: We Have $80K in Cash and Want a 1–2 Year Sabbatical. Is It Enough?

Sep 29, 20261h 14m

Why 60,000 New York Apartments Sit Empty in a Housing Crisis, with Kenny Burgos

Sep 25, 20261h 25m

Q&A: I’m Tired of Managing My Rental Property. Should I Sell It?

Sep 22, 20261h 0m

Why Self-Worth Predicts Your Income More Than Your SAT Score Does, with Marisa Franco

Sep 18, 20261h 7m

Your "Diversified" Portfolio Might Secretly Be One Big Bet on AI, with Alec Litowitz

Sep 15, 20261h 57m

How a Blind Man and His Guide Dog Survived Sept. 11 — and What His Mindset Can Teach Us, with Michael Hingson

Sep 11, 20261h 33m

Q&A: My Dream Job Won't Wait If I Take a Family Gap Year — Do I Quit Anyway?

Sep 8, 20261h 1m

First Friday: Hope in Nepal; Trouble in the Bond Market

Sep 5, 202645 min

Q&A: What Nepal Reveals About Wealth and Safety

Sep 1, 20261h 2m

The Four Kinds of Rich Nobody Counts -- with Sahil Bloom [GREATEST HITS]

Aug 28, 20261h 21m

This Historian Says We're Living in the Best Era Ever, with Joseph Moore

Aug 25, 20261h 42m

Everyone Wants a Piece of You. Here's How to Stay Whole -- with Luke Burgis

Aug 22, 20261h 7m

Q&A: I Reached Financial Independence Three Years Early … Now What?

Aug 18, 20261h 9m

You Can't Buy Back Your 20’s — with Jack Raines

Aug 14, 20261h 20m

Q&A: Should We Retire in Our 40s With $4 Million and an 80% Stock Portfolio?

Aug 11, 20261h 11m

First Friday: We Lost 23,000 Jobs, Yet Somehow Unemployment is Down?!?!

Aug 7, 202656 min

Hackers Waited 3 Months for This Couple's $1.2 Million Deal, with Dr. Eric Cole [GREATEST HITS]

Aug 4, 20261h 47m
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