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Other People's Pockets

by Maya Lau

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  • An update from Maya, your host! What I learned from the listener survey, and some news

    September 29, 2026 · 7 min

    I'm popping in here with a mini-episode to do two things: Share findings from the Other People's Pockets listener survey that I launched in AprilShare some news about the future of this show! Tune in and let me know your thoughts! Write me…

  • Skip the Marriage, Build the Village

    August 19, 2026 · 55 min

    Today I’m bringing you an interview with someone I’m calling Heather. She was one of the many amazing listeners who responded to my listener survey and she wrote something that intrigued me so much that I decided to reach out to her…

  • Sex Ed? Six Figures! With Podcaster & Educator Danielle Bezalel

    July 7, 2026 · 58 min

    Danielle Bezalel is a sex educator and small business owner who is the creator and host of the podcast Sex Ed with DB. It’s a great show that explores all the things you might wonder about sexuality, bodies and pleasure but might be too…

  • Housing & Healthcare: Money Talk With My Husband

    June 16, 2026 · 22 min

    Today I’m bringing you mini episode — a conversation my husband and I recently had about some aspects of our finances. I love knowing about how couples talk about money, or about how any two people navigate their spending together. Because…

  • Maya is Secretly Sporty (in a dance way!)

    June 4, 2026 · 31 min

    Today I’m bringing you a look into a side of my life that is exercise and dance. This episode is actually not about personal finance … there is more of that coming very soon. Instead, I’m featuring an episode from the podcast Secretly…

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  • Jessica Slice on the Finances of Being Disabled

    May 14, 2026 · 57 min

    Today we're featuring Jessica Slice, a disabled author, speaker and essayist. Her book, “Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,” is an amazing look at how her experience in her body — which more often than not…

  • Tell me who you are, listener!

    April 23, 2026 · 2 min

    I want to know who you are. I mean that in the best possible way. Here's the thing about making a podcast: you spend a lot of time creating something, you put that thing out into the world, and … you really don’t know who exactly is…

  • Sunshine Hanson on the Business of Being a Surrogate

    April 13, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    How do you compensate someone for giving life to another person's dream? Sunshine Hanson is a three-time gestational surrogate, which means that on three different occasions, she was pregnant with and gave birth to other people’s babies…

  • Margo Clayson on Learning to Budget the Hard Way

    March 12, 2026 · 44 min

    What happens when you finally start to budget in your 50s, then you discover to your total surprise that you are $40,000 in debt? I spoke to Margo Clayson about the uncomfortable conversations she had — and new relationship patterns she…

  • Amelie Tsoungui, Writer Who Self-Deported to Cameroon

    January 22, 2026 · 41 min

    Amelie Tsoungui is a Cameroonian immigrant who moved to the U.S. at age six. After two decades growing up in Chicago and spending part of her 20s in L.A., she decided to self-deport to Cameroon in 2025 after the Trump administration said…

  • Carmen González: In Memoriam

    December 16, 2025 · 48 min

    Today we're honoring a member of the Other People's Pockets family, Carmen González, who tragically died this past August at the age of 24. Carmen was guest number 4 on this show, sharing how she handled her finances as a journalist…

  • Quay Crowner, Federal Gov't Employee Whose Job Was Cut by Trump

    December 3, 2025 · 36 min

    Quay Crowner is a longtime U.S. federal government executive who served at multiple agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Government Accountability Office, and the Department of Education. The 55-year-old Maryland native…

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About the show

Other People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances.  How much money do you make, and how do you make it?  How do you feel about your money?  How did you actually get that raise?  That house?  That life?  It’s the show for financially-motivated people who want to go beyond Personal Finance 101: they want to hear the nuanced, messy, lived experiences of people making money decisions and building wealth. Contact us: otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com