So many podcasts, 1201, Jen Risher, author of We Need To Talk, a memoir about wealth.

Happy your life. Welcome to So Money.

Well, surprised me. You know, it doesn't look or feel like what Hollywood selling us.

I felt isolated and I felt the impact of all this money as a parent, as a sister, as a friend.

I mean, it was painful to feel my parents disapproved of what I had.

Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm your host, Farneesh Tarabi. Oh, I am so excited for this

episode. This is the stuff that I like to talk about. Money and how it makes us uncomfortable,

even the rich going behind the scenes of being ultra wealthy in this country. My guest is Jennifer

Risher or Jen, as she likes to be called. She's on a mission to move money out of the taboo

category and help us have much needed conversations about the emotional side of money and wealth.

She's the author of the new book We Need To Talk, a memoir about wealth, which navigates

her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and our sense of place

in the world. When Jen joined Microsoft at 1991, she met her husband and with him became an extra

lucky beneficiary of the dot com boom. By the early 30s, they had tens of millions of dollars.

Fast forward to today, income inequality is a huge problem. Our country's economic system is

broken and money continues to be a topic we just don't talk about, especially with those

who are closest to us. I know you're going to like this one. Here's Jen Risher.

Jen Risher, welcome to So Money and congrats on your new book.

Thank you so much, Farneesh. I am excited to be here. Let's talk about money. Your book explores

your personal journey and also that of your husband together inheriting through your career's

massive amounts of wealth. I was reading about how your book was actually delayed and came out

post pandemic in a much different climate and tell me about the conversations that you're having

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