1983: Ask Farnoosh: 529 Advice, College Saving Strategies and Can AI Provide Financial Advice?
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Farnoosh Torabi
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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This week: A possible Covid-related tax refund, the demographic with the biggest student loan defaults, can AI help with your money….and All-things 529 plans and college savings with Patricia Roberts.
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| 0:30.3 | So Money episode 1983 Ask Farnoosh. |
| 0:34.6 | You're listening to So Money with award-winning money guru Farnoosh Karabi. |
| 0:39.3 | Each day, get a 30-minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, |
| 0:44.3 | authors, influencers, and from Farnoose yourself. |
| 0:48.3 | Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons? |
| 0:52.3 | Sorry. |
| 0:53.3 | You're in the wrong place. Seeking profound ways to |
| 0:56.0 | live a richer, happier life. Welcome to So Money. Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm Farnush |
| 1:03.2 | Tarabi. It's Ask Farnoosh Friday. We're going to get into the headlines. We're going to get |
| 1:08.0 | into your money questions specifically around college |
| 1:11.3 | savings. Later in the show, we're diving into all things college financial prep with Patricia |
| 1:17.7 | Roberts. She is the author of Route 529, which has been updated. She's also an expert on college |
| 1:24.1 | savings. She's gone through it herself personally, putting herself through school, paying off her lost school debt, saving for her son's college savings. She's gone through it herself personally, putting herself through school, |
| 1:28.5 | paying off her lost school debt, saving for her son's college education. So we're actually going to |
| 1:33.4 | revisit this conversation that we had with her in the fall, where she shared so much of her knowledge |
| 1:37.7 | regarding 529 college savings plans, as well as how to think about student loans and so much |
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