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Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Chasing the FIRE Movement

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Audacy

Self-improvement, Business, Investing, Education

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

If you're looking for something to stream over the next week or so, we're going back into the archives this weekend. First up is the FIRE movement. Today we're re-airing an interview with Travis Shakespeare, director of a documentary called Playing with FIRE, which follows 35 year old Scott Rieckens, his wife Taylor, and their toddler Jovie as the family decides to embark on a year-long odyssey to understand the rules of the FIRE movement and test their willingness to reject the standard narrative of adult life. When Scott hears a prominent leader and “early retiree” in the FIRE movement subculture interviewed on a podcast, he enlists his wife to abandon everything they’ve been taught about the role of money in adulthood and instead focus on pursuing financial independence. But doing so requires an about face since their current path has them spending every dime they make living the “Instagram” life in an expensive San Diego suburb, driving luxury cars, and eating at fancy restaurants. It’s an interesting tale full of ups and downs. If the FIRE movement is something you’re interested in, this film is a must watch. Have a money question? Email me here. Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts. "Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:15.4

it tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper,

0:18.9

but with zero sugar and zero calories.

0:21.7

It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.

0:24.0

Weird. But in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr. Pepper Zero.

0:30.0

Welcome to the Jill on Money Podcast. It is, yeah, it's Christmas Day. Happy

0:39.6

December 25th. We're putting a few shows in the can for the next few days. We thought you might be

0:45.1

getting a jump on your binging. So Mark found some great interviews of

0:49.7

directors of

0:55.0

a documentaries that are available to stream. We're starting with the director of a film called

0:56.0

Playing with Fire. Fire meaning financial independence, retire early.

1:02.0

The director is Travis Shakespeare and you can find this movie on

1:06.4

Amazon Prime and iTunes.

1:08.9

Walking out of the office right now. I'm just quitting my job.

1:14.0

Whoo, that was really hard.

1:16.0

My name is Scott Rickins.

1:18.0

Like most people, money has never been easy for our family.

1:21.0

This year, we're starting our own journey to financial

1:24.4

independence. To pick up your life and just move. That is extraordinarily

1:28.6

difficult. There's something scary about going here's what's important to me in

1:32.3

life. Here's how I'm going to live my life.

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