Other People's Pockets
Hosted by Maya Lau · Maya Lau
4.4from 460 ratings
- 60
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 460
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Other People's Pockets
Other People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances. How much money do you make, and how do you make it? How do you feel about your money? How did you actually get that raise? That house? That life? It’s the show for financially-motivated people who want to go beyond Personal Finance 101: they want to hear the nuanced, messy, lived experiences of people making money decisions and building wealth. Contact us: otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com (mailto:otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com)
- Publisher
- Maya Lau
- Category
- business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 13 Feb 2023
- Latest episode
- 29 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 60 episodes have a transcript.
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
An update from Maya, your host! What I learned from the listener survey, and some news
19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
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7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
An update from Maya, your host! What I learned from the listener survey, and some news
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's not like I'm just grabbing the first 50 responses in the first week and slapping that info up on the internet. So here's how I would sum up the findings. Other People's Pockets reaches a primarily millennial women audience that's highly educated and mostly earns 100K or more per year on an individual, not household basis. How does that break down? 74% of you identify as women. 57% are millennials. 93% have at least a bachelor's degree. 52% have a graduate degree. 55% of you earn 100K or more individually. 19% of you earn at least 200K. Around 42% earn less than 100K annually. 61% of you are married. 54% of you have no children. 64% of you are in active wealth building mode, investing or saving, not managing debt or financial crisis. 55% of you have been listening since the show launched in 2023 and you waited through an 18-month hiatus while I tried and finally succeeded in gaining full ownership of this show. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Other People's Pockets
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- Heather
- Danielle Bezalel
- Maya Lau's husband
- Carmen González
- Quay Crowner
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 258 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 202 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100
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- Quality
- 62
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 94
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Who hosts Other People's Pockets?
Maya Lau host the show. Published by Maya Lau.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Other People's Pockets take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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