Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
The Ups, Downs and Lessons of 2024
26 Dec 2024
Chapter 1: What are the key moments from 2024?
All right, let's talk about category... Was it with ratings, correct?
So this is a reddish Rita.
Booyah.
Yep, this came from the Financial Realities You Learn as an Adult episode.
Great episode.
Yep, you both gave it a 10 out of 10 originally, so consistent. Oh, my gosh. And this has... Roposado tequila. Yep. Blanco tequila. Orange liqueur. Lime juice. And agave nectar. Okay.
Beautiful. And we'll put the recipe in the show notes if you want to check out some of these all-time favorite drinks.
And our episodes we'll put there, too. And the links to the episodes. Yeah. If you missed it, just in case. Because those are some solid episodes. Yep. Okay. All right, George. Category number one when we look back is pop culture moments.
Best and worst pop culture moments.
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Chapter 2: What cocktails represent the highs and lows of the year?
The Golden Bachelor became a thing. So I used to watch, I was a big Bachelor fan. Did you know this about me?
I did not know.
I watched, golly. Golly. Golly. Shucks. The Bachelor. Golly. I watched from probably 2007 to 2007. I bet I watched a solid 13 years of The Bachelor.
That's impressive.
Every season.
I have never dedicated my life to anything.
But I stopped. I fell off the wagon. I fell off the wagon. Wow. I'm not back on. I'm still on The Real Housewives. They're on my prayer list.
What about the Mormon wives? Are they on your prayer list?
Never went there. Never went there. Yeah, no, I don't know. I hear about them. It feels a little youthful for me. Interesting. I need older 60-year-old women on the OC. I'm guessing. Spending money they don't have. That's what I enjoy.
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Chapter 3: What were the best pop culture moments of 2024?
Yeah.
Well, I'm sorry that our rating changed.
Man, that makes me sad. I'm going to drink it just out of solidarity.
I still think it's a great drink. Yeah, don't let that sway you.
I know. I think the licorice came real quick on the tongue. Maybe that was from the tequila from the earlier drink. Yeah, the absinthe.
let's talk about okay so our best episode george you ready for this and this is all on youtube so podcast we love you but they ran it on youtube uh was why short-term rentals are no vacation so we talked about hotels versus airbnbs and how the airbnb quality is really declining because lots of fees you got to clean it yourself like there's just so much work involved now with airbnbs it's not as turnkey and man people uh they love the episodes they clicked on it but they're
We had some love-hate to it, always.
Always.
With some high-viewing episodes. But that was one of our top ones, George.
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Chapter 7: What is the significance of the Golden Bachelor?
That's right. Yeah, yeah. Some tickets are probably still available.
So check it out. Come see us in Nashville.
Favorite family memory of 2024?
I'm going to say we got a play set for Mia. Cute. And she goes down the slide.
Cute.
It's my favorite. She squeals every time and then claps for herself.
Love. Mine's puppies. Worst financial trend 2024? Go.
Oh, my gosh.
Crypto. Go.
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