Best personal finance podcasts (2024)

Bad With Money

Apple Podcasts rating: 4.5 (2.4K ratings)

Standout episode: “Freelancing, clients, and your business”

Gaby Dunn started the Bad With Money podcast from a place of generous ignorance, asking the most simple money questions and taking their listeners with them as they learned the basics. Now that they’re an expert, they’re still open about their gaps in knowledge. You’ll never feel judged or ignorant listening to this podcast. It’s a breath of fresh air.

Brown Ambition

Apple Podcasts rating: 4.8 (2.2K ratings)

Standout episode: “Negotiating can be uncomfortable”

Hosts Mandi Woodruff-Santos and Get Good With Money author Tiffany Aliche created Brown Ambition to empower women of color to build wealth through saving, investing, and making smart career choices. Their frankness about their own money makes it a standout.

Death, Sex & Money

Apple Podcasts rating: 4.6 (6.8K ratings) 

Standout episode: “Financial Therapy: A secret gambling addiction”

In the Death, Sex & Money podcast from WNYC, host Anna Sale talks to regular people and celebrities about life’s hard choices and hard topics, including finances and money. Sale is an incredible interviewer, and it’s fascinating to be a fly on the wall for her conversations with her guests.

Journey to Launch

Apple Podcasts rating: 4.9 (1.5K ratings)

Standout episode: “Everything you need to know about student loan repayment, with Travis Hornsby”

Host Jamila Soufrant uses the Journey to Launch podcast (and accompanying blog) to inspire her audience to work toward financial freedom — and help them do it. She interviews guests about overcoming debt and offers practical tips on how listeners can do it, too.

Money for the Rest of Us

Apple Podcasts rating: 4.5 (1.2K ratings)

Standout episode: “Why some bubbles don’t burst”

Money for the Rest of Us host J. David Stein used to manage billions of dollars in investment for his job, and now he helps people manage their own money with his podcast and online community. He explains how financial markets and the economy work to help listeners better understand their investments. 

Planet Money

Apple Podcasts rating: 4.6 (28.2K ratings)

Standout episode: “This is your brain on drug ads”

NPR’s Planet Money has existed since 2008 — a personal finance podcast before podcasts were a thing. Thirteen years later, they’re still one of the must-listens for those of us interested in money and people, and their deep dives into supply chains, inflation, and more are always interesting. 

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Apple Podcasts rating: 4.7 (1.7K ratings)

Standout episode:  “How to defend your worth, grow your ambition, and win the workplace”

In So Money with Farnoosh Torabi, personal finance expert, Farnoosh Torabi interviews celebrities, experts, and influencers about money. A top-notch interviewer, she knows just what questions to get to the bottom of an issue. A must-listen.