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Join me, Daniel C. Rodgers, WMCP® and author of the award-winning book Escape The Clock, as I break down the tactics you need to take control of your finances and achieve financial independence. These 40-minute episodes deliver bite-size, easy-to-understand strategies to get the most out of your money, giving you the option not to work, on your terms. For the book, the planner, and more free resources, visit www.escapetheclock.com .
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Signup to Generate a PitchJoin me, Daniel C. Rodgers, WMCP® and author of the award-winning book Escape The Clock, as I break down the tactics you need to take control of your finances and achieve financial independence. These 40-minute episodes deliver bite-size, easy-to-understand strategies to get the most out of your money, giving you the option not to work, on your terms.
Recent episodes include "The Real Cost of Medicare: How to Plan for Premiums, Gaps, and Deadlines Before You Leave Work with Danielle Kunkle Roberts, Co-Founder of Boomer Benefits" (20 October 2026, 47 minutes), "The CFO Playbook: Run Your Personal Finances Like a Business with Monica Roca-Quesada, Founder of Agile Planners" (13 October 2026, 37 minutes), and "The 59½ Exception: How to Access Your Retirement Money Early Without the Penalty with Rob Townend, CPA and Founder of Early Retirement Access" (6 October 2026, 43 minutes).
Escape The Clock: How to Become Financially Free and Have the Option Not to Work publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 81 episodes.
Booking probability for Escape The Clock: How to Become Financially Free and Have the Option Not to Work is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Escape The Clock: How to Become Financially Free and Have the Option Not to Work requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Escape The Clock: How to Become Financially Free and Have the Option Not to Work's contact route on record: public web form.
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Escape The Clock: How to Become Financially Free and Have the Option Not to Work is a business show with 81 episodes published.
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Episode #81
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! How do you plan for Medicare so the costs, the deadlines, and the income rules don’t catch you off guard after you...
Episode #80
Run your personal finances like a business: budgeting vs forecasting, cash flow, lifestyle creep, emergency funds, and financial independence with fractional CFO Monica Roca-Quesada of Agile Planners. What if the reason...
Episode #79
How to access your 401(k) or IRA before age 59½ without the 10% early withdrawal penalty. CPA Rob Townend explains 72(t) SEPP plans, the Rule of 55, and the mistakes that trigger IRS penalties. What happens when you...
Episode #78
Live from FinCon 2026 in Palm Springs: personal finance creators, coaches, and advisors share money tips on financial independence, early retirement, FIRE, investing, debt, and financial literacy. If you only got one...
Episode #77
What if the safest-sounding asset in the world is the one nobody ever taught you how to own? Greyson Geiler began his career on the trading floors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and has spent more than two decades...
Episode #76
What if your career ends on someone else's schedule — and the only asset left that can replace the income is the one everyone keeps telling you is expiring? Lynn Friesth spent 40 years in manufacturing leadership at...
Episode #75
What if the greatest asset you'll ever own isn't your house or a hot stock, but the very thing most unique about yourself? Russell Van Brocklen went to law school reading and writing at a first grade level. He learned...
Episode #74
Everyone asks how much money it takes to retire early. Almost nobody asks what you plan to do with the time. I left in May 2024 at 43 with a spreadsheet that ran to age 100 and a to-do list I had put off for decades...
Episode #73
What if a third of everything you built disappeared on the way out the door? Ashley Romiti underwrote more than $500 million in real estate as an investment property agent in Orange County. After nearly 15 years in...
Episode #72
What if you built the freedom to walk away, hit your number, and still could not make yourself leave? Gregg Lunceford watched client after client get handed an early retirement package they were financially ready for...
Episode #71
What happens when the rules you were handed were never the rules the wealthy were playing by? In this episode, Freddie Rappina explains the difference between the two money games most Americans never know they are...
Episode #70
What do you do when every financial plan you have ever been handed assumes there are two of you? Pat Hankin spent her career in financial services and consulting, then found herself inside an online community of nearly...
Episode #69
What if you bought the asset, watched the money come in, and still could not afford to quit your job? We are told to buy assets and build the portfolio, as if the job falls away the moment we own enough. But owning...
Episode #68
What if grinding harder is actually slowing down your escape? We've been sold the same story about financial freedom: work longer, work harder, and eventually you'll get to stop. But research suggests the extra hours...
Episode #67
If you are working full time, why does the money always seem to run out before the month does? Daniel sits down with Michael Dillard, a retired U.S. Diplomat, personal finance educator, and author of Build Generational...
Episode #66
If hard work is supposed to be the engine of wealth, why does putting more effort into our investments so often leave us with less? Doing nothing beat every strategy David Nassief tried for 40 years. Fired at 63 after...
Episode #65
Rental property only becomes passive income when someone runs the operation with professional discipline. Cameron Tope started as an engineer at BP, watched layoffs sweep his floor, and pivoted into rental real estate...
Episode #64
Trading Tesla for Trailer Parks: how a top salesperson stopped chasing a bigger paycheck and started owning the asset that pays him back. Leo Young was the number-one regional salesperson at Tesla before burnout pushed...
Episode #63
Every trade has two sides, and Wall Street has spent decades making sure it owns the winning one. Most of us get handed a brokerage account and learn by feel. But across from every trade sits a professional who does...
Episode #62
That tax deduction you took wasn't a gift. It was a loan from the IRS, and the bill is coming due. Daniel sits down with Jimmy Miller, fiduciary financial advisor, founder of Baobab Wealth Abroad, and author of Divorce...
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