Financial Independence Podcast

Financial Independence Podcast

The Mad Fientist

Episodes 84
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 4.8 (1,639)
Since Jun 2012
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Every 2 Months
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Join the Mad Fientist as he interviews personal-finance icons like Mr. Money Mustache, Ramit Sethi, and JL Collins to discover the strategies they used to achieve financial independence and retire early! Learn about investing, tax avoidance, entrepreneurship, travel hacking, real estate, and all things related to financial independence and early retirement!

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Recent Episodes

Learning How to Spend Money (While Enjoying Every Dollar Spent)

Nov 14, 2025 28m

After decades of saving/investing, it's hard to immediately flip a switch and go into spending mode. Spending is a skill that you should develop on your way to FI, so that you're better at it when…

Valuable Lessons from My Eighth Year of Freedom

Sep 03, 2024 19m

In 2021, I decided to stop doing annual updates. At that time, I thought I had FI figured out and was just living a "normal" life (so no need to talk about it anymore). Well, a lot has changed since…

The Power of Quitting

Jul 08, 2024 6m

Saving up a bunch of money gives you power - power you can use to make your life better and your journey to financial independence quicker. The only way to take advantage of the power though is to…

Happiness Through Subtraction

Jun 17, 2024 7m

If you want to use money to make you happier, stop thinking about what you can buy with it. Instead, think about how you can use it to remove the things in your life that make you unhappy. Full…

Bill Perkins - Memory Dividends, Time Buckets, and Maximizing Net Fulfillment

May 02, 2024 1h 37m

Out of all the episodes of the Financial Independence Podcast, this is the one I wish I heard when I was on my journey to financial independence. Bill Perkins, author of Die with Zero, joins Chris…

The Best Advice from JL Collins

Dec 05, 2023 39m

To celebrate the release of JL Collins' new book, Pathfinders, I collected all the best advice from his Financial Independence Podcast interviews! Jim has been on the show three times: First, back…

Parker Hewes - Your Money and Your Health

Nov 06, 2023 22m

Health is similar to finances in that there are many overly-complex things people say you need to do, but there are just a few simple things that actually matter. What is the "spend less than you…

Jillian Johnsrud & Chad Carson - Small and Mighty Real Estate Investing

Aug 23, 2023 49m

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Chad Carson from CoachCarson.com! Chad just released a new book, The Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor, and I wanted to…

Ramit Sethi – How to Spend (and Actually Enjoy It)

Feb 17, 2023 51m

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Ramit Sethi from I Will Teach You to Be Rich! I needed someone to come on the show to provide some tough love and Ramit was…

My Family - Raising Money-Smart Kids

Dec 14, 2022 18m

Over the last few years, I interviewed members of my family to find out two things: How I became the Mad Fientist (i.e. where did I get my extreme ideas about money) What advice they'd give to…

Podcast Takeover: The FI Show - Employee vs. Entrepreneur

Oct 01, 2022 37m

Cody Berman and Justin Taylor, hosts of the FI Show, have both achieved financial independence but they've taken drastically different paths to get there. Listen to this Podcast Takeover episode to…

Mad Fientist Jr. - Why I'm Appreciating FI More Than Ever Now

Sep 02, 2022 11m

Life has completely changed. And because of this major change, I'm even more grateful for the freedom, flexibility, and time that financial independence and early retirement provide. In this short…

Podcast Takeover: Financial Independence Europe - Effective Altruism

Jun 27, 2022 51m

Welcome to another podcast-takeover episode of the Financial Independence podcast! This time, Mathias from the Financial Independence Europe podcast takes over the show to talk to Luke Freeman (from…

The Best Advice from Mr. Money Mustache

May 31, 2022 14m

Exactly 10 years ago, I released the first episode of the Financial Independence Podcast! To celebrate this big birthday, I've collected all the best advice from my interviews with my very first…

Aime to Invest – From Bankruptcy to FI in 8 Years

Apr 25, 2022 37m

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I speak to Patrick Aime from Aime to Invest! Patrick's journey to FI is an incredible one. He… Moved from his home in Rwanda to attend high…

Podcast Takeover: Mile High FI - Early Retirement Failures & Successes

Mar 28, 2022 38m

I'm excited to share with you the first Podcast Takeover episode of the Financial Independence Podcast! Carl and Doug from the Mile High FI podcast take over the Financial Independence Podcast to…

The Escape Artist - FIRE in the UK

Dec 15, 2021 53m

I have some big news… I am now a British citizen! In honor of finally getting my UK passport, and therefore completing this long journey to citizenship, I am releasing my UK FIRE episode. Barney,…

Bogleheads - Life After FIRE

Nov 15, 2021 44m

Last year, I published an interview with one of my favorite financial writers, Morgan Housel. You may remember that the interview was recorded as part of a Bogleheads meeting and the interview was…

Fifth (and Final) Annual Update

Aug 20, 2021 15m

If you've followed me for a while, you'll know that I've released an annual update every year since I quit my job. It's now been five years since I stopped working so this is my fifth (and final)…

Early Retirement Extreme - A Systems Approach to Lifestyle Design

Jan 19, 2021 53m

On today's episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I finally got to interview the person who introduced me to the concept of financial independence and early retirement in the first place……

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