School Supply Shopping Tips, and Breaking Bad Money Habits

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

With supply chain issues and uncertainty about whether classes will be in person, virtual or a hybrid, back-to-school shopping this year poses unique challenges. To start this episode, Sean Pyles and Sara Rathner give the Nerds’ favorite tips for how to save when buying school supplies. Then Sean and Sara answer a listener’s question about how to break bad money habits. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.9	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your personal finance questions
0:38.2	and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm Sean Piles.
0:42.7	And I'm Sarah Rathner, filling in for Liz Weston. To contact the nerds, call or text us on the
0:47.1	nerd hotline at 901-730-6373. That's 901-730 nerd. Or email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com. And to get new episodes delivered
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1:03.6	This episode, Sean and I answer a listener's question about how to shake bad money habits.
1:08.0	But first, in our this week in your money segment, Sean and I are talking
1:11.8	about back to school shopping and how to save money this time of year. Yeah, it is somehow that time
1:16.8	of year again. Some kids are already back in school. And whether or not this year is going to be
1:21.1	in person, remote, or some kind of hybrid, anyone heading back to school is going to need some
1:26.1	pencils, notebooks, and maybe a new
1:27.8	pair of pants to give those pandemic sweatpants a break. And maybe a few Lisa Frank Trapperkeepers,
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