Budget Nerds
Hosted by Ben and Ernie · You Need a Budget
4.8from 294 ratings
- 121
- Episodes
- 41
- Transcribed
- 294
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 15M
- YouTube views
About Budget Nerds
Personal finance experts Ben and Ernie nerd out about all things YNAB to help you get good at money. They share helpful money tips, reflect on their own YNAB journeys, and celebrate your YNAB wins.
- Publisher
- You Need a Budget
- Category
- education · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 31 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
41 of 121 episodes have a transcript.
31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
#144 - Never Worry About Money Again: An Interview with YNAB Founder Jesse Mecham
29 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
#143 - What Does "Getting Good at Money" Really Mean?
1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
#142 - Tag, You're It!
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#144 - Never Worry About Money Again: An Interview with YNAB Founder Jesse Mecham
Published 31 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It has meaning because of what we give to get it. Yeah, and that means that you should focus on how you spend it, which is the next part of the book. That first piece is change your mindset. Money is you. It's important. You should admit that. But the other side is learning how to spend it well. And the focus on spending. So say more about that. Like you say, money is meant to be spent and you say and you literally mean all of it. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Talk about that. It's all meant to be spent over some time horizon. So I have I have money in my wallet that will be spent today, I'm sure. And then I have money that will be spent next week on an electricity bill or something like that. […]
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- Jesse Mecham
- Lauren
- Tisha
- Katy
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 14,842,668
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 134 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 160 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 68
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 67
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Ben and Ernie host the show. Published by You Need a Budget.
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