Budget Nerds
Episodes
#43 - What's It Like to Work With a Bunch of Budget Nerds?
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if you got to work with a bunch of other budget nerds? Wouldn't it be great to talk budgets and categories around the water cooler without feelin...
#42 - Dining Out: Taming the Budget Blower!
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While the folks at YNAB have no opinion on how you should spend your money (that's a highly personal decision and up to you to decide), there's one th...
#41 - Getting Nerdy with Groceries: Tips to Trim Your Budget
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you haven't noticed it you might actually live under a rock -- groceries have gotten expensive these days! Inflation has crept into nearly every cr...
#40 - Q&A #3: Letting Kids Look at the Budget, How Many Categories Is Too Many, and More!
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben returns to the show (with a very cute baby) and he and Ernie answer viewer-submitted questions. Follow Budget Nerds on YouTube: https://www.you...
#39 - Getting Nerdy with Investments in YNAB with Matthew Amster-Burton
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know you can use YNAB to track your investments too? Former investment advisor and current YNAB team member Matthew Amster-Burton joins the sh...
#38 - 73 Questions with Jesse Mecham
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While Ben is out on paternity leave, Ernie invites Jesse Mecham -- the founder of YNAB and therefore the ultimate budget nerd -- onto the show to answ...
#37 - Houses on a Budget: Buying, Renovating, Mortgages, and More with Erin
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Lowell, a lead educator at You Need A Budget, joins the show to replace Ben.... just kidding, Ben is irreplaceable! But while he's out on paterni...
#36 - The Debt Question... Snowball or Avalanche?
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Spend a little time with budgeters working hard to pay off debt and you'll hear the question: should you use the snowball method or the avalanche meth...
#35 - Confessions of a Budget Nerd
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben and Ernie confess their deepest, darkest budgeting habits in this episode, and share some confessions from listeners. Follow Budget Nerds on Yo...
#34 - Category Structures
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
YNAB is a very powerful and flexible tool, allowing you many ways to build and organize your budget. Unfortunately, that means for some people it can ...
#33 - Reconciliation Routines
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Break out your checkbooks and flip to the transaction registry, it's time to reconcile your account! Wait, no, never mind -- who even uses a checkbook...
Budget Nerds Are Coming To Podcast Land!
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas