Financial Independence Europe Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
059 - How to maximize savings with children | Mathias
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everybody! It’s Sunday morning and Alvar and Matthias address some questions from the community: the main theme is ‘how can you maximize you...
058 - The Joy of Building Side Hustles | Stanley
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI people! In today’s interview we meet Stanley, a smart guy from the Netherlands we met at the FI-Europe Retreat in Portugal. We’ve been qu...
057 - Generating more returns with factor investing | Luis
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dear FI listeners, today’s episode is not for everyone! It’s aimed at all the financial geeks who want to dive deeper in the art of investing and ...
056 - The Power of Financially Educating Your Children | Roisin
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI Europe listeners! In this episode we talk with Roisin, who attended our Retreat in Portugal with her husband and two daughters, and discuss w...
055 - The Advantages of Early Retirement in Portugal | Mark
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey guys, this week we have the second part of our interview with Mark from The Obvious Investor! We focus on Portugal as the country of choice for re...
054- How I Grew My Side Hustles to a Full Time Income | Cody from Fly To FI| Cody from Fly To FI
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! In today’s episode we interview Cody from Fly to FI: he’s US-based and makes a full-time income from side-hustling, and he’s st...
053 - Choosing countries and investment strategies for early retirement | Mark
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to another episode! This is actually part 1 of our interview with Mark from Portugal, because so many interesting topics have been t...
052 - Is the 4% Rule Still Valid for Europeans? | Fire The Boss
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! Today we have an amazing discussion with B. from Fire The Boss on the 4 per cent rule, its pros and cons and the alternatives to it f...
051 - My Experience Setting Up a Business in a Developing Country | Max
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! Today we interview Max from Dusseldorf, Germany. We discuss setting up a business in developing countries, how to find co founders an...
050 - Using Specialisation to Build Wealth | Blue Dollar Bull
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI-Europeans! Today we jump again to the other end of the world, to talk again with Ben from BlueDollarBull on how to improve your career throug...
049 - How I Managed My Emotions During the 08 Stock Market Crash | Nicolas
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone! Today we talk with Nicolas, an Argentinian who moved to Spain 5 years ago. He has experience living in a country with hyper-inflation ...
048 - How to Pursue Part-Time Financial Independence | The Fioneers
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the FI-Europe podcast! Today we interview Jessica of the Fioneers blog from the USA. We also talk about: Saving percenta...
047 - Addressing the Financial Independence Hierarchy of Needs | Money for the Modern Girl
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! Today we interview Sonia from the blog Money For the Modern Girl. We discuss the FI hierarchy of needs, what you need to reach FI in Lon...
046 - The Why and What of FI | Alvar, Araminta & Matthias
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! Today we dive into the very basics of this podcast: What does financial independence mean and why does it matter so much? We do it by...
045 - Can You Reach FI in Spain | ¡Al Fin Libre!
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! Today we interview Jesus, a Spaniard who has lived and worked in the UK reaching financial independence at the age of 33. He now live...
044 - How to Get Promoted at Work | Chief Money Man
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are thrilled to present our first guest from France! Marc from the Chief Money Man blog will talk with us about career advancement, financial...
043 - The Challenges and Opportunities When Reaching FI in Serbia | Halt Catch Fire
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode features Peter from Serbia! Our first episode with a more unusual Serbian perspective. A great episode that shows that financial indep...
042 - Should I Add Crypto to My Investment Portfolio | Alexandros
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dear FIE listeners, finally we have a crypto episode! We talk with Alexandros, who is currently living in Germany, about cryptocurrencies, blockchain ...
041 - How to make the road to FI work | Mr RIP
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to this new episode! Today our guest is Mr. RIP from Zurich, and while we initially planned to have geoarbitrage as our main topic, ...
040 Why and How to Build Inter Generational Wealth and Make Your Money Last | Blue Dollar Bull
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk with Ben from New Zealand about inter generational wealth; how to pass on wealth to your children and make it last for generations. Ben ...
039 How to Get Your Partner Onboard With FI | Mathias
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today is a special episode, because the guest is actually one of our hosts! We interview our co-host Mathias on how to get your partner onboard to rea...
038 How I Make 40,000€/year From Property Investments in Poland
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We also talk about: Investing routes and personal preference Net gain percentages with real estate Macroeconomic indicators Driving factors in choosi...
037 We Finally Have a FI Book For Europeans | David Sawyer
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we interview David Sawyer, the first author of EU/UK FI book! We talk with him about life trajectories, investing, reading and of course his boo...
036 How To Use FI to Actually Make A Difference | Sebastian from Impactivated
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode! We interview Sebastien from Belgium, where we discuss the science of helping others, finding a fulfilling career and ultim...
035 Using Mini Retirements and Fun Funds as a FI Strategy
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we interview Leanne, a 23 year old who works in the music industry in London. She is saving for financial independence as well as organizing mul...
034 How to Financially Educate Your Children and Help them Reach FI 👨👩👧👦 | Brad from ChooseFI
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode with the one and only Brad from the ChooseFI Podcast! In this awesome episode we talk about Brad's upbringing without finan...
033 Using Real Estate and Geoarbitrage to Get a 7% Yearly Return | Ines
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk with Ines from Portugal. She currently lives in Germany and works in banking and finance, and is investing in real estate in her homelan...
032 How I worked for 5 Years to Reach FI at 26 | Young FI Guy
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello from the UK! In this episode our guest, Young FI Guy, talks about how he became financially independent at the young age of 26, how he would do ...
031 How to Use a Company to Legally Reduce Taxes | Hustle to Independence
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to Jons from the Netherlands who is currently living and working in China. He runs an IT agency in Hong Kong and is involved in a compan...
030 P2P Lending Deep Dive; minimising risk, surviving recessions and auto-invest strategy | Jorgen Wolf from Financially Free
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode with our p2p expert Jorgen! In this episode we dive deeper than our first episode, and we discuss Jorgen’s total asset al...
029 Our Financial Goals and How You Can Set Yours Too
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today the three co hosts talk about what financial goals are, our personal goals for 2019 (as a 20, 26, and 30 something year old) and how you can set...
028 3 Co-Hosts Discuss Current Side Hustles and How You Can Get Started
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Friday episode! Today it’s just us three - but it gets pretty interesting. We talk about personal side hustles we’ve each done ...
027 Why I Refinanced My Apartment to Invest in the Stock Market | FIRE The Boss
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hoi hoi round 2! Today we interview B from the Netherlands. After buying his flat at age 22, he tells us how he got started with property investing, w...
026 Case Study Part 2: Is Property Investing Worth it, Can I get Passive Income and Should I do FX Trading?
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s Friday episode is the second part of our case study with Nicolas! A Romanian living in the Netherlands who wants help figuring out investing...
025 What is Passive Investing and How to Get Started as an Expat | WillyFog
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bienvenidos again! Today we interview a lovely Spanish couple living in Germany, working on their path to FI through passive investing. We talk about ...
024 Case Study Part 1: How to Pick a Broker, ETFs and Protect Yourself From Taxes
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is our first ever case study! We talk with Nicolas, a Romanian living in the Netherlands who has a few questions about ETFs and wants to ...
023 You Can Build Business in Estonia | Micropreneur
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bienvenidos! Today we interview Ignacio the digital nomad! He explains the pros and cons of building a business in Estonia, how to get started and how...
022 How to Invest in the Spanish Real Estate Market | My Blue Bricks
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we interview Christoph, a German expat living in Barcelona. He tells us what the real estate market looks like in Spain, how to get started and ...
021 How to Use Automation to Build your Business | Benjamin Schleier
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with the very inspiring Benjamin from Germany. An entrepreneur who started at the ripe young age of 19, he now manages several co...
020 Reaching FI in the US vs in Europe | The Mastermind Within
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A very interesting episode brought to you today with Erik from the USA! We chat about the differences between reaching FI in the US versus in Europe, ...
019 Reaching FI and Paying Wealth Tax | Cheesy Finance
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hoi hoi! Today we have an awesome guest from the Netherlands! Mr Cheesy reached FI this year in April, so we discuss how he did this in Holland, what ...
018 How FI is All About Personal Development | Ken Okoroafor
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve got a pretty mind blowing episode for you today with Ken from The Humble Penny! We talk about Ken’s amazing personal FI journey as someone w...
017 Is Matched Betting a Worthy Side Hustle? | Foxy Monkey
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we interview Michael from Foxy Monkey! The go-to blog to learn about matched betting and FI, we talk about how he got started with matched betti...
016 How to Start Investing and Europe FIRE Tools | Friday Community Questions 02
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our second Friday episode ☕! We asked the Reddit and Facebook groups for questions and got an amazing response - today we discuss how to get started...
015 The Story of A Digital Nomad | Shlomo Freund
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What an episode we’ve got for you today! Shlomo, a cool digital nomad tells us how his family manages to be location independent, the insides of his...
014 - How a European can reach FI in the UK | The Escape Artist
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to the one and only Barney, aka The Escape Artist! We discuss Barney’s personal FI journey, the best way to manage your investments an...
013 Community Friday Questions 01
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our first Friday episode!! Finally! We’re very excited to be bringing you these ‘Community’ Friday episodes, where we take in questions from t...
012 Getting to Know the Insights of a P2P Platform (Robocash)
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A very special episode this time with an actual P2P platform! We’re very excited today to be interviewing Olga, where we get into the nitty gritty o...
011 The Latin American Perspective of FI
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have an amazing episode with Erik from Hippies de Land Rover! We talk about FI from a Latin American perspective, his journey to FI and detai...
010 Financially Educate Yourself with Araminta
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s interesting episode features Araminta about financial education, how I started my blog Financially Mint and future FI plans. What we talk ab...
009 P2P Lending in Denmark
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we interview Jorgen from Denmark about peer to peer lending, how to do your p2p lending research and diversifying your portfolio ...
008 Getting started with Dividend Growth Investing
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today I (Araminta) had the pleasure of interviewing my co-host Alvar, someone who has quite a lot to say on dividend growth investing. Learn the basic...
007 Get to FI in Dubai
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today Araminta had the honour of interviewing Steve from Dead Simple Saving, a Brit who’s worked all the way in Dubai and has now reached Financial ...
006 How to live on 600€ a month in Vienna
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A very frugal couple currently living in Vienna. Angelo is Austrian and was working in IT until 2 years ago, when he started his own business. In 2015...
005 FIRE Yourself to Switzerland
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After being given the option to change locations of his job as a software engineer, Mr RIP chose to go from Italy to Switzerland. He is married and re...
004 Travel hack yourself to FI
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss different travel perspectives from 3 different people, some cool travel hacks and preparing for unexpected expenses. We com...
003 The European FI Community
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Interviewing Emma & Robert from the Blog whatlifecouldbe. Robert & Emma are writing about how their made it becoming financial independent, ho...
002 Reaching Financial Independence as a Business Consultant | Barbara Lampl
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Lampl is living in cologne Germany. She is a successful Coach with her business called “Empathic Business” which is for people who want to...
001 A Little Intro | Alvar & Matthias
26 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who we are and why we are creating the podcast. We talk about our background and what we do to become FI and what you can expect in the upcoming episo...