This article introduces you to The Australian Finance Podcast, and gives you the key podcast episodes, articles and courses to kickstart your personal finance journey.
Have you always wanted to get on top of your money but don’t know where to start?
Does the topic of money stress you out or make you want to run for the hills?
Are you interested in achieving financial freedom and getting out of debt?
Are you trying to save up for your dream vacation, house or retire comfortably?
If you answered YES to any of the above, let us help you! I mean it’s not like we’ve spent the last three years creating a money & finance podcast for no reason, ey?!
Although we can’t snap our fingers and make those kickass goals a reality for you this second, if you stick with us, our aim is that you’ll walk away with actionable knowledge and resources to kick-start those goals and work towards making them a reality.
Introducing The Australian Finance Podcast
I’m Kate Campbell (one of your podcast hosts) and I’ll be introducing you to the key ideas of the podcast and the best place to start.
My co-host Owen Raszkiewicz and I started The Australian Finance Podcast three years back, after we found each other on Twitter of all places. We both wanted the same thing: to help other Australians take back control of their time and money.
We started recording episodes weekly in the evenings after our day jobs, and hoped what we put out into the world would help someone. Even changing one person’s financial future was (and still is) worth it.
Fast forward to today, our voices have been listened to over 1.3 million times (which is insane) and we’re proud to nurture a community focused on making money a less taboo topic. We’ve got over 10 free personal finance courses (I’m super proud of my FIRE one), we write regular articles on Rask Education, we host The Australian Finance Podcast and The Australian Investors Podcast, we have a vibrant online community, and we’re just getting started.
Once you start listening to an established show, it can be challenging working out where to start. So I want to introduce you to some key foundational episodes, along with some more recent and highly recommended conversations.
I’d also recommend getting familiar with our show notes page, which includes some key resources to explore after listening to each episode. This will help you consolidate what you learn each week, and dive into each topic in more detail.
Foundational episodes of The Australian Finance Podcast
I recommend getting started with these foundational episodes of The Australian Finance Podcast:
- Banking, Budgeting and Emergency Funds
- Debt – Getting In & Out Of It
- Emergency! (insurance)
- The Difference Between Saving and Investing
- Investing 101
- Sorting Out Superannuation
- Property Investing & REITs
- ETFs, Managed Funds & Index Funds
- Investing in Shares in Australia
- Getting Financial, Tax & Legal Advice in Australia
- Compound Interest: Everything You Should Know
- Diversification – The Building Blocks
Kate’s favourite episodes of The Australian Finance Podcast
Once that’s got you warmed up, tune into some of my favourite podcast episodes:
- Ep 96. Taking back control of your time and money
- Ep 92. Morgan Housel interview: The Psychology of Money
- Ep 89. 21 ways to save and invest your money in 2021
- Ep 85. How to land your dream job in uncertain times (and the future of work)
- Ep 82. How much is a life worth, podcast with Peter Singer
- Ep. 73. The Role of a Financial Counsellor
- Ep 70. Is FI/RE right for you? Special guest Lacey Filipich
You’ll probably work out that my favourite episodes aren’t the nitty gritty investing ones, but the bigger picture stuff like taking back control of your time, getting the help you need, and preparing yourself for the future of work. I think it’s just as important, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed having those conversations.
Other resources to help you on your personal finance journey
- Join our personal finance FB community to share what you learn with others and crowd-source answers to your questions.
- Take some of our free personal finances courses. I’d recommend our Beginner’s ETF Investing course, Ethical Investing 101 course and my Financial Indepence, Retire Early (FIRE) course to get you started.
- Join our free finance newsletter to stay on top of our latest podcast episodes, articles and free resources.
Well, there you have it folks – I think that’s enough to get you started! I’d love for you to join me in taking control of your time and money. It’s a pretty baller move.
Kate Campbell – Host of The Australian Finance Podcast
