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Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre

America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money

Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre

Jolenta Greenberg

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts, After Shows, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film, Relationships, Personal Journals, Education, Self-improvement

4.75.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Is saving more fun than spending? Jolenta and Kristen attempt to find out by following the rules of America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right On the Money, the guide to ultra-frugal living by homespun financial gurus Steve and Annette Economides. Have you lived by this book? What book should Jolenta and Kristen read next? Tell us at 419-869-BOOK; email us at [email protected]; Tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, @bythebookpod; and follow us on Instagram @jolenta_g, @k10meinzer, @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our By The Book Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/116407428966900/?source_id=475465442806687

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.2

Hey, Jolenta.

0:04.4

Hey, Kristen.

0:05.6

Would you say I am thrifty?

0:07.7

I would say you're a straight-up cheapo.

0:09.8

Oh, yes! Thank you!

0:12.8

Thank you. That's a compliment.

0:14.0

I definitely know you get all of your clothes off of like eBay.

0:17.4

You always have a ton of money in the bank,

0:19.7

and your most expensive hobby is probably walking places.

0:23.4

I love being thrifty, and I think it's fun to be thrifty.

0:27.2

I do not agree with you.

0:28.8

But you might after today's episode and some guidance from America's cheapest family,

0:33.9

because I'm Kristen Meinser, and I'm Jolanda Greenberg.

0:36.9

And this is by the book.

0:59.6

In each episode of By the Book, we choose a different self-help book to live by,

1:05.3

follow it to the letter, and weigh in on whether or not it actually changed our lives.

1:09.6

Today, our book is America's cheapest family gets you right on the money by Steve and Annette

1:14.6

Economides, and yes, that's the real ass name.

1:17.3

Steve and Annette are a conservative Christian couple in Arizona,

1:20.4

who decided early on in their marriage that they would live on what they earned,

1:24.1

and not on credit.

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