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The Financial Diet

The Hidden Expenses Of Poverty: Check Cashing, Payday Lending, & Other Scams

The Financial Diet

TFD

Business

4.3548 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Register to join Chelsea's free workshop HOW TO BUDGET AN UNPREDICTABLE INCOME here, and receive a free 25-page budget workbook just for signing up: https://bit.ly/3F8mvy3   In this week's episode of Too Good To Be True, Ryan and Julia dive into the shady world of companies that prey on the poor -- often by charging them just to access their own money.   Join our membership program, The Society at TFD, to get access to perks, including exclusive bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPY...   Follow Ryan on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ryanhoulihan   Follow Julia on Two Cents! https://www.youtube.com/c/TwoCentsPBS   The Financial Diet site: http://www.thefinancialdiet.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefinancialdiet Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFDiet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefinancialdiet/?hl=en

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0:00.0

Hey Chelsea, tell us what tomorrow is. It is the amazing workshop that I have been talking about

0:05.8

for weeks on here and is finally happening. I am doing a workshop all about how to budget with an

0:12.2

unpredictable income. That means if you're freelancing, if you're a gig worker, if you're a tipped

0:17.0

worker, if you have side hustles, if you're looking to freelance in the coming years,

0:21.6

this is all about making sure you can access that exact same great budgeting advice, build

0:26.8

wealth, do all of the stuff that we talk about on here without necessarily having that steady

0:31.9

exact same paycheck every two weeks. I've been getting asked about doing this workshop for years.

0:37.2

It's finally happening.

0:38.6

If you can't join live tomorrow evening at 6.30 p.m. Eastern time. That's no problem. You can watch

0:44.8

it back whenever you want. And just for signing up, you also get the free 25 page budget workbook

0:51.5

that I put together myself, as well as a live Q&A with me if you attend live.

0:56.5

And just by signing up, you're automatically entered to win our giveaway, where four attendees

1:01.2

and you don't have to be attending live to win are getting a $250 gift card from TFD to jumpstart

1:07.4

whatever their budget goals are. This is going to be an amazing workshop,

1:11.1

whether you join live or watch back later.

1:13.1

I cannot wait to see you there.

1:14.9

Just click the link in the description or the show notes

1:17.8

and sign up.

1:18.7

It's totally free.

1:40.4

Welcome to Too Good to Be True, an investigative podcast about exposing the scams, schemes, and financial cults trying to separate you from your money.

1:43.5

I'm editor and journalist Ryan Hulahan. And I am Julia Lorenz Olson, the co-host of PBS's

1:47.6

Two Sense and an accredited financial counselor. So what are we talking about today, Julia?

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