How to Get Out of Debt, With Personal Finance Expert Farnoosh Torabi (RECAST)
The Upgrade by Lifehacker
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4.6 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of The Upgrade, we're tackling debt. Crippling, anxiety-inducing debt. It can be hard to know where to start when facing such a heavy burden. Fortunately, we got some help. First, hear Lifehacker staff writer Lisa Rowan answer Upgrade listener and Lifehacker reader-submitted questions about credit cards. Then, we're joined once again by personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi, who coaches us on how to start to get a handle on debt.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Upgrade listeners. |
| 0:01.5 | We've gotten a bunch of requests in recent weeks to address the topic of student debt. |
| 0:05.8 | So we thought it would be a good idea to bring you a recast this week of an episode from 2019 called How to Get Out of Debt with personal finance expert Farnoosh Tarabi. |
| 0:16.2 | We hope it's helpful and we'll be back next week with a brand new episode. |
| 0:32.7 | Music helpful and we'll be back next week with a brand new episode. Hello and welcome to The Upgrade, the podcast from the team at Life Hacker, |
| 0:36.9 | where we help you improve your life one week at a time. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of LifeHacker. |
| 0:42.6 | And I'm Alice Bradley, LifeHacker's deputy editor. |
| 0:45.4 | And today we're talking about how to get out of debt. |
| 0:49.3 | Truly, everyone's favorite topic. |
| 0:51.0 | It's such a fun topic. |
| 0:53.1 | So, Alice, according to a report last year from the Urban Institute, there were an estimated 71 million adults in the U.S. who had debt in collections. |
| 1:02.1 | That is unbelievable. That's a lot of people. That's a lot of people. Hopefully we can help at least some of them today with advice from a very smart friend of the show, Farnoosh to Robbie. |
| 1:10.6 | I think the first thing is |
| 1:12.2 | actually to not really obsess over the numbers and really take a step back and think about |
| 1:17.6 | what is the whole purpose of this. What will this afford you? Farnush is an author, podcaster, |
| 1:25.5 | and personal finance expert, and she joins us today on the upgrade to help us figure out how to conquer our debt. |
| 1:30.9 | Longtime upgrade listeners might also remember her from our episode back in April of this year when she taught us how to negotiate like a pro. |
| 1:37.4 | Yes, which is a skill which may actually come in handy when you're trying to get out of debt. |
| 1:41.3 | Very true. |
| 1:42.1 | But first, we're joined by Lifehacker staff writer Lisa Rowan, |
| 1:45.2 | who answers both upgrade listener questions |
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