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Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

Comedian Paul Ollinger wants you to be happy but let’s not go crazy here, okay? In his new show, Reasonably Happy: the Skeptic’s Guide to Achievable Contentment (fka Crazy Money), Paul will help you find authentic fulfillment through candid conversations with comedians, authors, celebrities, and other remarkable guests who share their failures and foibles, anxiety and addiction, and their grand vision of life that keeps them pushing forward.

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61:58

Life after the PGA Championship with Rich Beem - Ep 88

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/11/17

Rich Beem won the 2002 PGA Championship, one of professional golf’s four major tournaments. Despite having won twice on tour prior to the PGA, Rich's win at Hazeltine was as unlikely as the groovy dance moves he busted out after sinking his final putt of the tournament. Describing himself as “the luckiest guy in the world,” Rich loves golf and hanging out with people who give him energy. He played the game loose and wide open, but the rising expectations he felt after becoming a major champion

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53:00

In defense of the Preppy with Lisa Birnbach - Ep 87

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/11/10

Lisa Birnbach is the author of over 20 books, includingThe Official Preppy Handbook, a cultural phenomenon from the early 1980’s. The book sold more than a million copies and has been cited as an inspiration to the founder of J. Crew and is thought to have boosted the growth of LL Bean. InT.O.P.H., Birnbach celebrated, skewered, and democratized the concept of preppiness, with writing the The New York Times described as “affectionate but acerbic.” Upon re-visiting the book, I found her reflections

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54:45

Brad Klontz, Financial Psychologist to Billionaires...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/11/03

Dr. Brad Klontz is a psychologist and certified financial planner. He helps his clients (many of whom are ultra-high net worth individuals or even billionaires) understand how what they learned about money as kids affects their attitudes and dysfunctions today. This week, both Paul and his editor/producer extraordinaire Mike Carano take Brad's Money Disorder Assessment and discuss their results in the hope he can cure them of their money ills. Brad’s work has been featured inThe Wall Street

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62:55

Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires with Dylan Mohan Gray...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/10/27

Dylan Mohan Gray is the director of The King of Good Times, the pilot film of the new Netflix series, Bad Boy Billionaires: India, which has been the most viewed show in India for much of October. The film chronicles the rise and fall of Vijay Mallya, heir to a brewing fortune and founder of Kingfisher Airlines. Vijay was known for his excessive lifestyle, over-the-top personality, and lavish investments in sexy, high-profile ventures like cricket and Formula One racing teams. Despite his massive

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60:27

Family Fortune & Misfortune with Janny Scott - Ep 85

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2020/10/20

Janny Scott grew up on an 800-acre estate near Philadelphia. The descendant of railroad barons and financial magnates, Janny tracks the effects of her family’s multi-generational wealth in her book, The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father. In the book, she lays the details of both the opulence and the tragic complications of her family’s vast resources. While things appeared perfect from the outside, alcoholism, suicide, divorce, and idleness derailed many of her

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58:54

Asian-American Attitudes About Money and Success with...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/10/13

Kathy Wang grew up in Northern California and graduated from UC Berkeley and Harvard Business School. After working in the technology field for four years, she quit her job and wrote her first novel, Family Trust, which is the story of the Huangs, a first-generation Chinese-American family. With their father dying and his second wife waiting, the adult kids are wondering what will become of their father’s estate. The book and this conversation explore differences in cultural attitudes toward

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61:58

The Psychology of Money with Morgan Housel - Ep 83

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/10/06

Morgan Housel is the author of the new book, The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness. Success with investing and maintaining wealth is less about quantitative skill than it is about consistency and self-awareness. As the back cover of his new best-seller reads, “Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people." Morgan’s book is an elegant summation of many of the

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63:19

Olympic Economics with Apolo Ohno - Ep 82

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/09/29

With eight Olympic medals (two of them gold), Apolo Ohno is America’s most decorated winter Olympian. He won his first major speed skating title (the US Championships) at the tender age of 14, after only six months of training. He continued on to a career that played a major role in establishing short-track speed-skating in the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Games. His New York Times best-selling memoir, Zero Regrets, tells the story of success, setbacks and what it takes to become one of the top

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56:16

Talking About Wealth with Jennifer Risher - Ep 81

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/09/22

As early Microsoft employees, Jennifer and her future-husband, David Risher, made millions of dollars from their stock options in the quickly growing company. When David joined an online book-seller called Amazon, those “millions” became “tens of millions,” and Jen found herself nervously navigating the world of affluence. In her new book, We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth, she explores the mind-bending experience of earning way more than she needed or ever imagined. While acknowledging their

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46:06

How I Built This with Guy Raz - Ep 80

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/09/15

Guy Raz is the host and co-creator of the smash NPR program, How I Built This and author of a new book by the same name. On the show, Guy provides entrepreneurs a platform to share their company’s origin stories and the trials and tribulations involved in getting their companies off the ground. In the new book, Guy goes deeper, reflecting on all he’s learned about what makes founders click. In addition to How I Built This, Guy is the co-creator of TED Radio Hour and Wow in the World, the first NPR

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59:11

Net fulfillment v. Net worth with Bill Perkins - Ep 79

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/09/09

Would you consider yourself a success if you died with $1 million? How about $10 million? Well, what if you died with $0.00? In his new book, Die With Zero: Getting All you Can from Your Money and Your Life, Bill Perkins challenges you to flout conventional wisdom and spend your money not just before you’re dead, but while you’re still young enough to enjoy it. That’s right, instead of maximizing your net worth at death, he wants you to die having lived a life rich in experiences that your

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52:34

Affluence, Insolvency, and Alcohol with Kirkland...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/09/01

Kirkland Hamill’s grandfather was very rich. His mother and father raised him and his brothers in grand fashion until Grandpa's death exposed major cracks in the family fortune. When his dad left his mom, she took Kirkland and his brothers to Bermuda where they attended a prestigious school, but never knew how they were going to pay for groceries. In his first book, Filthy Beasts, Kirkland tells the story of a youth spent in flux between affluence and the alcoholism that came with the country clubs

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56:17

Happiness is Making a Living with Your Hands with Ken...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/08/25

Ken Rusk has made a very good living by working with his hands. A true-life, self-described “ditch-digger,” Ken is an entrepreneur who has over 200 people working on his team. In his new book, Blue Collar Cash: Love Your Work, Secure Your Future, and Find Happiness for Life, Ken advocates an alternative career path to anyone who doesn’t believe “college + white collar job” is the route for them. Ken doesn't believe that university life is wrong for everyone, but he argues that society

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66:27

More Choice Makes Us More Miserable with Barry...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/08/18

Barry Schwartz is the author of several books, including Why We Work and The Paradox of Choice. I spoke to Barry about his findings in these two important books. Why is it that the harder we work and the more affluent we become, the more depressed we get? Prevailing social wisdom is that more is better, and that more choices should yield more satisfaction, but that is not the case at all. More choice not only overwhelms us, it raises our expectations and makes us doubt our decision-making. Too much

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In memory of Paul’s dad William Ollinger - ENCORE...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/08/12

My dad died peacefully at his home last Friday. He left this world with a clear conscience while napping in his favorite recliner and surrounded by loved ones. He was 93 years old. If you’re looking for guidance on how to lead a good life, Dad was a pretty good example. In this interview from 2019, we discuss work, money, saving, and family, but all these are really just a coded way to answer the question, “what is most important in your life?” For Dad, it was faith, family, and security, which

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35:41

Bill Collector turned Money Coach to Millions with...

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/08/04

Chris Hogan is a retirement planning expert and popular financial media personality. A former college football player who once worked as a bill collector, Chris has seen the pain economic mismanagement can wreak on a family. Since 2005, he has worked with personal finance legend, Dave Ramsey at Ramsey Solutions to fulfill his goal of helping as many people as possible achieve financial autonomy. Via The Chris Hogan Show and his two books (Retire Inspired and Everyday Millionaires) Chris has helped

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54:04

The Economics of Comedy with Kyle Kinane - Ep 74

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/07/28

Making a living in the arts is brutal. One of the things artists have to learn to do is manage their money and to structure their lives so that they’re doing the kind of work they WANT to do instead of doing work they HAVE to do just to pay the bills. On this week’s episode, Kyle Kinane shares insights into his comedy career and spending habits that have kept him solvent and relatively stress-free during the quarantine. While many artists are scrambling to earn while clubs are closed, Kyle maintains

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55:43

Are our markets really free? with Denise Hearn - Ep 73

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/07/21

Are you an airline that dominates all the flights at a particular airport (e.g. Delta in Atlanta)? Are you a global beer conglomerate that controls half the beer brands on the planet? Or, are you a gloomy corporate type that owns half the funeral parlors in America? If so, then YOU might be an oligopolist. No, this isn’t a new Jeff Foxworthy routine with a decidedly Econ 101 vibe—it’s a conversation with Denise Hearn (co-author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of

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The Wisdom of Frugality with Emrys Westacott- Ep 72

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/07/14

A fun (and sometimes funny) conversation about frugality? Heck yes, friends, because this is Crazy Money! Emrys Westacott is the author of The Wisdom of Frugality and professor of Philosophy at Alfred University. In addition to courses on ethics, happiness and logic, Emrys teaches an Honors seminar called Tightwaddery, or The Good Life on a Dollar a Day in which students hunt for bargains at yard sales, cut each other’s hair, and cook a banquet composed of meals that cost about a dollar to prepare

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64:14

Happiness for Realists with Oliver Burkeman - Ep 71

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger ·

2020/07/07

Oliver Burkeman is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. He also writes a column for The Guardian called This Column Will Change Your Life in which he explores psychology and wellbeing. When I first learned of the title of his book, I wasn’t yet familiar with Oliver’s work and I didn’t really know what it was about. But I knew it was for me, and I wasn’t disappointed. In The Antidote, Oliver explores the true sources of human happiness as laid out in

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