Happy BA Wednesday, fam. This one gets deep quick. This week we got... What is digital blackface and is it really a problem? (3:42) Tiff's going to the WHITE HOUSE (virtually)! (26:00) A great listener question about IRAs, and how many of them you can have. (33:27) A little more discussion on the question of "picking someone's brain" and how we should set those boundaries (38:20) Some Brown Boosts for Chadwick Boseman, Peloton, a listener's financial win, and a Facebook group we love (48:45) Don...
Mar 03, 2021•55 min•Season 6Ep. 255
We almost called this episode "D*ve R*msey is Trash — The Sequel". We were overwhelmed by the response to last week's show. Thank you so much for the support! For more on the shady history of DR's corporation, check out this article from Religion News Service. It's worth the read, along with the full response from the DR team. But the real reason we want to talk about DR again is that last week his podcast was DETHRONED from the number one spot for financial shows on Apple Podcasts for personal ...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 254
D*ve R*msey put his whole entire foot in his mouth on F*x N*ws last week — LET THE DRAGGING COMMENCE (3:11). Tiffany has some thoughts about that (7:20). We also take a question from a listener named Jane (29:25). Jane wants to leave her job to start her own business, and she's got a few questions about how to get financially ready for that. After we take a second to give her a round of applause for doing an amazing job with her finances thus far, we get to talking about how hard the life of an ...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 253
The hits just keep on coming! We had a lot of good news for you last week and we've got even more good news to share this week. You'll have to listen to find out! (3:45) We've also got a few words for you on what arrogance and humility actually are (probably not what you think) (13:20) And then as usual we're on to your questions... 31:58 - could you all give advice for the best online brokerage for beginners? 43:55 - I’m 21, about to graduate college into our pandemic economy. I have a lot of t...
Feb 10, 2021•54 min•Season 6Ep. 252
We've got NEWS! BA has officially joined the Westwood One podcast network (5:43). We're so excited and grateful for the opportunity they're giving us to continue growing and reaching more people. A LOT happened while we were gone, so let's get into it... What in the world happened with Gamestop? What does it mean to "short" a stock? Did a reddit meme just make a whole bunch of people rich? We've got the tea. (11:44) We're sure you know about Tiffany's book by now. Its called Get Good With Money:...
Feb 03, 2021•54 min•Season 6Ep. 251
We missed y'all last week! And this week is a bit of a different show. We've talked before on the show about the amazing organization Higher Heights. They're a 501(c)(3) that is building a national civic engagement infrastructure and network to strengthen Black women’s leadership capacity. This week we're talking to one of the founders of Higher Heights, Glynda C Carr. In this interview we'll learn: (6:10) How Black women have been the architects of our democracy (8:45) Just how big a deal is it...
Jan 27, 2021•39 min
Welcome to 2021, BA Fam. To say the least, we are still reeling from the attack on our nation's capitol last (and DEMOCRACY ... and REALITY?) last week —OK, let's be real here the entire last four years. It was tough to find the words for this, y'all, but we are here to vent (a lot) with you and try to unpack what this means for the year to come. We're doing the best we can to take care of ourselves and each other, and sometimes that's all we can do. But most importantly, Brown Ambition is back ...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 249
This week we're bringing you a re-broadcast of our interview with Jaspreet Singh of The Minority Mindset YouTube channel. Like Tiffany, Jaspreet’s story started with him falling victim to a scam (19:27). But he didn’t let that stop him and he’s now built The Minority Mindset into a YouTube channel with over 650,000 subscribers, a popular newsletter, and more. This conversation was another highlight of our year, and we're excited to share it with you again. Keep an eye out soon for new episodes. ...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 250
We almost made it to the end of 2020. We're done making episodes for the year, but we wanted to replay this super fun, informative and important interview with Christina and Amon from Our Rich Journey. They achieved financial independence in 8 years, and they're shared some of their secrets with us. This was one of the highlights of our year, and its definitely worth a look back. Stay happy and healthy, we'll see you in 2021! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices S...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 249
Last chance y'all! Head over to the Brown Ambition merch store and use coupon code HOHOHO to get 25% off! ---------------------- Happy BA Wednesday y'all. It's our last episode of 2020! We're taking a look back at 2020 and talking about the good things that happened for us this year. We're also taking a look forward at 2021 and talking about what we're trying to do next year. Last but certainly not least, we're getting a new stimulus bill (2:45) soon, and we'll be telling you what is (and isn't ...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 248
Our self care journeys continue. Sometimes self care is more than a massage or your favorite cocktail. Sometimes it's therapy. Sometimes it's sitting in your car by yourself with your favorite drink. Whatever it means for you, we hope you're taking good care of yourself. The end of the pandemic is in sight, but we still have to get through the holidays and the first part of next year. It's still going to be hard, and you still deserve to be okay. In the meantime, we're going to keep bringing you...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 247
It's the holiday season, but its the season for other things too. It's always a good time to look at the things in our lives that seem little (that achey-but-not-too-bad arm?) but might turn into something big. Why not take care of it before it gets out of control? Whether its your money or some other thing in life, you're worth it. It's time to start acting like it! We got some great questions from you this week: (23:44) - How do I get better odds of getting a balance transfer credit card that ...
Dec 09, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 246
HOHOHO the gift giving season is upon us! And for the Brown Ambition fan in your life (including you!) we're offering a 25% across our merch store at brownambitionstore.com . Use promo code HOHOHO to get your discount! _______________________________ We made it past Thanksgiving! We got our Zoom on and did what we could to spend time with our families and stay safe. We're trying to finish this holiday season safe and get ready for this vaccine that will hopefully be coming soon. In the meantime ...
Dec 02, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 245
And just like that it's time for all the holidays! We've got Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, and even birthday celebrations to plan. Like everything else this year, Covid is making it way too complicated (seems like there are vaccines on the way though! (9:35). We're making it work thought like we ALWAYS do. So whatever you're doing this season, please stay happy, safe, and spend some time with people you love. Safely! We've got some great questions from you all this week like: (19:5...
Nov 25, 2020•50 min•Season 5Ep. 244
We're still out of breath from the election, but we are breathing a little easier. But Covid-19 is on the rise again and the holidays are coming up. It's going to be a hard year for family gatherings (or lack thereof). We hope you stay safe and give yourself some time off if you can. But we still need to find time to celebrate the good things. And one super good thing we can celebrate is Tiff released the cover for her book, Get Good With Money (2:15)! The book is coming in March 2021. But in th...
Nov 18, 2020•45 min•Season 5Ep. 243
It's over! And we're breathing, at least a little. We made it y'all. It's been along four years, but Black folks (Black women specifically) pulled through and helped take this thing over the top for us. We hope wherever you are, you're able to relax and release some tension. But work is NOT over! There are two really important runoff elections happening in Georgia (16:20). These elections will help determine control of the Senate, and that could make a HUGE difference for what the next two years...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 242
Election day is over. All that's left is for us to send some love to our future selves and hope things haven't gotten too wild. We're trying to focus on what's good. Like the fact that 115 BIPOC women are running for election this year! (8:47). And at least we know where people stand. It's no longer impolite to talk politics, and honestly we're here for that. Regardless of what happens in the election, let's take a minute to breathe, then get ready to get back to work. Because there's much more ...
Nov 04, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 241
The Election is coming up y'all (and no we're not going to stop talking about it). Do you have a plan to vote? Do you have a plan B? Check out iwillvote.com to make sure you're registered, find ballot drop off locations, and get all the voting information you need. Let's DO this. And not to flex, but Tiff was on Good Morning America last week (1:00:38). Its a great segment where she gets to share her story, some basic budgeting tips, and celebrate the HUGE positive impact she's had for Black and...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 240
Before we begin this week, we need to have word about knowing what you're worth. Its Covid and times are tough, but some people (big companies) are acting wild trying to take advantage of people. Also you'll remember awhile back, a listener wrote in asking about draining her 401k to pay off her debt. The BA fam cam through and someone offered to buy a grocery card for her (25:40). Y'all are amazing. Then it's on to your questions. This week we've got: (28:22) I’m shopping for a home, I’m trying ...
Oct 21, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 239
Election time is approaching (and we're not going to shut up about it)! Are you registered? Do you have a plan? Do you have a plan B? Let's DO THIS. If there was a time to be extra, that time is now. Talk to your family and friends and do everything you can so we might be able to breathe some sigh of relief in a month or so. Aaaaaaanyway... We're back to answer your questions this week, and we got some juicy ones like: (19:00) My husband are looking to be first time homebuyers and we have some d...
Oct 14, 2020•49 min•Season 5Ep. 238
The rona invades The White House, Mandi's getting relatives to vote, and Miss Mali More's getting animated! We're doing what we can to smile right now because LORDT. And we're back to answering your money questions and we got some big ones this week... (26:50) I've never bought stock before and my employer is offering an employee discount on their stock. Should I buy some and how much? (34:22) I've got a lot of debt, some money in savings, and some money in a 401k. Does it make sense to just wip...
Oct 07, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 237
This week we're back with another interview. We got to talk with Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach . She is a personal finance expert, speaker, and author of 15 money-management books, including the New York Times bestseller Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom . We talked to her about how she's slowly building her real estate empire. You'll hear: Buying a property with a recourse mortgage (37:25) What it's like to manage the paperwork and logistics when you have multiple tena...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 236
Hey, Hey, Hey — WE HAVE A MERCH STORE. Get your BA swag at last here: https://brownambitionstore.com/ To score 15% off your order, use the promo code BROWNAMBITION15 -- On today's show, the 2020 hits keep on coming. We're all grieving the death of the Notorious RBG — Ruth Bader Ginsburg . No one knows for sure what this this means for the future, but we do know that we need y'all to VOTE. Make sure you're registered, make a plan, and ask your friends to do the same. Presidential elections matter...
Sep 23, 2020•57 min•Season 5Ep. 235
Happy 5th anniversary to us...and all of you! We couldn't do this show without you, and we are so proud of this body of work. Whether you've been here say day 1 or you just subscribed this week, we are so grateful for your support. Today, we are walking down memory lane and chatting about some of our iconic episodes (Mouse in the House, anyone?!). Then, we're joined by a VERY special guest — Dr. Imani Walker from Bravo's Married to Medicine. She's here to give us some SOLID tips for staying sane...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 234
We're thrilled to bring you another interview this week! We're joined by Jaspreet Singh of The Minority Mindset . Like Tiffany, Jaspreet's story started with him falling victim to a scam (19:27). But he didn't let that stop him and he's now built The Minority Mindset into a YouTube channel with over 650,000 subscribers, a popular newsletter, and more. Jaspreet has SO much wisdom to share, and we're all so lucky to learn from him this week. We'll talk about: What does it mean to have a "minority ...
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 233
Mandi's building a she shed (2:38), we honor the life of our King T'Chall a (6:34), and Tiffany has an update on her home appraisal fiasco (28:43). At it's core, our goal with this show is to give y'all knowledge to empower yourselves. This is stuff lots of powerful people have a vested interest in us not knowing. The revolution is to play their game and play it for YOURSELF (26:45). And the questions we're answering this week focus on podcasting! We feel like we've done pretty okay at the whole...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 232
Sandy Smith is the undisputed queen of side hustles. This week she gives us everything we need to know and then some about how to get started on a side hustle to get out of debt and save for your future. She runs the website https://yesiamcheap.com/ , a personal finance blog dedicated to helping you live your best financial life. She's also the founder of Elevate , a conference aimed at helping Black and Brown folks live better financial lives. There are so many amazing insights in this episode,...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 231
First and foremost we're paying respects to our girl Cici aka The Six Figure Chick . She passed away last week, and we needed to say a word about someone who's spent so much of their life giving and giving and giving. We love you and we'll miss you. And y'all had some great questions for us this week: My job position is unstable, but I have some money saved. I’ve started my own business, and I have credit card debt. Which is a better use for my savings? I want to get into stocks, is there an app...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 230
We got a HUGE response to our episode from last week ! And since we got into Christina and Amon's channel, we've been diving down the YouTube rabbit hole and we wanted to share some of our favorite channels with you: Our Rich Journey (of course!) Our Rich Journey Junior Minority Mindset Investing with Rose His and Her Money We're interested in hearing your favs too, reach out and let us know who we should be watching! And y'all had great questions this week. We'll be talking about: What are your...
Aug 12, 2020•56 min•Season 5Ep. 229
Amon and Christina were both government employees and parents of two kids. Through smart investing and a whole lot of hustle they were able to retire BEFORE AGE 40. Now they help other people pursue FIRE (Financial Independence, Early Retirement) on their YouTube channel, Our Rich Journey . In this episode you'll learn... how IKEA can be a gold mine for smart flippers ways to increase your savings without giving up everything you love why sometimes the smart thing in the stock market is the OPPO...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 228
