Money Unplugged with Chris Hill
Save, Spend, Invest, Stocks, Real Estate. Everyone has a relationship with money.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2025
Why Jill Schlesinger Is Happier In a Bear Market
Somewhere along the way, Jill Schlesinger discovered that she didn’t like making money as much as she thought she would.
An award-winning business analyst for CBS News, author, Certified Financial Pl…
Behind the scenes w/ Dan Pink, Clark Howard, and David Brancaccio
We’re wrapping up the summer with a sneak preview of upcoming guests and Chris Hill sharing three behind-the-scenes stories from episodes earlier this year, including:
- What David Brancaccio neglect…
"The Beatles were in a 95% tax bracket.” (Ross Anderson & Dan Messeca)
Which musical artists are genuinely smart about money?
We explore that question with Ross Anderson and Dan Messeca, co-founders of Craftwork Capital and co-hosts of the hit financial podcast “Check Y…
"I do the shows for free. They pay me to travel." (Ross Anderson & Dan Messeca)
Of all the different entertainment industries, is the business of music the most…crooked?
We explore that question with Ross Anderson and Dan Messeca, co-founders of Craftwork Capital and co-hosts of…
”Why are there so many horror movies? Money.” (Bill Barker & Chris Harris)
How do movie studios create (and dispose of) fake money?
Find out in part two of our roundtable discussion about money in movies! Senior counsel Chris Harris and Motley Fool senior analyst and advisor…
"For a heist movie what's better than Die Hard?" (Bill Barker & Chris Harris)
We’re kicking off August with a roundtable discussion about money in movies! Senior counsel Chris Harris and Motley Fool senior analyst and advisor Bill Barker discuss how box office receipts and mon…
“ I had one of the coolest jobs a teenager could ever have.” (Tess Vigeland)
An award-winning journalist and longtime Marketplace Radio veteran, Tess Vigeland faced two very different career paths when she was thinking about college. But for someone who earned acclaim for hos…
"I was the lowest-paid member of my graduating class.” (Charles Duhigg)
Before he was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, before he was the author of bestselling books like The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, Charles…
“By the time I was a senior in high school, I already had 2 jobs.” (Malcolm Ethridge)
When he was in grade school, Malcolm Ethridge created a business with great economics: Buy a box of Fruit Roll-Ups for $5 and sell them individually to his classmates for $2 apiece. While the school’…
“No matter what relationship you’re in, it’s important to have financial independence.”
We’re celebrating July 4th with three of our favorite stories from guests about financial freedom and independence, including:
- Clark Howard on how smart financial habits can “create freedom in your…
The Almost-Priest Who Became a Finance Expert: Money Talk w/ Robert Brokamp
“I submitted a fraudulent birth certificate to McDonald's so I could work there.”
Just because Robert Brokamp was studying to become a priest doesn’t mean he didn’t bend the occasional rule when he wa…
"Three guys burst in and said, 'This is a robbery, everybody get on the floor!'" (Emmet Savage)
“Talking about money was analogous to talking about religion. You just didn't do it.”
Growing up in Ireland, Emmet Savage learned about investing from his father. While he would go on to become the co…
"My first hustle was selling worms." (Joe Magyer)
”It's great to save, it's great to be putting things aside. But make sure that so long as you're hitting those savings goals that you're treating yourself at some point.”
For as far back as he can rem…
From Homeless Teenager to CFO: Money Talk w/ Greg Haygood
“The original plan was always for me to go to school and live that typical life. But it didn't work out, so I had to make my own plan.”
Before the age of 20, Greg Haygood spent a number of years in wh…
"It was a sandpaper distribution business. We didn't make the sandpaper, we just cut it and distributed it." (Ron Gross)
“Don’t just fall in love with the balance sheet. You have to love the business as well.”
With more than 30 years of experience as a professional investor, Ron Gross has seen it all. Through bull marke…
"My earliest experience with money? Feeding my little sister nickels." (James Early)
“I wanted to either be a U.S. Marshal and catch fugitives or start a garden center.”
Dreaming of two very different career paths led James Early to pursue a college degree in finance. From there he h…
"You're telling me it was legal for parents to discuss money with their children?" (Bill Barker)
“All of unhappiness in life is unmet expectations, and you can apply that to money pretty easily.”
Nearly a decade into his life as an attorney, Bill Barker made a somewhat sudden career change to the…
Dan Simons
“The best stuff is not just sitting out available. The best stuff is behind a door, down a hallway, up a hill.”
How does someone succeed in an industry where the majority of businesses close within fi…
Dr. Tobin Anthony
“We'd be having dinner and running low on ketchup. My mom would go over to the sink, fill up the bottle with water, give it a shake, and guess what? We had more ketchup!”
The grandchild of Italian imm…
Bill Mann
“One of my first real experiences was recognizing the fact that there is a huge difference between good management and bad management.”
As the Chief Investment Strategist at Motley Fool Asset Manageme…