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The Upgrade by Lifehacker

How to Protect Your Money, With Ramit Sethi

The Upgrade by Lifehacker

Lifehacker

Tech News, News, How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.6 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Let’s face it, the economy feels a little doom and gloom right now. So we’re learning how to protect ourselves financially this week with the help of personal finance advisor Ramit Sethi. Hear him talk with Alice and Lifehacker’s personal finance writer Lisa Rowan about his practical tips for navigating this economically terrifying time. Ramit is the author of the New York Times bestseller I Will Teach You to Be Rich and founder of IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com

After their conversation, keep listening to hear Lifehacker’s health editor Beth Skwarecki speak with medical laboratory scientist Dr. Constantine Kanakis about all aspects of COVID-19 testing.

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That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Hello and welcome to The Upgrade, podcast from a team of LifeHacker where we help you improve your life one week at a time.

1:09.0

I'm Alice Bradley, LifeHackerers deputy editor, and today I'm

1:12.4

joined by our finance writer Lisa Rowan. Hi, Lisa. Hi, Alice. Thanks for having me. Good to have you.

1:18.2

Lisa's joining me today because it's time to talk about how to protect our money. It's no secret that

1:23.9

we're in the middle of something very scary and we're all feeling pretty anxious about our finances right now.

1:29.0

The economic downturn is real, it's unavoidable, and most of it's out of your control.

1:33.8

So we're going to talk about what to do.

1:35.7

That's right.

1:36.8

We've got personal finance advisor, Ramit Seiti, here to give us the rundown of what we can

1:41.3

do to protect ourselves financially.

1:43.3

There are five main areas where people can cut right now and get cash back.

1:48.3

So that is your cell phone bill, your cable bill, your credit card, your student loan, and even

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