Woke Finance Podcast

About Woke Finance Podcast

Money affects all of us, but most of aren't taught how to handle it. Level Up Financial (previously The Woke Finance Podcast) is a personal finance podcast hosted by Jacques and Peter, two friends from Hackney, East London, who are on a mission to change that. Through their social enterprise Level Up Financial Education CIC, they've spent years delivering financial education to young people across the UK and this podcast is that same energy, open to everyone. The conversations demystify money management, budgeting, debt, and investing by breaking down complex concepts into simple, relatable terms. From everyday money mindsets and the psychological effects of scarcity, to handling peer pressure from social media and navigating finances in relationships Level Up Financial covers personal finance at every stage of life, for listeners of all ages. Whether you're 15 or 40, just starting out or navigating the next chapter, there's an episode for you. No jargon. No corporate advice. Just honest conversations about money and real life.

Publisher

Level Up Financial

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jan 2020

Latest episode

10 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 252 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EPISODE 252 | Thinking of Opting Out of Your Pension? Listen to This First | LEVEL UP FINANCIAL

   Financial educator Jacques and financial advisor Peter explore pension opt-out decisions, revealing options to optimize your retirement savings without opting out.

2. 

   28 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EPISODE 251 | LESSONS LEARNED- 10 years of investing in the stock market | LEVEL UP FINANCIAL

   Jacques and Peter share ten years of stock market investing lessons, revealing what worked, what didn't, and mistakes to help listeners become better investors in this interview.

3. 

   7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   250. 250 Episodes Later... Welcome To Level Up Financial Education (previously Woke Finance)

   Host [Host Name] discusses the podcast's rebranding from Woke Finance to Level Up Financial Education and its future mission.

Inside a recent episode

EPISODE 252 | Thinking of Opting Out of Your Pension? Listen to This First | LEVEL UP FINANCIAL

Published 10 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so here in the UK, we had something called auto enrolment, which came in April 2012, I believe, which was that mandate where organisations had to... create these pensions for people as long as they satisfied certain criteria. […]

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

282

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

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

Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

51