8 Best Financial Podcasts for Your Personal Finances

Podcasts are today’s streaming answer to the radio of the past, in many ways. But today’s podcast creation is in the hands of the people, creating possibilities for a wide variety of viewpoints and educational topics.

Personal finance is among these topics. Today’s best podcasts make information more accessible. They’re also making room for new voices representing historically underserved audiences for personal finance topics.

In this article, we’ll look at eight great financial podcasts you might benefit from. 

The Ramsey Show

A classic among the best finance podcasts, The Ramsey Show focuses on helping listeners get out of debt, start saving, and reach financial freedom.

Dave Ramsey offers tips and detailed plans for how to turn things around if you’re in a poor financial situation or have bad credit. He aims to simplify personal finance and money management, providing plans and guidance anyone can work with.

Ramey’s app provides online support and tools to complement the podcast, so listeners can easily move forward with his advice.

Episodes are released at least daily and run for about 40 minutes.

Yo Quiero Dinero

This podcast focuses on helping Latinas and other women develop and manage first-generation wealth. Creator and host Jannese Torres says her audience is her younger self – “a first-gen [American] kid who didn’t learn [anything] about money.” Today, she’s a nationally recognized money expert, a serial entrepreneur, and a six-figure blogger.

Torres describes the podcast as “a platform to connect you with Latinx and POC change makers who are sharing their personal finance stories and inspiring you to take your dinero [money] to the next level.”

The host’s website also offers a lot of support material for listeners looking to develop an online side hustle.

With more than 230 episodes, Yo Quiero Dinero offers a huge catalog of free information to help you educate yourself about money. New episodes typically release on Mondays and run for approximately 30 to 60 minutes.

Afford Anything

Host Paula Pant founded her show, which she now refers to as a “movement,” based on one idea: you can afford anything, just not everything. She applies this to not just our money, but also our time, energy, focus and attention.

As Pant says at affordanything.com, the podcast explores how to make smarter decisions about money, time and life, as well as how we can align our daily behavior and habits with the lifestyle we value most. Pant takes a curious approach to answering these questions, covering any and all topics from travel, lifestyle, financial independence, real estate, and entrepreneurship, to name a few.

New episodes of Afford Anything are released about two days a week, and usually run over an hour. Pant’s PSA Thursday messages are shorter, averaging 15-30 minutes.

Women and Money

Another classic, Suze Orman’s Women and Money podcast teaches listeners to go beyond money and control their future. She teaches that money itself shouldn’t be our end goal, but rather the means to create the meaningful lives we crave. She frequently features an Ask Anything edition with listener questions.

Orman has more than 35 years of experience helping create wealth for millions of people and teaching personal finance.

New episodes release on Sundays and Thursdays, and average 20-30 minutes.

Bigger Pockets Money

On Bigger Pockets Money, financial experts Mindy Jensen and Scott Trench interview successful people and thought leaders about how to “earn more, keep more, spend smarter, and grow wealth.”

Through these conversations, Jensen and Trench provide their listeners with tips and advice to help them succeed and get their finances in order.

Episodes are released on Mondays and average more than 60 minutes, so Bigger Pockets Money is a great option for a workout or a long commute.

Brown Ambition

On Brown Ambition, personal finance experts and co-hosts Tiffany Aliche (AKA The Budgetnista) and Mandi Woodruff chat about a wide variety of practical money topics. The two began the podcast to help other women of color with their personal finances.

Recently the podcast has dealt with topics like shared finances for couples, debt payoff, how to save, and “balancing paying off credit card debt with living your best life.”

The show has an extensive catalog of more than 450 episodes covering all things money. If you prefer a conversational delivery, check out Brown Ambition.

New weekly episodes are released on Wednesdays and run about 20 to 30 minutes.

Planet Money

This show is National Public Radio’s (NPR’s) economic and personal finance podcast. Planet Money started in 2008 as an avenue to explain the financial crisis and the economy.

Today, the show’s producers creatively explain complex financial concepts and economic topics as well as more basic topics like creating a budget. If you’re looking to learn more about how our economy works or current market challenges, Planet Money is a great place to start.

Each episode runs 15 to 30 minutes. New episodes are released on Wednesdays and Fridays. Planet Money also offers a shorter podcast called The Indicator on weekdays.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

Nicole Lapin, billed as “the only financial expert you don’t need a dictionary to understand,” hosts Money Rehab. The podcaster is also the author of the best-selling book Rich Bit*h. She focuses on helping listeners “rehab their wallet” and overhaul their financial life “once and for all.”

Episodes offer tips and tricks as well as listener interventions for those in financial trouble. Lapin welcomes listener questions and often features answers on the show.

The podcasts run about 10 minutes and are released as often as every day or two.

You can’t go wrong listening to financial podcasts like these, which allow you to get a variety of opinions from recognized experts you can trust. Best of all, the content is free and can help you achieve financial freedom.