466: From Actuary to Podcaster: How Marina Batliwalla Launched a Financial Literacy Show for Women and Girls

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week in the guest chair, we’re spotlighting Marina Batliwalla, financial professional and host of the Banking on Girls podcast. Born in India, raised in Australia, and now based in LA, Marina joined Podcast Moguls to launch a show centered around financial literacy for women and girls—and she’s done just that, all while working full-time.

Marina shares how she overcame mindset hurdles to get started, leveraged her platform to speak at the United Nations, and is now piloting financial education workshops for mothers and daughters.

In this episode, she shares:

How she found her voice and confidence through Podcast Moguls
Why financial literacy needs to start before the age of 7
The early media skills she brought from her radio days in Sydney
How her show opened doors to speak at global institutions
Why she’s now looking at B2B opportunities for her educational workshops

Highlights Include:

00:00 Intro
02:25 From actuary to advocate: Marina’s global journey
05:20 How a Girl Scout badge sparked her podcast vision
12:30 Naming her podcast Banking on Girls and protecting the brand
15:00 Defining her perfect listener: mothers raising daughters
22:00 Workshop pilot programs and future monetization strategies
31:00 Leveraging her podcast to attend the United Nations
40:00 How Marina got over her fear of marketing

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Links mentioned in this episode

Banking on Girls Podcast – https://www.bankingongirls.com
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women – https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women – https://cherieblairfoundation.org
Girl Scouts’ Personal Management Badge Info – https://www.girlscouts.org
Stock Market Game – https://www.stockmarketgame.org

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0:00.0	Did you know that many of your financial habits and behaviors are formed by the age of seven?
0:06.9	No.
0:09.9	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your side hustle
0:15.9	from passion project to profitable business.
0:19.0	And I'm your host, Nikaela Matthew Zocome. So let's get started.
0:25.4	Hey, friends. Hey, welcome, welcome back to the show. It's Nikaela here. And today in the guest
0:29.6	chair, I have a special student spotlight with my podcast, Mughal student, Marina Batliwala.
0:35.7	Marina is a financial professional who was born in India, raised and educated in Australia,
0:40.7	and is currently based in LA.
0:42.6	And she is the producer and host of the Banking on Girls podcast, which highlights
0:47.4	the importance of financial literacy for girls and women through life stories and interviews.
0:53.2	She attended the United Nations Commission on the status of women in New York as a delegate in 2024 and 2025, all because of her podcast.
1:02.2	And she's an alumni of the Sheree Blair Foundation for Women, Mentoring Women in Business Program, and a former broadcaster on Radio 298.5 FM, Sydney's first multicultural
1:13.3	community radio station. In today's episode, you will hear all about Marina's journey, how she
1:19.1	overcame her own limiting beliefs and thoughts that could have held her back, but overcame them to
1:25.4	launch her show. And now it has opened up a world of opportunities for her outside of work, even though she still works full-time and it is her side hustle.
1:34.3	So let's get right into it.
1:35.8	I can't wait for you to hear it.
1:40.5	All right, all right.
1:42.0	Marina, welcome, welcome to the guest chair. Thank you so much, Nicole. I'm so happy to be here.
1:47.7	You know I'm so happy to have you here. If you can't tell already by the pre-show Convo and my big smile, you guys.
1:55.4	Marina is a member of my podcast moguls group coaching program, as I mentioned in her bio. And it has just been
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