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Brown Ambition

Ep. 126 β€” Saving Our Parents From Themselves

Brown Ambition

iHeartPodcasts

Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 β€’ 2.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Want to get a shoutout on our show? Follow us @brownambitionpodcast on Instagram. Post a photo of yourself, tag us in it and use the hashtag #BrownAmbition. In the post, tell us why you're the ultimate representation of Brown Ambition. On today's show: We discuss ways we all try to save our parents from themselves (and their awful money choices sometimes) Tiffany shares a health update Mandi explains the controversy around Zelle We answer a listener question on 401(k)s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, hey, hey, hey, um, tired. How are you?

0:22.0

No, on this beautiful spring day. Oh my god.

0:25.2

I couldn't be tired. I spent the afternoon with both of my parents at the same time.

0:28.8

I was like, is this what it feels like to be your only child? I don't like it.

0:32.8

Like I was literally sitting between them and I was like, oh, M.G.

0:38.2

Oh, so but you know what? I did the impossible. I got them both on the same page

0:42.8

as it relates to retirement and estate planning. I couldn't believe it. I'm like, I am a miracle worker.

0:47.6

Wow. That is an achievement. Yeah. Well, because what happened was, um, so hey guys, I'm sorry. I'm

0:52.5

Tiffany. I'm not sorry, but I'm Mandy. And we are brown.

1:00.1

We really worked on that intro, you guys.

1:02.9

You impressed. My dad was like, hey, um, there's this, um, this app weighs,

1:09.9

W-A-Z, you know, the, um, the GPS app. Loveways. Love and eight ways.

1:15.1

And then also two, there's this app. My sister was telling me about some stock that she bought.

1:19.3

They just had IPO, um, drop on Friday and she just thought it was a good stock. I don't like it too.

1:24.0

And so she was telling him, because my dad, it's, it's been an investor for a long time.

1:28.0

He just is not like an investor on his phone. So he didn't know like, wait, there's like apps

1:33.3

that you can do on your phone. And he was like, come to the house tomorrow. Your sister tried to

1:37.9

explain it to me, but she wasn't clear. You're a business woman. I'm sure you'll make it better.

1:41.3

I'm like, oh my god. He's someone. Yes. You know when you get summoned, you have to come.

1:46.0

So when I came, the living room was all set up for like a guest. I was like, who's coming? He's

1:50.4

like, you sit right here. He's like, wait, let me wake your mother. She told me, you told me the way

1:54.5

her when you got here. I said, uh-oh. What's happening? Like usually this kind of thing doesn't end

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