Bottom Lines Top Dollars

The Ladies Who Crunch pop off to talk banks! Silicon Valley Bank - Signature Bank - Credit Suisse - First Republic Bank…financial institutions are on a wild ride of their own making. This popup episode reviews how banking works, digs into the hand-waving ways risk is assessed, and touches on why any of us might care about non-big-banks collapsing and if a bank collapse is something we want to experience or not.

Much like the undead, debt can haunt and stalk you and limit what’s possible in your life - that is shitty debt. And however you got this shitty debt, which may be some bullshit: now it’s your bullshit - so now what? This episode guides you through mindsets and steps to deal with the feelings and face debt head on. You’ll learn how to understand your finances in terms of choice and how to use that framework to slay your debt and set yourself up to get ahead - so you can jump on the actions in the rest of this seasons’ episodes. Bottom Lines Top Dollars is a podcast about all the money things you suspect might be ruining your life, hosted by Hadassah Damien from Ride Free Fearless Money, and Laura Boo MacDonald, CPA. This episode was recorded in February 2022, and edited by Erica Ricketts. More information about us and this podcast can be found at ladieswhocrunch.club. Please follow us on Instagram (@bottomlinestopdollars) and if you want to send us questions or episode ideas, email us at [email protected].

Bottom Lines Top Dollars third season focuses on Practical Ways to Thrive in Capitalism. First - you don’t have to love work, but you don’t want to hate your life. NOW WHAT? In this episode, we explore Jobs That Don’t Suck. Specifically: what makes a job be awful and not, how to get one of these jobs, and what to think about as you’re on your way to the negotiating table for that job. This episode will be relatable if the idea that you’re going to have a job you’re going to love so much no matter what you do is a horror movie. To be clear, getting a non-suck job doesn’t mean capitalism is ok or feasible - just that you are finding a “middle ground” so you don’t live in misery, which as we all know is the punishment for not being successful and/or privileged under capitalism. Bottom Lines Top Dollars is a podcast about all the money things you suspect might be ruining your life, hosted by Hadassah Damien from Ride Free Fearless Money, and Laura Boo MacDonald, CPA. This episode was recorded in February 2022, and edited by Erica Ricketts. More information about us and this podcast can be found at ladieswhocrunch.club. Please follow us on Instagram (@bottomlinestopdollars) and if you want to send us questions or episode ideas, email us at [email protected].

So it's been a while huh? Well.... let us explain....  In this episode The Ladies Who Crunch talk about how sometimes shit goes a little sideways in life and we cope by doing something that only makes it worse: GHOSTING. When we ghost on part (or all) of our lives, we tend to dig ourselves a hole that is hard to climb out of. In this episode we discuss how to come back from exactly that kind of bullshit, whether that's with your friends, your collaborators or your finances (think taxes, debt and other forms of money-based-boogeymen).  Given that we ourselves are coming back from our own state of "overwhelm", we decided that we just needed to put something out there into the world in the most simple, direct and quick way possible. So this episode is actually completely uncut and un-edited, it's our full and unscripted conversation from start to finish. It's a little different than our previous episodes, but we wanted to publish fast, so here it is.  We will be returning with Season 3 in April 2022!! Until then, please send some love and say hello on social media, even just to let us know that you haven't forgotten us and that you are still excited about the show despite our recent absence. 

Listen up small business owners and future owners, this episode is for you! Having a business can directly grind against punk-credible assumptions and preferences: you’ll have to work with government systems and try to make money after all. Cuz if you fail, you [and your employees!] may have to work for The Man again. We’re here to help in this episode. Learn how to manage the Ways You Might Have to Interact with the Government as a Small Business, and How To Provide For Myself and Others Doing Something I Like Without Feeling Icky Bottom Lines Top Dollars’ 2021 season told stories from our fabulous punk youths, and examines ways of thinking about money that came from these times. Bottom Lines Top Dollars is a podcast about all the money things you suspect might be ruining your life, hosted by Hadassah Damien from Ride Free Fearless Money, and Laura Boo MacDonald, CPA. This episode was recorded in August 2021, and edited by Erica Ricketts.