If you think talking about finances in general is hard, try talking to your parents about money.

What you don't want to do is like, do you have any money, what's going on?

You don't want to come at them in a more adversarial way.

Or, as I said, you don't want to come out like you're now the parent.

What to do about the ups and downs of your 401k?

If you or someone you care about plans to retire soon, that's on the next explain it to me.

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Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm your host, Jessica Tarlov. Today we have Congressman Pat Ryan,

the Hudson Valley Native representing the 18th District of New York. His main focus in Congress

is providing relief for Hudson Valley families, improving transportation for folks in his district,

and investing in the United States Military Academy, where he hopes to provide for the next

generation of military leaders. The congressman recently made headlines for calling Elon Musk a villain

on CNN, which I loved, and for discussing how he believes young men can benefit from the Democratic Party.

Congressman Ryan, welcome to the show. It's great to have you on. Thanks for having me, Jess. I'm

sorry. I'm choking on my coffee. I apologize. That'm sorry. I'm choking on my coffee here. I apologize.

That's okay. I'm choking on my own voice, which is very millennial of me.

That's how excited I am to be on the show. I'm just like chugging coffee and got too excited.

So I'm a huge fan of yours and appreciate the good fight that you continue to fight to actually say things that are truthful and authentic and

honest on an important news channel that we all know is out there. Well, I appreciate that.

And I was thinking to myself as I was walking down here that it's nice to actually meet you in

person because I use you as an example all the time because my colleagues on the five will say,

Democratic Party is so crazy and you

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