Capitalize Your Fridays!

About Capitalize Your Fridays!

Every other Friday Michael Williams & Taylor McGowen will share financial insight as two CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERS™ with different generational perspectives. Maybe we'll even bring in a guest speaker too! Provided to you by ALTIUS Financial Inc.

Publisher

ALTIUS Financial Inc's Michael Williams CFP® & Taylor McGowen CFP®

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Sept 2020

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

21 of 130 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Employee Election Season

   Host Mike and guest Taylor explore how to strategically approach employee open enrollment as a vital financial planning exercise for total compensation.

2. 

   28 Aug 2026

   Decoding Medicare

   Medicare can feel overwhelming, but understanding the basics can help you make more confident decisions about your retirement healthcare strategy. In this episode, Taylor Dennis and Mike Williams break down Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D, compare Medicare Advantage with Medigap, and explain enrollment periods, costs, IRMAA surcharges, and common mistakes to avoid. Discover how your Medicare choices connect with Social Security, employer coverage, HSAs, taxes, and your broader financial plan.

3. 

   14 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Free Higher-Ed Dilemma

   Whether you work in higher education, engineering, healthcare, government, or simply have student loans on your mind, this episode explores how to think strategically about college costs, career mobility, and building a financial future with flexibility — not just “free” benefits.

Inside a recent episode

Employee Election Season

Published 25 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And people should take the time off. And so I think it's important to think about it as a benefit and something you've earned and to allocate it properly. I think it's also worthwhile kind of reallocating how we think about the PTO dynamic. In my mind, I feel a lot of people can say, oh, yeah, I'm going to take this day and this day for travel. I'm going to take this day for family holidays. But we need to kind of remind others that you can also take – you can and probably should take time to rest. So maybe you just got back from a crazy trip, and it was great, and it was a full adventure. But suddenly you're thinking – Um, I'm very exhausted. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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