Personal Finance for PhDs
Hosted by Emily and Emily Roberts · Emily Roberts
5.0from 69 ratings
- 156
- Episodes
- 22
- Transcribed
- 69
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 59K
- YouTube views
About Personal Finance for PhDs
As a PhD (in training), you face unique money challenges that stem from your low stipend/salary during your years of graduate school and postdoc training. Listen here for the hard-won financial wisdom of your fellow graduate students, postdocs, and PhDs with Real Jobs. From budgeting and frugality to investing and debt repayment, this podcast is your higher education in personal finance.
- Publisher
- Emily Roberts
- Category
- business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
22 of 156 episodes have a transcript.
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How This Grad Student Budgets with YNAB
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How You and Your Higher-Earning Partner Manage Your Money Affects Relationship Satisfaction
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
This PhD Candidate-Parent Draws Financial Support from Her State, Her Union, and More
Inside a recent episode
How This Grad Student Budgets with YNAB
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I increase my savings I ended up increasing my savings as well. And so that worked. I think I had a similar experience when I first started using a budget because because I was setting and meeting some savings goals, I then knew that I could do whatever with the rest of the money. And so instead of having like a question of like, Is it okay if I spend over here? Is it going to mess up something else? Am I then not going to be able to pay my rent or like not be able to, you know, do something else that's really necessary because I made this elective spending decision somewhere else? The whole budget process and knowing that I was reaching savings goals gave me permission to spend in those areas. […]
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- Elle Rathbun
- Dr Emily Garbinsky
- Madeline Hebert
- Quinn Nguyen
- Janna McKay
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 58,751
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 47 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100
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- Quality
- 77
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 92
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