Curtain Call: All Stars Return to Talk Financial Independence, Fear, and Growth

The Money with Katie Show

Money with Katie

Investing, How To, Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Well, here we are—for the last time, for now. A couple weeks ago, I wrote an end-of-year letter that functioned like a little “status update” on how I’m feeling moving into 2026. In this episode, I invite back five of my favorite guests for their own check-ins. We talk about: What it feels like to finally pull the “F.I.” rip cord (and whether it “works”) How money changes relationships, and vice versa Marriage between entrepreneurs An economic diagnosis of our present moment Things we’ve changed our minds about in 2025 This felt like the most fitting possible capstone for the year and this chapter of the show. Thank you for tuning in week after week; thank you for being along for the ride as this show has evolved over the years and as I have evolved over the years; thank you for arguing with me in good faith and expanding my worldview; thank you for engaging with this show so earnestly and consistently. Until next time! Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://moneywithkatie.com/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get your copy of Rich Girl Nation, one of Barnes & Noble's Best Business Books of 2025:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.moneywithkatie.com/rich-girl-nation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Transcripts, show notes, resources, and credits at: https://moneywithkatie.com/the_mwk_show/curtain-call/ — Money with Katie’s mission is to be the intersection where the economic, cultural, and political meet the tactical, practical, personal finance education everyone needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Olivia Culpo here to tell you all about the launch of the new Abercrombie spring denim collection,
0:05.5	made the way denim should feel. Their denim has always been a staple in my wardrobe and has a wide range of fits,
0:11.4	styles, and washes. Every jean is available in both their classic fit and viral curve love.
0:17.5	Shop in the app, online, and in stores. Welcome back to another episode of the Money with Katie podcast show, question mark.
0:51.7	I don't know. What are we calling this? I wanted to call it Rich Girl Summer, but I didn't know if that was going to have some limited seasonality.
0:59.8	So, anyway, happy end of 2021, the close of what feels like another fake year.
1:09.0	So now I'm getting to the point where I'm pretty sick of the fact that I don't have a catchy jingle.
1:14.6	There's maybe some impending news that you should keep an ear out for.
1:24.6	I have news!
1:26.6	No, I'm not pregnant.
1:28.5	But Money with Katie is pregnant with a lot of new content because we are joining the Morning
1:34.7	Brew family.
1:36.4	The podcast is going to get leveled up.
1:38.7	And all the content that you know and love is going to get leveled up.
1:42.0	Welcome back to the Money with Katie show, Rich Girls and Boys.
1:46.6	I'm your host, Katie Yaddy Tossan.
1:48.7	And this week, I'm asking the question, where the hell is the millennial middle class?
1:53.7	Today, we are talking about what marriage means for your money.
1:56.3	Today, we're talking about some of the small lifestyle level-ups money can buy. Wait, what is...
2:02.4	Maybe I shouldn't use a teleprompter. This is, like, actually way harder.
2:06.7	Sam? He's whacking the table with his tail, so one second. Okay, I'm going to wait because he's
2:11.0	attacking me. George is barking. Bean, George, stop! Side note to Nick, my audio engineer,
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