NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
1) Frugal Fatigue Is Real: How to Stop Saving Burnout and Start Spending on Purpose
Learn how to build a budget with room for fun so you can save money without guilt. How can you save toward big goals without letting frugality turn into burnout? How do you stop shaming yourself for ...Show More
2) Will Your Streaming Bill Jump? Plus, How to Pick a Budgeting App You’ll Actually Use
Find out what Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery could mean for streaming, then learn how to pick a budgeting app you’ll actually use. How do you pick a budgeting app that helps you see where...Show More
3) The “Commingled Purchase” Problem That Budget Apps Don’t Warn You About
Discover simple rules that can cut budget tracking fatigue and still show you where your money goes. How can you make a budgeting app reflect what you actually bought when one Costco or Target run co...Show More
4) Tariff Uncertainty After Supreme Court Decision and Budgeting With Sinking Funds
Find out how tariffs may change prices and how to build sinking funds while saving for retirement. What could the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling mean for the prices you pay and the next move on trade ...Show More
5) Home Insurance Rate Increases and Psychological Traps That Are Costing You
Understand common money traps and what to do as homeowners insurance premiums rise across the country. Your brain can be expensive. That’s why hosts Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola break down three b...Show More
6) Are Index Funds Still Diversified? Concentration Risk and a Top-Heavy Market
Learn how concentration risk can affect index funds and how 2026 catch-up contributions work. Senior news writer Anna Helhoski and Ryan Sterling, a wealth advisor with NerdWallet Wealth Partners, b...Show More
7) Bilt Card 2.0 and the Points Math: What’s a “Good” Return in 2026?
Find out if Bilt’s new credit cards are worth the hassle for earning points on rent or a mortgage. In this special episode, NerdWallet travel writers and Smart Travel hosts Sally French and Meghan Co...Show More
8) Split-Expense Planning for Couples and the Winter Homebuying Advantage
Find out the best time to go home shopping and whether shared housing bills can affect your plans to retire together. Should you buy a house in the winter or wait for spring? How can you split housin...Show More
9) Long-Term Care Costs: Medicaid vs Private Pay, Plus Talking Money While Dating
Learn about money dealbreakers in dating, then how to plan ahead for assisted living and Medicaid costs. First, hosts Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola dig into a new dating dealbreakers study with N...Show More
10) Prediction Market Betting Hype and Self-Employment Taxes You Don’t Want to Miss
Learn how to plan for self-employment taxes and understand how savings interest can affect your tax bill. How can sports betting apps affect your finances? How do you set up taxes for 1099 contract...Show More