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Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
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Pull up a chair to the happy hour you wish your friends were having. Mix two money experts with some hot takes and a splash of nostalgia, and you get Rachel Cruze and George Kamel talking unfiltered about what’s going on in the world, pop culture, and how to afford a life you love.
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Apparently, living on less than you make and ditching your credit score is groundbreaking financial advice—but we’ll let you be the judge. If you’re willing to be a little unorthodox in order to build wealth, stay tuned! You’re in the right place.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Virgin Piña Colada
Recipe from House of Nash Eats
2 cups pineapple juice
3/4 cup cream of coconut
4 cups ice
Pineapple wedges for garnish
Maraschino cherries for garnish
Instructions: Pour the pineapple juice and cream of coconut into a high-powered blender. Add the ice. Blend for 30–60 seconds until smooth. Divide between 3–4 glasses. This makes about 5 cups of piña colada, which is about 10 ounces per person if divided between 4 people. Garnish with pineapple wedges, maraschino cherries and cocktail umbrellas before serving!
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If an event costs you social energy, should you really have to pay actual money too? Today, we’re saying what we all wish we could write on the next birthday party, wedding shower or gender reveal RSVP—join the unfiltered fun!
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Smoked Rosemary Negroni Sour
Recipe from: Join Jules
1 ounce gin
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce rosemary syrup
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 egg white
Splash of orange juice
Instructions: Using a lighter, light the tips of a fresh rosemary sprig until it begins to smoke. Flip your coupe glass upside down over the smoking sprig and let sit while you mix your cocktail. In a cocktail shaker, add gin, sweet vermouth, Campari, syrup, lemon juice, a splash of orange juice and egg white. Dry shake. Add ice and shake again. Double strain into the smoked glass. Garnish with a fresh rosemary sprig and a citrus wheel.
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Building wealth is actually pretty simple (when you do it the right way). But there are some risky strategies out there that can topple your financial progress overnight. Join us for a live game of Jenga and some commonsense financial advice along the way.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥂 Lemon Ginger Mocktail Spritz
Recipe from Join Jules
1/2 ounce honey syrup
3/4 ounce ginger juice
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
2 ounces sparkling water
Instructions: Blend ginger with a little water and strain. Add honey syrup to a glass. Add ginger juice and lemon juice. Add ice and top with sparkling water.
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Are you guilty of these annoying money habits? In this episode, we sit down with Jade Warshaw to rant about our biggest financial pet peeves. Let’s get into it!
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Tequila Old Fashioned
Recipe from Tommacy Cocktails
2 ounces reposado tequila
1/4 ounce mezcal
1/2 ounce agave nectar
2 dashes orange bitters
2 dashes black walnut bitters
Orange peel (optional)
Instructions : Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for about 20–30 seconds until well chilled. Add a bourbon ice cube to a lowball or rocks glass and strain the drink into the glass over the ice. Express an orange peel over the drink by squeezing it to release the oils. Run the peel around the rim, drop it into the drink, and enjoy!
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No one can predict the future, but sometimes it’s fun to try! Today we’re sharing our best guesses for what’s to come in 2026. From housing and investment trends to celebrity weddings and court cases—we’ve got you covered.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍾 New Year’s Champagne
Champagne of your choice
Instructions: Pick up your favorite budget-friendly bottle of champagne and toast to the new year!
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From Katy Perry’s brief trip in space to our favorite moments on Smart Money Happy Hour—we’re breaking down the best and worst of 2025! Grab a drink and help us reminisce on an unforgettable (and slightly unhinged) year.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 You’re a Mean One
Recipe from Westgate Resorts
11/2 ounces Midori melon liqueur
1 ounce white rum
5 ounces lemon-lime soda
1 maraschino cherry
Instructions: Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add Midori liqueur and rum. Top with soda and stir gently to combine. Top with maraschino cherry and enjoy!
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From office Christmas parties to eggnog to the catastrophe that is gingerbread house making—we’re judging all your holiday traditions. Plus, how to financially plan for (and survive) one of the busiest, most expensive seasons.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Cran-Raspberry Martini Mocktail
Recipe from TheBump.com
1 ounce lime juice
4 ounces raspberry sparkling water
1/4 ounce cranberry juice
1/2 ounce crushed raspberries
Instructions: Pour the lime juice, raspberry sparkling water and cranberry juice into a martini glass. Add raspberries and enjoy!
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Sometimes, you’ve got to entertain the haters and put your own teachings to the test. Today, we’re taking turns playing devil’s advocate against our own financial advice—tune in and let us know how we did in the comments!
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Bourbon Milk Punch
Recipe from Liquour.com
2 ounces bourbon
3 ounces whole milk
1 ounce simple syrup
2 dashes vanilla extract
Garnish: nutmeg, freshly grated
Instructions: Add bourbon, whole milk, simple syrup and vanilla extract into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a rocks glass, and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
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No matter where you are on your wealth-building journey—everyone has money disagreements with their loved ones from time to time. Today, we’re reacting to your money drama and tossing in our 2 cents!
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Christmas Slush Mocktail
Recipe inspired by Taste Cove
3 ounces cranberry juice
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce sparkling water
Instructions: Combine cranberry juice, orange juice, pineapple juice and lime juice in a mixing bowl. Stir and pour mixture into a freezer safe container. Freeze for a couple hours and stir occasionally to create a slushy consistency. Scoop the slush into glasses and top with a splash of sparkling water, then enjoy!
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From Friends to The Office, Hollywood tends to bend reality when it comes to portraying personal finance. Here’s what your favorite TV shows get right and wrong about money.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Amaretto Sour
Recipe from Liquor.com
1 1/2 ounces amaretto
3/4 ounce bourbon
1 ounce lemon juice
1 teaspoon simple syrup
1/2 ounce egg whites
Instructions: Add all ingredients into a shaker and dry shake (no ice) for 15 seconds. Add ice to shaker and shake again until chilled. Strain into glass over ice and enjoy!
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Different phases of life call for different financial priorities (and different strategic habits to help you get there). Today, we’re explaining what to do with your money to help you reach your goals in every season.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Hillstone Crisp Martini
Recipe from @madisieli on Instagram
1 1/2 ounces vodka (or gin)
1 ounce elderflower liqueur
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Splash of sauvignon blanc
Instructions: Combine vodka, elderflower liqueur and lemon juice into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well, pour into a frosted martini glass, top with a splash of sauvignon blanc, and enjoy!
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You’ve watched her successful comedy career unfold over the last two decades, and today you get to laugh through an entire podcast episode with her. Anjelah Johnson-Reyes unpacks everything from Bon Qui Qui to motherhood to money habits.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Margarita Mocktail
Recipe: Gimme Some Oven
1 1/2 ounces freshly squeezed lime juice
1 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
1–2 tablespoons agave nectar
1/3 cup sparkling water or club soda
Coarse sea salt, for rimming
Extra lime slice, for garnish
Instructions: Cut a small notch in a lime wedge and run it around the rim of the glass. Dip the rim in a small plate of salt. Add the lime juice, orange juice, agave nectar and ice to the serving glass and stir vigorously for 15 seconds to combine. Top with sparkling water and garnish with an extra lime slice. Serve immediately and enjoy!
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Money is an art and a science. Today, George and Rachel are unpacking financial statistics and gender stereotypes around spending. Oh, and they do it while painting portraits of each other—you don’t want to miss this.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Bourbon Carajillo
Recipe: The G&M Kitchen
1 1/2 ounces espresso
1 ounce bourbon
1 ounce Licor 43
2–4 dashes angostura bitters
1 orange slice
Instructions: Start by brewing the espresso. Then add 1 1/2 ounces of espresso (1 shot), 1 ounce of Licor 43, 1 ounce of bourbon, and 1 dash of bitters to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 30 seconds, then strain into a glass with ice. Garnish with an orange slice and espresso beans, and enjoy!
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍷 Witch’s Elixir Mocktail
Recipe: @themindfulmocktail
4–5 blackberries, plus more garnish if you wish
1/2 cup berry or ginger kombucha (or your sparkling beverage of choice)
1 ounce lemon juice
3 ounces chilled butterfly pea tea
Optional: a little maple syrup, agave or your sweetener of choice
Instructions: Muddle the blackberries in your glass with sweetener of your choice. Add ice to the brim, then kombucha. Slowly pour in half of the butterfly pea tea, then the lemon juice. Give it a stir, then top with the remaining butterfly pea tea to create a layered effect. Garnish with blackberries and enjoy!
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You can’t take it with you when you go . . . but you can leave your loved ones stuck in a financial hot mess. Here’s what really happens to your money after you pass, and what you should do today to prevent money mayhem down the road.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹Night King
Recipe: @SpeakEasierUK
1 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce blue curacao
1/2 ounce crème de cacao
2 ounces pisco
1 egg white
Instructions: Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour into a glass over ice and enjoy.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Freezer Door Tart Cherry Margaritas
Recipe: @servedbysammy
2 cups blanco tequila
1 cup tart cherry juice
1 cup lime juice
1/4–1/2 cup agave nectar (depending on how sweet you like it)
Instructions: Combine all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake—enjoy!
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Is one generation building wealth better than the rest? Or are we all financially “cringe” in our own way? From Gen Z to boomers to millennials and their Gen X parents—today, we’re calling everybody out, and you don’t want to miss the fun.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Blackberry Vanilla Mocktail
Recipe: Yummi Haus
1/3 cup blackberries
1 ounce lemon juice
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tbsp raw honey
1 can ginger ale
Instructions: Combine blackberries, lemon juice, vanilla and honey with a splash of ginger ale in a shaker and muddle. Pour through a strainer into glasses filled with ice. Fill remainder of glass with ginger ale, garnish with additional blackberries or lemon wedge, and enjoy!
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Ever have a major disagreement about money with the people closest to you? Today, we’re checking our voice mail and sharing hot takes on your friends and family.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Army & Navy
Recipe: Liquour.com
2 ounces London dry gin
1 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce orgeat
1 dash Angostura bitters
Grapefruit twist
Instructions: Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into chilled coupe glass. Garnish with grapefruit twist.
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Matt and Abby from The Unplanned Podcast join Rachel and George to reminisce on early married life working the Ramsey plan, dancing through their pandemic TikTok success and so much more.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Moscow Mule Mocktail
Recipe: Mallory the Dietician
1/2 cup light ginger beer
1/4 cup sparkling water or soda water
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon fresh mint, muddled
Ice cubes
Instructions: Pour the ginger beer, squeeze of lime juice, and sparkling water or soda water in a glass over ice and give it a good stir. Garnish with a slice of lime and fresh mint and enjoy!
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Enzoni
Recipe: @deadendwest
1 ounce gin
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce simple syrup
3/4 ounce lemon juice
5 grapes
Instructions: Add ingredients to a shaking tin. Muddle grapes. Add ice and shake. Fine strain into rocks glass of ice. Garnish with a grape.
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Hi! I'm curious: What age group are you calling Boomers? cuz Boomers to me is 1945 to 1960 65 anyone as old as 65 to 80 is Gen X.😅 love you both😘
Hi you guys, my wife and I love listening to your show! we have told many of our friends and family about it and there have been a handful that have started listening as well. My wife and I do have a request though, could you please add the rating of the drink at the end to the ingredient list? we have looked at and tried several of the different cocktails and mocktails that you guys have made but can't always remember what you guys rated them at. thanks so much!
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I attended the "Smart Money Happy Hour" event featuring Rachel Cruze and George Kamel, and I must say it was an incredibly insightful and motivating experience! 🌟💰 Rachel's practical tips on managing finances and getting rid of debt were truly eye-opening. Her relatable stories and down-to-earth advice make personal finance seem less daunting and more achievable for everyone. I particularly loved her emphasis on living within your means and the envelope system – such simple yet effective strategies! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FTJKIKqaSUnxuQnbWgQW4Q7DVpwHH1xA_S5EXf4Yqq4/edit?usp=sharing
You’re making fun of Illinois yet you didn’t even know who Genesis is? Lol
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