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Other People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances. How much money do you make, and how do you make it? How do you feel about your money? How did you actually get that raise? That house? That life? It’s the show for financially-motivated people who want to go beyond Personal Finance 101: they want to hear the nuanced, messy, lived experiences of people making money decisions and building wealth.Contact us: otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchOther People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances. How much money do you make, and how do you make it? How do you feel about your money? How did you actually get that raise? That house? That life?
Other People's Pockets is hosted by Maya Lau. The show has published 55 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Sex Ed? Six Figures! With Podcaster & Educator Danielle Bezalel" (7 July 2026, 58 minutes), "Housing & Healthcare: Money Talk With My Husband" (16 June 2026, 22 minutes), and "Maya is Secretly Sporty (in a dance way!)" (4 June 2026, 31 minutes).
Other People's Pockets publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 55 episodes.
Booking probability for Other People's Pockets is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Other People's Pockets requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Other People's Pockets's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Other People's Pockets are Investing & Wealth Management. Other People's Pockets has a business audience.
Maya Lau hosts Other People's Pockets, a business podcast with 55 episodes published.
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Other People's Pockets
<p>Danielle Bezalel is a sex educator and small business owner who is the creator and host of the podcast Sex Ed with DB. It’s a great show that explores all the things you might wonder about sexuality, bodies and...
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<p>Today I’m bringing you mini episode — a conversation my husband and I recently had about some aspects of our finances.</p><p>I love knowing about how couples talk about money, or about how any two people navigate...
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<p>Today I’m bringing you a look into a side of my life that is exercise and dance.</p><p>This episode is actually not about personal finance … there is more of that coming very soon.</p><p>Instead, I’m featuring an...
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<p>Today we're featuring Jessica Slice, a disabled author, speaker and essayist. Her book, “Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,” is an amazing look at how her experience in her body — which...
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<p>I want to know who you are.</p><p>I mean that in the best possible way.</p><p>Here's the thing about making a podcast: you spend a lot of time creating something, you put that thing out into the world, and … you...
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<p>How do you compensate someone for giving life to another person's dream?</p><p>Sunshine Hanson is a three-time gestational surrogate, which means that on three different occasions, she was pregnant with and gave...
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<p>What happens when you finally start to budget in your 50s, then you discover to your total surprise that you are $40,000 in debt?</p><p>I spoke to Margo Clayson about the uncomfortable conversations she had — and new...
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<p>Amelie Tsoungui is a Cameroonian immigrant who moved to the U.S. at age six. After two decades growing up in Chicago and spending part of her 20s in L.A., she decided to self-deport to Cameroon in 2025 after the...
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<p>Today we're honoring a member of the Other People's Pockets family, Carmen González, who tragically died this past August at the age of 24. Carmen was guest number 4 on this show, sharing how she handled her finances...
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<p>Quay Crowner is a longtime U.S. federal government executive who served at multiple agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Government Accountability Office, and the Department of Education.</p><p>The...
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<p>Today I’m interviewing someone who helps me immensely with my work, the way I approach my career, and how to just be more effective and intentional with my time.</p><p>I’m talking to my executive coach, Taylor...
<p>Today I’m bringing you my interview with Cecilia Thiam, a 35-year-old Swiss-American humanitarian aid worker who has spent most of her career living and working in sub-saharan Africa. She lost her job after the Trump...
<p>On this season of Other People's Pockets, we're experimenting with a new angle for some of the episodes: How is the Trump administration affecting people's personal finances?</p><br><p>Today I'm featuring Daishi...
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<p>Whether you’re a longtime listener of Other People’s Pockets, or you’re brand new to this feed, thank you for being here! I have some news, which is that I am now publishing this show on my own! I finally have full...
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<p>I'm so proud to present the pilot episode of a new show I'm hosting, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story. </p><br><p>In 1920, a broke immigrant in Boston became one of America’s richest, most infamous men—practically...
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<p>Hi! I'm dropping in this quick note to say that Other People's Pockets will be back with new episodes soon! Also! I have a special new project to share with you. I'm hosting a new podcast that tells the story of...
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<p>The Happiness Lab’s Dr. Laurie Santos brings together other Pushkin hosts to mark the International Day of Happiness. Revisionist History’s Malcolm Gladwell talks about the benefits of the misery of running in a...
<p>Gary Goldman was a writer on “Total Recall”, a Philip K. Dick adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzeneger. It was a big hit. So why do Gary and his writing partner, Angus Fletcher, have so...
Episode #36
<p>Today on Other People's Pockets, you're going to hear what it's like to receive financial planning advice, and the person receiving the advice is ... me! My income, savings, and retirement goals will get scrutinized...
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<p>Introducing Heart's Nancy Wilson from Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond.</p><p>Follow the show: Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and...
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host of the podcast SexEdWithDb, Dating Intentionally
author of Unfit Parent, a Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World, Toronto
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author of Miracle & Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, Pushkin Industries
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