The Financial Confessions
Uncover the financial truth behind every part of life. Join host Chelsea Fagan, CEO of The Financial Diet, for a weekly deep-dive with experts to get a real-life look at earning, spending, and losing money. We’re holding a mic to the money talk we whisper about. New episodes drop every Monday.
Episodes
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Chelsea is joined by Erin Lowry of Broke Millennial for this live podcast recording all about the worst flops and the best highlights of 2022.
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Love Island, Real Housewives, And The Fake Authenticity Of Pop Culture
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
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Chelsea sits down with Maia aka Broey Deschanel to talk about all things movies, reality TV, pop culture, and the fake authenticity of our current era.
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
Addiction, Delusion, And Awkward Facebook Messages: Inside An MLM
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
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This week, Chelsea sits down with Emily Lynn Paulson, author and former top performer in an MLM who left the industry and is telling all in her new book: Hey, Hun | Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
Burnout, Boundaries, And The Lie Of Consumerist Self-Help
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
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Chelsea sits down with Taylor Elyse Morrison to talk about the bogus culture of self-help that got us to our current era, and how to build something better, regardless of disposable income.
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
The Scam Of Skincare & And Opting Out Of Toxic Beauty Culture
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Chelsea is joined by writer and editor Jessica DeFino to talk about the havoc that beauty standards are wreaking on our world, whether or not we want to admit it.
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
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This week, Chelsea is joined by YouTuber (and former TFD contributor!) Princess Weekes to talk all about how television does (and mostly doesn't) represent money, poverty, and class differences.
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Monday Feb 06, 2023
Münecat On Gary Vee, Jordan Peterson, And The MLM-Ification Of The Internet
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
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Chelsea sits down with YouTuber münecat to talk about online discourse, the manosphere, right-wing radicalization, and content creation under capitalism.
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Monday Jan 30, 2023
Late Capitalism, ”Ethical” Investing, And Building Wealth In A Broken System
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
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Chelsea and Simran Kaur from Girls That Invest discuss ethical investing, starting from nothing, and how to build wealth and live by your values under capitalism.
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That Invest book: https://bookshop.org/a/82703/9781119893783
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Monday Jan 23, 2023
Class Differences, The Bachelorette Tax, & The Wedding Industrial Complex
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Chelsea speaks with writer Philip Ellis about wedding culture, social expectations, and how they're ruining our finances.
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Monday Jan 16, 2023
Fitness Influencers, Wellness Scams, & The Myth Of ”Being Healthy”
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
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Chelsea interviews fitness expert Casey Johnston about fitness influencers, the cult of thinness, and what women can gain from getting strong.
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Monday Jan 09, 2023
Answering Your Most Awkward Money Questions With A CPA
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Chelsea is joined by CFP Tara Falcone to answer your most awkward and embarrassing money questions.
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Monday Jan 02, 2023
Radical Contentment, Actual Self-Care, & Giving Up On Being Effortless
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
In the first TFC of 2023, Chelsea sits down with author and designer Jamie Varon to talk about what it means to be radically content, the dangers of productivity culture, and moving past the myth of constantly needing to improve.
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Monday Dec 26, 2022
Celebrity Plastic Surgery, Beauty Gaslighting, & The Myth Of Skincare
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Chelsea speaks with author Eve Rodsky about how society undervalues women, how women are expected to be major contributors to the household income on top of managing all domestic tasks, and how to truly create an equitable home life.
Chelsea speaks with plastic surgery and beauty expert @LorryHill about the cost of cosmetic and plastic surgeries, the beauty maintenance celebrities are really buying into, and how we're all buying into a lie when it comes to celeb beauty secrets.
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Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
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In this week's TFC, Chelsea sits down with Sam of the One Broke Actress podcast to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of making it as an actor in Hollywood when you don't come from wealth or connections.
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Monday Dec 12, 2022
Minimalism, The Aesthetics Of Wealth, & The Limits Of Buying Less
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
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Chelsea speaks with @theminimalists about minimalism, consumerism, and how not everyone can actually benefit from buying less.
Join us for a live recording of The Financial Confessions on December 14th at City Winery in NYC. Space is limited!
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