Let's Talk About Money | Ep 18

The Thick

Comedy

4.7 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re discussing something that shouldn’t be so taboo—money. But this is more specifically how our mindset has shifted from our young adult days to now. Various topics include if it’s possible to save anymore, lack of financial literacy, the Black tax and much more this week on The Thick!

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Music Credit: CWatt$

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:11 - Mindy’s Catch Up

00:16:25 - Tabria’s Catch Up

00:20:14 - Minnesota Daycare Fraud

00:24:53 - Venezuela

00:30:06 - US wants Greenland?

00:31:06 - Epstein Files update

00:33:29 - CEO gives employees generous bonus

00:34:30 - Danielle Walter’s Brazilian Delusion

00:36:08 - Drake RICO charge

00:40:54 - Cardi B vs Grok

00:42:07 - Stefon Diggs sued by former chef

00:43:45 - Stranger Things finale

00:50:23 - OBAA vs Sinners

00:53:56 - Money, money, money

00:54:48 - How much do we need to not feel broke?

01:03:08 - How has your mindset towards money changed?

01:09:50 - When did you start caring about money?

01:15:15 - Financial advice doesn’t apply anymore

01:23:31 - The Black Tax

01:32:39 - Having kids is too expensive

01:45:03 - What does financial freedom look like?

01:48:35 - Brenay drama and mishandling $$$

01:51:57 - Financial literacy is key!

01:59:56 - Can money buy happiness?

02:05:40 - What song would you play to pull you away from Vecna?

02:11:51 - Listener Letter

02:20:38 - Outro

Transcript

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0:00.0	See what?
0:07.0	All right.
0:08.4	Welcome to 2026.
0:10.1	Happy New Year, Monty.
0:12.1	This is my first time saying this to you.
0:13.7	Happy New Year.
0:14.8	This is the first time we've seen each other.
0:16.6	So it makes sense.
0:17.5	I know.
0:17.8	It's the fifth of the month.
0:20.1	I will say nothing feels very festive or like, like it doesn't feel different.
0:27.0	I mean, no.
0:28.3	Does it ever?
0:29.3	Yes.
0:31.1	I mean, maybe not the past few years.
0:33.2	But Jen, I remember feeling like, oh, new start.
0:37.4	Like, I have all these rituals that I used to do, like, oh, new start.
0:41.1	Like, I have all these rituals that I used to do, like, clean my whole apartment.
0:41.6	Yeah.
0:44.9	And it just makes it feel like, ah, new energy.
0:46.3	I don't feel any of that.
0:47.5	Yeah, I didn't do any of that.
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