Shows / Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Pull up a chair to the happy hour you wish your friends were having. Mix two money experts with some hot takes and a splash of nostalgia, and you get Rachel Cruze and George Kamel talking unfiltered about what’s going on in the world, pop culture, and how to afford a life you love.
Episodes
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Generational Money Trends: Who’s Got It Right?
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today to create a free budget! Rachel and George have a hot topic on the agenda for this episode: Are Gen Zers just millennials . . …
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Financial Realities You Learn as an Adult
💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! In this episode, Rachel and George explore the realities of adulting. Spoiler alert: It’s not all…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Is Chasing “Financial Freedom” Really Worth It?
💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! It's Independence Day and Rachel and George are celebrating in true Smart Money Happy Hour…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Are You Guilty of Telling These White (Money) Lies?
💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! We’re all guilty of the occasional little white lie, but are they as harmless as they seem?…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Why “Get Ready With Me” Videos Are Costing You $$$$
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today to create a free budget! Are "Get Ready With Me" videos filling your feed? Join George and Rachel as they explore the…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
What Are “Vacations” Really Costing You?
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! Ever feel like “going on vacation” is more work than rest? From booking flights to wrangling kids to…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Should We Sell It All and Be Homesteaders?
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! Ever think about turning your back on city life for wide, open spaces and self-sufficiency? From trendy…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Extreme Makeover: Personal Finance Edition
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! In this week's episode, George and Rachel are giving financial transformations a nostalgic twist by…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Money Motives Hidden in Shocking True Crime Stories
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! Ever wonder how far some people will go for money? Join George and Rachel as they unravel the dark side…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Can You Answer This Money Trivia?
💵 Create a free budget! Sign up for EveryDollar today. If “financial literacy” is as foreign to you as our obsession with avocado toast, that could cost you a…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Are These Status Symbols Timeless or Tired?
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! What do puka shells, water beds and lifted trucks have in common? They’re all status symbols (or were at…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Celebrating Birthdays Without Breaking the Bank
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! Cue the confetti! What better way to celebrate Rachel's and George’s birthdays than with some…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Today Year’s Old: Surprising Money Facts Everyone Should Know
💵 Create a free budget. Sign up for EveryDollar today! You were “today years old” when . . . you learned about catch-up contributions, HSA benefits and the…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Frugal Fails that Might Actually Ruin You
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! We love a heroic attempt to save money! Until it backfires. (Let’s be real: We’ve all botched at least…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Are You Guilty of These Financial Turn Offs?
💵 Create a free budget! Sign up for EveryDollar today. Venmo requests for $2? Obsessively checking the Dow’s daily swings? No thanks! Rachel and George are…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
When Is Dipping into Your Savings Justified?
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today - Create a free Budget! Stash, stash, spend! In this episode, Rachel and George are breaking down America’s current attitude…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
“Harmless” Purchases That Drain Your Bank Account
💵 Create a free budget! Sign up for EveryDollar today. Life is hard, but it’s nothing a “little treat” can’t fix . . . right? Get Rachel and George’s take on…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Rating the Most Predatory Financial Products
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! Are we the world’s biggest basketball fans? Not exactly. But we’re always game for a friendly bracket…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Settling Money Debates in Our Comments Section
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! What do Smart Money Happy Hour viewers really think about cutting up credit cards, the Baby Steps, and…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Are These Financial Loopholes Ludicrous or Legit?
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! We admit it: We love saving money! This week, George and Rachel are dishing out some of their favorite…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Did You Get “The (Money) Talk” as a Kid?
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! Did your parents give you “the talk” as a kid—the money talk, that is? This week, Rachel and George…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Baby Steps Millionaires Try the “Of Course” Trend
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! It’s Smart Money Happy Hour, of course we’re going to take a crack at a fun social media trend and use…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Why Short-Term Rentals Are No Vacation
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! Room service or extra room? Live like you’ve got a maid or live like a local? Rachel and George weigh in…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
The Price of Love Just Went Up
💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today. Create a free budget! You can’t buy love . . . but don’t tell that to the guy who spends $499 a month on dating apps! Today…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Is Casual Culture Bad For Your Bank Account?
Why are wealthy people dressing like they have no money while broke people are trying to dress like they live at the Biltmore? In this episode, George and…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Habits Wasting Your Time (and Money) in 2024
It’s out with the old and in with the new! George and Rachel are sounding off on the bad habits you need to quit in 2024—like not having an emergency fund…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
The Low-Key Financial Mistake We Can All Make
Some things we’ve just gotten used to—like $4 coffee, the F-bomb on TV, and your cousin Fred oversharing on Facebook. But has our nothing-shocks-us society…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
What Today’s Teens Are Buying (vs. Us 20 Years Ago)
Do you shop like the cool kids? Join Rachel and George for a breakdown on the brands and stores American teens loved in 2023 and the cash app they used to pay…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
How to Start Becoming a Millionaire in 2024
Think you’ll never make it to $1 million? Think again! This week, George and Rachel break down the proven path to this iconic financial milestone and bust some…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Overhyped vs. Underhyped: Critiquing Today’s Money and Pop Culture Trends
Resolution #1: Don’t fall for the hype! Just in time for 2024, Rachel and George are here to protect your budget (and your sanity) from the Internet trends and…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Unique Holiday Traditions You Won’t Find in the U.S.
Put your tray tables up and hold on to your drinks, George and Rachel are taking you on a world tour of the national holidays that you never knew existed (plus…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Revisiting Our On-Air Money Advice From the Past
Ho ho ho? Oh no no no. Rachel and George look back on live calls from The Ramsey Show that they wish they’d handled differently. Stay tuned for a…
Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George KamelExclusive Preview: Breaking Free From Broke (AKA: George's New Book)
Have more money and less stress! Preorder Breaking Free From Broke for just $20 and get $100 of bonus items! But hurry—this limited time offer ends 1/15/2024…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Warning Signs You Might Be Bad With Money
If you’ve got champagne taste on a beer budget, this is your wake-up call! George and Rachel share their hot takes on things people do that scream, “I’m bad…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Cheapskate or Resourceful? A Wake-Up Call with Sharon Ramsey
Are you a smart spender or a stingy cheapskate? Rachel’s mom, Sharon—the OG budgeting queen—joins the show to give her two cents (but not a penny more). Sharon…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
What Do Our Amazon Purchase Histories Say About Us?
It just so happens that you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their Amazon purchase history. Who knew? In this episode, you’ll learn a lot about…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Ageless Money Scams We Still See in 2023
From pyramid schemes to phishing emails, marketing ploys are more sophisticated than ever. Listen in as George and Rachel discuss some of the oldest scams…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Reacting to Financial Advice From the World’s Wealthiest People
Do we have something to learn from the world’s richest people, or did they just get lucky? They may be good with money, but will their advice work for you too?…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Why Fewer People Are Getting Married Today
The average American wedding runs about $30,000—which is making 73% of Millennials and Gen Zers reconsider whether they can afford one. Listen in as George and…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Debating: ’NSync Reunion, the Housing Market and Other Trends
George and Rachel are doing hot takes on pop culture, current events and money—yes, even more than usual. We’re talking about things like the housing market…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
$175,000+ Salary Earners Call Themselves “Poor”!
The upper class is playing the victim—and we’re not buying it. Listen as Rachel and George channel their inner Kourtney Kardashian and give six-figure earners…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Girl Math: Smart Financial Strategy or Huge Money Mistake?
Rat girl summer, lazy girl jobs, girl math and valley girls. Let’s just admit it: Girl trends make life a little more fun––for everyone! Join Rachel and George…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
5 Toxic Traits That Are Coming for Your Money
Some “toxic traits” are funny––like hanging up your clothes inside out or buying kale aspirationally. And then there’s the less funny kind. ☠️ ⚠️ Join Rachel…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Does College Help or Hurt Your Financial Future?
We put so much emphasis on going to college, but the cost is rising and now students are wondering . . . is it worth the price? In this episode, George and…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Are You Financially Insecure?
Cocktails, quizzes, condiments and more! Find out how well you’re doing financially (and what to do about it) by taking George and Rachel’s Buzzfeed-inspired…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
How the Illusion of Choice Is Keeping You Broke
News flash: Advertisers have mastered the art of making consumers think they’re in control. But who’s really calling the shots? In this episode, Rachel and…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
How to Negotiate Like a Pro (Even When It’s Awkward)
Scoring a great deal can save you big—but how do you negotiate the price down when it feels downright awkward? In this episode, George and Rachel talk about…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Are These Jobs Worth Their Salaries?
Money isn’t everything, but it’s something to consider when choosing your career path. In this episode, George and Rachel talk about the salaries (and cost of…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
What Will It Cost to Live in 40 Years?
Are we headed toward a cashless society where debit cards are for old people? We don’t know what the future holds, but George and Rachel take a guess and tell…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Confronting Real-Life Money Secrets and Blowups
George and Rachel answer your burning question: “Am I the jerk?” These 100% real scenarios include secret credit cards, trips overseas, a husband with a “you…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
How 8 Overnight Millionaires Made Their Money
From the inheritance scandals to the Antiques Roadshow to pension stealing, Rachel and George uncover wild stories of people who became overnight millionaires…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
How Barbie and Other Toy Brands Brainwashed Us All
If you learned to navigate adulthood in a plastic car with pink and blue peg people, this episode is for you. Rachel and George reminisce about the 90s toys…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
How to Spot “Beige Flags” in Money and Relationships
We love to throw a flag on romantic relationships—whether it’s red, green or now . . . beige? Find out how George and Rachel react to Gen Z’s relationship…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
UFO Evidence and Other Conspiracies That Could Be True
It’s all about conspiracies today, people. Rachel and George are discussing delusion, paranoia, and the dark side of the Denver airport. Is there life on other…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Anti Aging Trends: Can You Afford Eternal Youth?
The longevity industry is booming, and the people want to know: Can a cold cream really take 10 years off your face? What are George and Rachel’s skincare…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
You’ll Never Guess These BONKERS Money Superlatives
What do the highest paid celebrities, the International Space Station, and the George Foreman grill have in common? They all earned pop culture money…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Do You Handle Payday Better Than Your Fav Celeb?
Most people think the hard part about getting rich is figuring out how to make a ton of money—but the real challenge might be learning to manage your money…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Most Ridiculous Things People Actually Pay For
Oxygen bars, PH balanced water . . . Are they scams, or are they for real? Food delivery every night? Are these ridiculous things to spend money on? Let George…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Explaining Our Most Hated Financial Advice
You can’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but you can always show up with a good cocktail! Rachel and George are responding to the loudest, most common criticisms…
- Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
How to Fund Your Bucket List Before You Die
Not sure how to afford your pre-RIP dreams? Rachel and George are here to help! Plus, they’ll reveal America’s most popular bucket list items, react to the…