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Money Talks: A Year of Money Talks

It’s time to review all the topics we’ve covered on Money Talks in the past 12 months. If you’ve missed any episodes, we’ll give you the flavor of some of the episodes so you can find the ones that interest you on our podcast. 


Last Spring, we talked a lot about current events each week. We had guests from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, we talked about fraud and the Cares Act and the Economic Impact Payments.

We had a guest from Edmunds dot com talk about new car buying. A guest from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. The executive director of Mississippi Food Network.


Nancy remarked on the information that MDES gave us so often and so willingly for the first of three shows on 04/07/20.

Kevin like the car buying show on 04/28/20 and fraud show on 04/14/20 that we were able to share with our listners.

Producer, Liz, like the MS Food Network information from 06/02/20.


In the Summer and Fall we had less Open Topics shows and more personal finance broadcasts. We recapped those organization providing pandemic financial assistance.

We discussed different types of investment professionals, day trading, money saving tips, credit cards, the S and P 500, and mindful spending.

We had guests discuss Social Security, home buying, flexible jobs, the Census, MDES, bankruptcy. Our Mississippi Treasurer talked about his agency.


Nancy talked about the finanical videos she and her husband made during 2020. Also the Real Estate Investment broadcast on 11/17/20

Kevin remarked on the helpfulness of Shawn Mercer from Social Security on 07/07/20 and our Mississippi Treasurer on 09/15/20.

Liz, enjoyed the money mindfulness broadcast on 10/27/20.



From the holidays to now, Money Talks covered: CDs, cutting expenses, the baby steps of investing, stock fragments, GameStop, free goods and services, and minimum wage. Our guests helped us talk about real estate investment, community foundations, more Social Security, financial education available from the Extension Service, more MDES, and student loans.


Nancy talked about the listener driven inspiration for our minimum wage broadcast on 03/16/21.

Kevin liked the investing baby steps from 01/19/21 and cutting expenses show on 11/24/20 for "starter" shows for listeners.

Liz like learning about the education opportunities from the Extension Service on 12/22/20.



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