10.02.25 SPECIAL EDITION: A tribute To Financial Mentor Jonathan Clements

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Clark Howard

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Today, we reprise Clark’s interview with beloved colleague Jonathan Clements from October 8, 2024. He had, and still has much to teach us all. An Honest Conversation About Death and Finance With Jonathan Clements Special Edition - Clark welcomes longtime friend and colleague, Jonathan Clements. A London born Cambridge University graduate, financial writer Jonathan Clements is the founder and editor of HumbleDollar.com and author of "From Here to Financial Happiness," "How to Think About Money" and seven other books. His vast experience and contributions include serving as financial education director and teacher in various capacities, and as the personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Mentioned on the show: Jonathan Clements, Longtime WSJ Columnist, Dies at 62 Saying Goodbye to the WSJ's Jonathan Clements Five Pearls of Wisdom From a Legend of Financial Writing HumbleDollar: Home / Humble Dollar - The C Word NY Times - A Money Guru Bet Big on a Very Long Life. Then He Got Cancer. Washington Post - Opinion Living was easy. Dying is harder. The WSJ’s Jonathan Clements Wants to Leave a Living Legacy Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney: Frequently Asked Questions Wills & Funerals Archives - Clark Howard Have a Kid in College? You Need These Legal Documents in Place Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com / Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm so glad to have an opportunity to present you a special edition of the Clark Howard Show.
0:06.7	A year ago, a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer.
0:12.1	His name Jonathan Clements.
0:14.7	And Jonathan was an unusual man, I'm saying was, because he has just passed away from cancer.
0:23.7	And through his year plus from his diagnosis that was certain terminal form of cancer,
0:32.6	he stayed upbeat pretty much to the end and never stopped teaching so jonathan and i almost a year
0:44.1	ago to the day did an interview about the journey of his life and why his philosophies about
0:53.3	investing only got stronger over time and the lessons he had
0:59.3	to teach you and me about money and I thought you know what what Jonathan said a year ago is
1:06.9	so important he would love it that beyond the grave,
1:12.8	his words are still there being shared with you and to inspire you.
1:17.9	So right now, we're going to rerun as a special edition of our podcast and YouTube show.
1:27.1	We're going to rerun that interview I did with
1:30.4	Jonathan Clements a year ago.
1:33.8	So without further ado, here is that interview.
1:39.6	Today, I have a unique privilege to have as a guest on this special edition of the Clark Howard show,
1:47.6	the great, the one, the only, Jonathan Clements, who is the premier personal finance writer,
1:55.6	I mean, really ever in the United States.
2:00.0	And Jonathan has had this special gift where he's been able to teach his fellow Americans
2:09.1	about everyday money and complicated investment decisions in plain simple English, the complete opposite of how the financial
2:21.2	sector works.
2:22.2	But this is a special visit with Jonathan because Jonathan got an ugly, ugly bit of news earlier
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