50 Fires: Money and Meaning with Carl Richards is a podcast about finances. Host Carl Richards invites guests from all kinds of backgrounds onto the show. Artists, investors, and academics join the podcast for a candid discussion about money. Rather than technical advice on investing or a 401(k), the show is about money's role in society. People can have different relationships with money, and many try not to discuss it. Carl seeks to make it easier to have conversations about this challenging topic.
Like his variety of guests, the podcast host has an interesting mix of career experiences. Beyond being a certified financial planner, Carl is an accomplished author and artist. He published books complete with his artwork. The first is The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money. He went on to write The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money.
Carl's work also appears in The New York Times column Sketch Guy. His signature drawing style helps make complex finance ideas easy to understand. Carl brings that concept to audio format with the 50 Fires podcast. Whoever the guest might be, listeners will hear a fascinating, personal discussion about money. Previous guests include comedian Pete Holmes and Baylor basketball coach Scott Drew. Carl has also spoken with musicians, journalists, and fellow financial advisors.
This is more than a personal finance podcast. Carl and his guests discuss how money affects their family life and what money means to them. The result is a show that's more emotional and psychological than mathematical. The podcast is entertaining and insightful, focusing on the human element of finance.
Carl's conversational approach may help listeners assess their own relationship with money. Anyone interested in money's role in the world won't want to miss these fascinating discussions. New episodes of 50 Fires: Money and Meaning with Carl Richards are available on Wednesdays.
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