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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

From Eggflation to Ghost Jobs: Roasting 2024’s Biggest Financial Turkeys

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2665 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Celebrate 2024’s Financial Turkeys as we spotlight the year's biggest money blunders and share tips to avoid them yourself. Why are grocery prices so high in 2024? What are ghost jobs and how do they affect job seekers? Hosts Sean Pyles and Sara Rathner roast the year’s “Financial Turkeys” (pun intended), spotlighting the biggest money misfortunes of 2024 and offering listeners a chance to commiserate over shared financial frustrations. They share their own takes on this year’s financial flops and invite listeners to reflect on how these issues have affected their lives, turning financial woes into a shared laugh or sigh of relief. Sign up for your free credit score and get credit-building insights personalized to you when you register at https://nerdwallet.com.  In their conversation, the Nerds discuss: grocery inflation, ghost jobs, rising food prices, fake job postings, job market trends, financial blunders, job hunting frustrations, eggflation, financial commiseration, high grocery costs, job market challenges, fake job ads, grocery shopping struggles, and rising costs of food. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to NerdWallet's Smart Money, where you send us your money questions and we

0:40.1

answer them with the help of our genius nerds. I'm Sean Piles. And I'm Sarah Raffner. Sean,

0:45.7

happy Thanksgiving. Oh, and happy Thanksgiving to you, too, Sarah. On this day of thanks,

0:50.9

I would like to thank all of our listeners for participating in the

0:54.7

grand smart money experiment. We love getting and answering your questions, and we appreciate

1:01.4

all of you and your loyal listenership. It really is a privilege to be here in front of the microphone,

1:07.9

interacting with folks, helping them with their finances. I have to say,

1:12.6

I really enjoy hearing about people's lives and the financial decisions that they're hoping to get

1:17.5

help with, and not just because I am a nosy person, but also because I just like to know what's on

1:23.2

people's minds. And how we can help people. It really is an honor. I've been answering the questions of smart money listeners for a few years now, and sometimes

1:31.4

people ask if I get bored of answering similar questions over and over.

1:36.7

And I always say no, because in truth, each listener's question is different.

1:41.9

Whatever someone wants help with is informed by their own

1:44.2

financial background and experiences and their current financial goals. And I just find that stuff

1:49.5

endlessly interesting. So do I. And besides, listeners join us at different points, at different

1:54.4

episodes. So it is helpful to repeat topics once in a while. And, you know, if you're making a

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