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101. Goodbye For Now

January 5, 2026 · 15 min

After 10 years of Aussie Firebug, I’m stepping back, with October 2025 marking both my final net worth update and the point we reached financial independence. My priorities have shifted away from FIRE content towards family, business, and…
100. Pete Adeney - Mr. Money Mustache

November 16, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min

Today’s episode is a special one - it’s the 100th episode of the show. I just want to take a moment to say a heartfelt thank you to all of you who’ve supported the podcast over the past 10 years. Whether you’ve been here from the start or…
99. Ben Felix - Rational Investing, Market Efficiency & Building Wealth the Smart Way

November 9, 2025 · 1 hr 36 min

This week, I’m joined by Ben Felix, Chief Investment Officer at PWL Capital and co-host of the Rational Reminder podcast. Ben is best known in the FIRE community for his YouTube channel, which has nearly 500K subscribers and features…
98. Alan Donegan - Building Businesses Without Debt & The Rebel Way to Financial Independence

October 12, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min

Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Alan Donegan - co-founder of Rebel Business School and host of the Rebel Entrepreneur Podcast. Alan and his wife Katie reached financial independence in 2019, and since then they’ve been travelling the…
97. Andrew Page - Strawman

September 14, 2025 · 2 hr 22 min

Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Andrew Page - founder and Managing Director of Strawman.com. With over 20 years’ experience as an analyst, commentator, and private investor, Andrew is a well-known voice in the Australian investing…

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96. Evan Lucas - Mind Over Money

August 31, 2025 · 1 hr 36 min

Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Evan Lucas - behavioural economist, financial commentator, author of Mind Over Money, and former Head of Strategy at InvestSMART. Some of the topics we dive into are: How the increase in dual income…
95. Pete Wargent - Shares, Property and FIRE

August 17, 2025 · 1 hr 21 min

Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Pete Wargent—investor, author, market analyst, and one of Australia’s earliest FIRE pioneers. Originally from the UK, Pete reached financial independence by age 33 after building a portfolio of shares…
94. Andy Darroch - Independent financial advice

August 3, 2025 · 1 hr 38 min

Today on the podcast, we have Andy Darroch, an Independent Financial Adviser and Director of Independent Wealth Advice. Andy is one of the very few truly independent advisers in Australia—less than 1% fall into that category. After time at…
93. Mark LaMonica - Are we being ripped off by super?

July 20, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min

Today on the podcast, we have Mark LaMonica, CFA, a Director at Morningstar and co-host of the Investing Compass podcast. Mark brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, having spent time in both the US and Australia, which gives him a…
92. How FIRE Changed Everything - But Not the Way I Expected

May 21, 2025 · 14 min

It’s been a decade since I started down the FIRE path, and life looks very different these days - especially since becoming a dad. In this episode, I reflect on how early retirement gave me something more valuable than money: time. But it…
91. Amy and Matt from FI Freedom Retreats

June 30, 2024 · 59 min

Welcome back to the Aussie Firebug Podcast, the financial independence podcast for Australians, where I interview interesting people on topics relating to financial independence. Today on the podcast we have Amy and her partner Matt from…
90. Ana Kresina - Kids Ain't Cheap

January 14, 2024 · 1 hr 2 min

Today we're joined by Ana Kresina, Head of Product and Community at Pearler and the Co-host of the 'Get Rich Slow Club' and 'ETFs for Beginners,' podcasts. She’s also just become a published author with the book “Kids Ain't Cheap”. Some…

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About the show

My name's Matt, I'm a country boy for regional Victoria who is on track to reach Financial Independence and Retire Early (FIRE) by my mid-thirties. I interview interesting people on topics relating to financial independence. You can learn more about the FIRE movement in Australia here https://www.aussiefirebug.com/start-here/