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Financial Independence Podcast

by The Mad Fientist
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  • A Decade of Freedom

    August 5, 2026 · 24 min

    I can't believe it… It's been 10 years since I left my job! What a wild ride it's been. I'm more content with my life/finances than I've ever been before, but I'm also more unsure about what the future holds. I explain everything in…

  • Learning How to Spend Money (While Enjoying Every Dollar Spent)

    November 14, 2025 · 28 min

    After decades of saving/investing, it's hard to immediately flip a switch and go into spending mode. Spending is a skill that you should develop on your way to FI, so that you're better at it when the time comes to really do it. Here's…

  • Valuable Lessons from My Eighth Year of Freedom

    September 3, 2024 · 19 min

    In 2021, I decided to stop doing annual updates. At that time, I thought I had FI figured out and was just living a "normal" life (so no need to talk about it anymore). Well, a lot has changed since then. Turns out, I didn't have…

  • The Power of Quitting

    July 8, 2024 · 6 min

    Saving up a bunch of money gives you power - power you can use to make your life better and your journey to financial independence quicker. The only way to take advantage of the power though is to use it. Full Article…

  • Happiness Through Subtraction

    June 17, 2024 · 8 min

    If you want to use money to make you happier, stop thinking about what you can buy with it. Instead, think about how you can use it to remove the things in your life that make you unhappy. Full Article:  https://www.m…

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  • Bill Perkins - Memory Dividends, Time Buckets, and Maximizing Net Fulfillment

    May 2, 2024 · 1 hr 38 min

    Out of all the episodes of the Financial Independence Podcast, this is the one I wish I heard when I was on my journey to financial independence. Bill Perkins, author of Die with Zero, joins Chris Hutchins on the All the Hacks podcast to…

  • The Best Advice from JL Collins

    December 5, 2023 · 40 min

    To celebrate the release of JL Collins' new book, Pathfinders, I collected all the best advice from his Financial Independence Podcast interviews!   Jim has been on the show three times:   First, back in 2012 (he was my second guest…

  • Parker Hewes - Your Money and Your Health

    November 6, 2023 · 23 min

    Health is similar to finances in that there are many overly-complex things people say you need to do, but there are just a few simple things that actually matter. What is the "spend less than you earn, invest in a diversified/low-fee…

  • Jillian Johnsrud & Chad Carson - Small and Mighty Real Estate Investing

    August 23, 2023 · 49 min

    On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Chad Carson from CoachCarson.com! Chad just released a new book, The Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor, and I wanted to get him back on the show to talk about…

  • Ramit Sethi – How to Spend (and Actually Enjoy It)

    February 17, 2023 · 51 min

    On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Ramit Sethi from I Will Teach You to Be Rich! I needed someone to come on the show to provide some tough love and Ramit was the only person for the job. As Ramit…

  • My Family - Raising Money-Smart Kids

    December 14, 2022 · 18 min

    Over the last few years, I interviewed members of my family to find out two things: How I became the Mad Fientist (i.e. where did I get my extreme ideas about money) What advice they'd give to parents hoping to raise money-smart…

  • Podcast Takeover: The FI Show - Employee vs. Entrepreneur

    October 1, 2022 · 37 min

    Cody Berman and Justin Taylor, hosts of the FI Show, have both achieved financial independence but they've taken drastically different paths to get there. Listen to this Podcast Takeover episode to hear the similarities and differences…

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About the show

Join the Mad Fientist as he interviews personal-finance icons like Mr. Money Mustache, Ramit Sethi, and JL Collins to discover the strategies they used to achieve financial independence and retire early! Learn about investing, tax avoidance, entrepreneurship, travel hacking, real estate, and all things related to financial independence and early retirement!