"I have this incredible work ethic...because I realized at 18 that I was going to inherit *nothing*--other than maybe a lot of debt--and I was going to be completely on my own." John Rotonti on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com/episodes

" If you're not happy and you're not living the life that you want, money's not gonna change that." Matt Koppenheffer shares his philosophy about money, investing in AI, and a job interview that went badly. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost 50 years ago today — around the time Gordon Lightfoot was at work on a new album. An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.” #RIP

#Boston is not a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck Movie "what’s perhaps most promising about the savvy, ambitious & accomplished women of color from the 2017 Boston city council is how *good* they seem to be at the business of #politics." h/t: Joan Vennochi masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/b...

"I carried a lot of shame...and that shame made my #money behavior incredibly erratic and emotional." The thoroughly impressive & honest @heatherbone.bsky.social on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

"As an investor we think about monetary #compounding but there's also life #compounding." #PenniesFromHeaven Todd Wenning on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

Thanks for a great chat, Chris! @chrishillalx.bsky.social

Feels like, between .. 1. “No Kings” rally 2. Benioff apologizing 3. Young Republicans getting suspended 4. Universities rejecting White House “contracts” .. authoritarianism got something of a margin call this week.

Morning Song - Mary Ann by Ray Charles "Must be quite a woman." #MAH 🙂 h/t: @chrishillalx.bsky.social masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/m...

"Frugality was baked into us & it informs my approach to #money to this day." @paulollinger.bsky.social on #MoneyUnplugged podcast 2ith @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

"I chose a healthy obsession." #investing Bryan Hinmon on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

"All behavior makes sense with enough information." The Art of Spending #Money @morganhousel.bsky.social on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

"A man is not a plan. You've got to be able to take care of yourself." Sara Rathner of #NerdWallet on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

Morning Song - Get the #Funk out Ma Face by The Brothers Johnson "You don’t like my music, You don’t have to use it, #Funking is a thing that all of us release...." #FunkyFriday masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/m...

If you’re an incompetent foreign leader who sucks up to Trump, you can get $20 billion from U.S. taxpayers while Trump is cutting Americans’ health care.

The Eagles release “The Long Run”, their 6th studio LP, 46 years ago today. “Disco had exploded,” said Frey. “We were beginning to see press articles about how we were passé. Those kind of jabs were part of the inspiration” for the title track: 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘯

"The older I get, the longer term I think." David Gardner on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Morning Song - Route 66 by Chuck Berry "Won't you get hip to this timely tip?" #FirstRuleOfCoverSongs masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/m...

"It's really hard to hide #divorce; it's really easy to hide #bankruptcy." Nick Maggiulli on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

Morning Song - Lonely Avenue by Jon Batiste ft. Randy Newman "...where men who’ve blown up their marriages w/o a Plan B end up: surrounded by others who’ve slipped out of society & are hanging on by a thread." #FirstRuleOfCoverSongs h/t: MAH masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/m...

"We didn't get an allowance. (My parents said)...if you need it, we'll buy it. If you're getting another pair of sneakers, well, that's on you. Go rake leaves." Jill Schlesinger on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

"I got that story from masscommons.wordpress.com.... It's a very entertaining blog." @chrishillalx.bsky.social on #MoneyUnplugged podcast #AdFreeAugust moneyunpluggedpodcast.com/episodes

Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?

Morning Song - Worker's Song by The Dropkick Murphys #LaborDay #FirstRuleOfCoverSongs masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/m...

What is the item Dan Pink WISHED he could have splurged on? And how is Clark Howard taking market share from $UBER? Find out as we share some behind-the-scenes stories in the latest episode of #MoneyUnplugged. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Morning Song - Burning Down the House by Talking Heads “Ah, watch out! You might get what you’re after, Cool babies, Strange but not a stranger, I’m an ordinary guy….” #FunkyFriday masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/m...

Happy birthday to Jack Kirby.

"It's hard to find a music artist who's doing it better from a business perspective than Taylor Swift." Ross Anderson & Dan Messeca of Craftwork Capital talk #money & #music on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social #AdFreeAugust www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

Morning Song - YYZ by Rush "Drummers hear things." #instrumental masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/m... #MPH62 h/t: @chrishillalx.bsky.social #MAH #PLD

This is Meeting The Moment, from Pritzker. Please watch this 90-second clip.

I love the new Cracker Barrel logo! 🧡 #EpsteinFiles

Page One. @wsj.com #NYC 🔥

Halfway thru reading this to my toddler I was like…damn this is how he learns about automation and technological unemployment huh

"I don't got the bright watch, I got the right watch, I don't buy out the bar, I bought the nightspot...." #JayZ Ross Anderson & Dan Messeca on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social talk #Money & #Music #AdFreeAugust www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

How crooked is the music industry? Ross Anderson & Dan Messeca from the "Check Your Balances" podcast stop by to discuss which songs feature great financial advice, behind-the-scenes stories of money in the music business, and much more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

"It's too expensive to close the city over Fourth of July." #Jaws "Grab an alien and we'll make money off of it.... It's high risk/high reward." #Aliens Bill Barker & Chris Harris on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social #Money & #Movies www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com

"From its humble yogurt beginnings to going on to own every government & company on earth & what remains of the human race, I have to go with Buy & Large." #WallE #Movies #money Bill Barker & Chris Harris on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com/episodes

Album drops October 7. Music & lyrics by @morganhousel.bsky.social. #TheArtOfSpendingMoney

"It took me a very long time to learn this lesson, but credit cards are #evil." Tess Vigeland on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com/episodes

Ozzy Osbourne funeral procession through Birmingham is being led by musicians playing Iron Man 🤘🥺🙏

Morning Song - New #Math by Tom Lehrer "...so very simple, that only a child can do it!" #RIP masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/07/29/m...

"I really have no memories of money because my parents never, ever talked about it." @marketplace.org legend @tessvigeland.bsky.social shares the career path she almost took, her strategy for credit cards, and why she loves @sharktankabc.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Podcast consumption remains impressive and strong. open.substack.com/pub/johnword...

"Nobody cared what you majored in at #Yale; they just cared that you went to #Yale." @cduhigg.bsky.social on #MoneyUnplugged with @chrishillalx.bsky.social www.moneyunpluggedpodcast.com/episodes

Morning Song - Paranoid by @black-sabbath.bsky.social "I need someone to show me, The things in life that I can't find...." #RIP #OzzyOsborne masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/m...

Major media seem flummoxed about what to do when Trump shares a fake video of Obama getting arrested. Maybe they think the options are A) take the bait, or B) ignore it. But there's a 3rd option: Gather all the crazy examples and write big, loud stories about how the president is mentally unhinged.

"Dad was an attorney. He would come home and say things like, 'I have a client who lost his hand at work. How much do you think his hand is worth?' So we would debate that over the dinner table." Best-selling author @cduhigg.bsky.social shares🤯stories about money! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Smart money advice for Gen Z? Christine Benz, dir. of personal finance at Morningstar, says it doesn't have to be complicated.