So Money With Farnoosh Torabi

If you’re a dog lover today’s podcast is totally for you! Elias Weiss Friedman is the star, or cameraman I should say, behind the insanely popular blog and Instagram account The Dogist, which shares daily portraits of adorable dogs out and about on the streets to over 1 million followers. Wow.  This has become such a hit since first launching in 2013 that the idea also translated into a book, which came a few weeks ago entitled, The Dogist: Photographic Encounters with 1,000 Dogs.After graduating from Boston University in 2010, Elias moved to New York City where he worked at a major brand strategy agency for two years until being laid off.  During this time he was inspired to be involved in a business venture that was more creative and authentic so he decided to combine his two passions, dogs and photography.  From there the rest is history.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

On today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, special guest Jacquette Timmons, a financial behaviorist, and I answer your biggest questions about negotiating a promotion or increase in salary at work, refinancing student loans, what to do with your leftover money after maxing out your retirement accounts and more.

Today’s guest is one of the five co-founders and CEO of Smart Cookies, a movement helping thousands of people become debt-free.  Sandra Hanna claims she was “a complete financial disaster” only a few years ago but was able to become debt-free and live a life she only dreamed of once upon a time.  On theSmart Cookies team, Sandra brings sales and public relations expertise, having worked previously in PR. Some more about her company, Smart Cookies has been featured in top news outlets including the Today Show, New York Times, ABC News, Oprah among many others. The company started with just five people and is now over more than 50,000 people strong. The site offers real tips, inspiration and advice for how to get out of debt without using all of the personal finance jargon.  Sandra has co-authored two best-selling books including The Smart Cookies Guide to Making More Dough and The Smart Cookie Guide to Couples and Money.  She also hosted The Smart Cookies TV show on OWN Network in Canada. For more information

Today’s guest is an internationally renowned photographer rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s top models.  In fact, he is a judge on the popular TV show, America’s Next Top Model, that just announced it will be ending after 12 years and 22 seasons. Nigel Barker has been with the show for a whopping 17 seasons.  He also hosts Oxygen Network’s modeling competition series with Naomi Campbell, The Face.  Nigel is highly-revered in the fashion and entertainment industry which has led to many exciting opportunities including his own show on VH1 called The Shot, as well as producing films, documentaries and commercials for a variety of people from Hollywood clients to charitable organizations. Most recently, Nigel was awarded the “Film Heals” Award for Humanitarianism at the 6th Annual Manhattan Film Festival for Dreams Are Not Forgotten. With over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry, he has authored several books, most recently a New York Times best-seller titled, “Models of Influence: 50 Women Wh

Alright…Today’s guest is a bestselling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world along with her sister Arianna Huffington. Agapi Stass-in-opoulos is joining me today. She recently gave the final keynote speech at She Summit 2015 in New York where she had the crowd roaring with laughter while also delivering messages found in her latest book, Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity and Unconditional Love.  In this book she shares adventures from her life and the wisdom she’s gained from those experiences as well as the values that her Greek mother instilled in her and sister Arianna. Prior to her latest book, Agapi has written books on Greek Archetypes which have been turned into PBS specials.  Most recently she is developing a curriculum on Heartfelt Leadership for both the Wharton and Columbia Business Schools in order to provide tools for conscious leadership into today’s workplace.  The principles are based on generosity and empathy in order for people to live a more fulfil

Today’s guest is my former editorial assistant and right hand guy..Donovan X Ramsey who is now…an accomplished journalist focusing on the topic of black identity, politics and patterns of power in America. His work has appeared in countless top publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, GQ, Gawker, Ebony among others.  Donovan X. Ramsey also serves as a fellow at Demos, the New York City-based public-policy think tank where he is currently gearing up to cover race in relation to the 2016 presidential race.  He is also heavily involved in the national movement to reform the criminal justice system. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

In today's episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer your biggest questions about when's a good time to consider selling stock, whether to put your money into a new home or towards your retirement savings, future podcast guests you'd like to see on the show and more.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

Today's guest is currently a personal finance reporter for The New York Times.  Tara Siegel Bernard has been with the publication since 2008. Prior to that she spent time as a deputy managing editor at FiLife.com, a defunct personal finance website. She also served as a news editor at CNBC and spent a decade at Dow Jones, where she wrote a weekly personal finance column. She was also a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal's small-business and health cost columns at the start of her career. Before getting involved in writing about personal finance, Tara focused on the credit card and banking industries. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

Today's guest is the co-founder of a website you probably know, you've probably been on it. It's called EliteDaily, it's a website that advertises itself as the Voice of Generation Y. And I know a lot of you are millennials.The site was recently sold for $50 million bucks, and Gerard or "G" as he likes to be called, has quite the story. He's a college drop-out turned serial entrepreneur, digital media executive, documentary film producer, and millennial thought leader and philanthropist. He's also been been named one of the coolest people in Silicon Alley tech by Business Insider. His story started after he left college after just one semester. He became a first time entrepreneur shortly thereafter and things didn't pan out as he had hoped — he's gonna talk about that.Fast forward five years, and he's a self-made multi-millionaire. Today he's 30 years old, he's built, backed, and invested in nine companies and trades that all have made seven figure plus profits. Another reason to be impressed by Gerard, Tony

Today I have the great pleasure of bringing back Lewis Howes to the show to talk about his latest book out today. That’s right, you can go over to Barnes and Nobles, Amazon or your local bookstore after you listen to this and pick up a copy, which I highly recommend that you do. In fact I’m giving away 20 free copies, listen to the end of this podcast to discover how you can be selected or check out the instructions below. The book is called “The School of Greatness.” It’s the same title of his very successful podcast and as I said, I’ve already had Lewis on the show before in case you miss that episode, you’ll have to check it out it wasepisode 4. Now a little bit of background to catch some of you up about Lewis. A lot of you may recognize his name, he is a former pro football player, he is an elite athlete, after suffering a career ending injury he bounced back creating a multimillion dollar online business as a business coach and speaker. In his new book, he shares the tips and habits that he uncovered in

Today's guest has a very cool title. She is a motivational cartoonist. What does that mean? She combines her love of drawing cartoons and helping others with their finances in the blog, Empowered Dollar. The blog chronicles the cartoon version of Steph complete in green tights and all to fight "the debt monster" in order to achieve financial freedom. Steph has been drawing since she can remember and added the personal finance expert to her work after she graduated from college with over $30,000 of debt to her name.  She was making barely minimum wage and knew something had to change in order to become debt free.  That's when she started her journey to financial freedom with her blog to chronicle how she was able to pay off almost $35,000 in student loans in just under four years.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

In today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, special guest Brittney Castro, Founder and CEO of Financially Wise Women, and I answer your biggest questions about how to best meet with your partner to discuss your finances, purchasing your first home, where to put your annual bonus money towards paying off debt or savings and more.Brittney joined me on So Money before. To catch her interview, click here.  And if you'd like to keep up with Brittney, follow her on Twitter @BrittneyCastro.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

Today on So Money, Kimberly Palmer joins us. She is the senior money editor at US News & World Report and author of "The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Enrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life."  She is working on a new book coming out next year entitled, "Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family."  Kimberly also serves as an adjunct professor at American University where she teaches a mastering social media course.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

Today's guest is a regular on Bravo's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles and co-founder of The Altman Brothers real estate group, which has partnered with Douglas Elliman. Josh "The Shark" Altman is a real estate powerhouse and top producing agent with big-name clientele. He has sold over a billion and a half in real estate. Wow, I'll let that sink in for you. Josh prides himself on the fact that he knows every aspect of real estate. Prior to appearing on Bravo's hit show he was a successful property developer who flipped for profit properties throughout Los Angeles. Now, he and his brother Matt have closed some of the biggest sales in LA County history, including the recent sale of a home in Beverly Hills for $20.1M, which will go down as the biggest sale in Beverly Park South history. He just came out with a new book at the end of last month titled, "It's Your Move: My Million Dollar Method for Taking Risks with Confidence and Succeeding at Work and Life" where he reveals his trade secrets and offers aspiri

Ladies and gentleman, this episode is an absolute dream come true for me. Today on the show we have the Emmy Award-winning co-host of Lifetime's mega-hit show Project Runway Tim Gunn. Tim is fashion royalty and he's had a long lasting career as a mentor and educator with roles like  Chair of the Department of Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design, Fashion Dean at Fifth & Pacific and Chief Creative Director at Liz Claiborne Inc. He's also a New York Times best-selling author. Most recently he has an upcoming show debuting this November, November 12 to be exact called Project Runway Junior. This show will focus on up and coming emerging young designers aged 13-17. Tim will co-host alongside super model Hannah Davis, Kelly Osborne, designer Christian Siriano and executive fashion editor at Cosmo and Seventeen Magazines, Aya Kanai. Be sure to tune in on Nov. 12 at 9p ET.   For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

Today's guest is a branding strategist who coaches experts, visionaries, entrepreneurs and businesses to garner the attention they want for themselves and their brands.  She is also a speaker, storyteller and on-air talent who just delivered her first TED talk at TEDx in Kansas City this past summer. And I LOVE what she had to say in her TED Talk– that this pressure to “search for passion” is a bunch of baloney! We’re going to talk about that. Prior to that for nearly a decade she served as a senior editor at Martha Stewart's Whole Living magazine and hosted a live, daily show by the same name on Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius XM.  Terri continues to be a face in the media appearing on national shows like the TODAY show, Dr. Oz, The Early Show among many others. She is also host of her own show, Solopreneur on the Grant Cardone Network as well as a podcast by the same name.  She is also the author to her e-book "Take the Work Out of Networking"  Plus a little fun fact, Terri is a stand-up comedian who

In today’s episode of Ask Farnoosh, special guest Joe Saul-Sehy, co-host of Stacking Benjamins podcast, and I answer your biggest questions about using investing in yourself, owning a second home, using a life coach and much more.Joe joined me on So Money last month. To catch his interview, click here. And if you'd like to keep up with Joe, follow him on Twitter @AverageJoeMoney.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

  Today, I'm bringing back my friend Marni Battista, a Zen Dating and Life Coach to talk about her latest book "Becoming Irresistible - How To Effortlessly Have Men Pursue You, Treat You Like A Goddess, and Commit To You For Life."  In this book, Marni reveals the 3 key "musts" to help women transform their unconscious behaviors in order to find a quality partner.  The book shares specific tools and advice.  The book launched earlier this week on October 11th and to celebrate the launch Marni is giving it away for FREE for 10 days, so you have until the 21st to get your copy. GO TO DatingWithDignity.com. A little background for those of you who many have missed her the first time she was on So Money, she is the founder and CEO of DatingwithDignity.com, a million dollar plus company that specializes in helping her clients first fall in love with themselves by creating a life they love and then finding someone to love. I also interviewed Marni for my book When She Makes More…and on the importance of stepping in

You’re not going to believe what my guest today is doing, she is actually on a spending freeze, yep a spending cleanse. I’ve gone on a juice cleanse, unsuccessfully. The idea of actually not spending any money on once and things that I happen to desire throughout the day whether it’s a coffee or a cab ride. Well it would be very difficult for me as I think it would be for a lot of people and Cait is a living, breathing experiment of this and she has been making headlines. I’ve known Cait for some time, she’s an avid blogger and very active in the personal finance community, she runs the blog Blonde on a Budget. She recently made new headlines with this spending freeze that she was embarking on, which she actually started last year. And so I thought, “You know what? Let’s get her on the show,” because I want to know how this cleanse is going, does it work, can it work, how can we all learn from this and maybe take some of the lessons into our own lives. A little bit more about Cait, she’s the creator of the bl

I'm beyond excited to introduce today's guest. Once upon a time he was a Xerox top sales executive, worldwide turned music mogul and Grammy Award-winning executive music producer and did I mention father to the Queen B, yes Beyoncé! With over 23 years of experience in the music industry he has helped artists hit targets of success and brought them to superstardom. Remember Destiny's Child? He managed them back in the day and helped bring his daughter Beyonce solo until their mutual split back in 2011.  Well know he's back on the scene and out with a book entitled, "The DNA of Achievers: 10 Traits of Highly Successful Professionals." The book is already an Amazon #1 best-seller, before it's official release, which is coming up on October 15, 2015 so go pre-order the book today. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.