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by Maya Lau
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.
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- Sep 29, 20267 min
An update from Maya, your host! What I learned from the listener survey, and some news
I'm popping in here with a mini-episode to do two things:Share findings from the Other People's Pockets listener survey that I launched in AprilShare some news about the future of this show!Tune in and let me know your thoughts!Write me at otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com
- Aug 19, 202654 min
Skip the Marriage, Build the Village
Today I’m bringing you an interview with someone I’m calling Heather.She was one of the many amazing listeners who responded to my listener survey and she wrote something that intrigued me so much that I decided to reach out to her. (Don't worry, the survey is anonymous, but in this case she chose to enter her email!)She wrote: "I’m a professor (mid-career) and I’m really struggling to make ends meet as a single mom of twins. I constantly wonder why this is so. Having a PhD shouldn’t mean financial struggle. Or at least, that wasn’t how it was a generation ago."For this interview, Heather wanted to talk to me anonymously so that she could be really open about her financial situation and not risk anything when it comes to her job.Heather lives and works in Baltimore with her twin 10-year olds and with her mother. In addition to being a professor of history, she's also a community advocate and organizer around public education. She has built a village of friends, neighbors, and family members on her street and in her wider community. You'll hear in this episode how deep down, she always knew she desired the collective, rather than a diamond ring.If you’re a regular listener of Other People’s Pockets, or even if this is your first listen, please fill out the listener survey! It gives you a chance to help shape the future of this show. The responses are completely anonymous and it is totally optional if you do want to include your contact info.Find links to all of my socials at mayalau.comIf you would like to sponsor this show, please reach out at otherpeoplespockets@gmail.comAnd please give this show a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Thank you so much.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Jul 7, 202657 min
Sex Ed? Six Figures! With Podcaster & Educator Danielle Bezalel
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 pleasure but might be too afraid to talk about openly. She does it all in a science-backed, friendly environment.As I’m exploring building out the business of my show, I was so curious to learn about how Danielle has monetized her content, and how she is teaching other indie creators to do the same. After earning her Master’s in Public Health from Columbia and working for other people, she was able to quit her day job because she was making such promising money on her own business.It did not all happen overnight though — Danielle walked me through the process it took to get there, and the challenges of making money in an industry where you’re often at risk of being shadow-banned or having your social media accounts shut down for having content that gets flagged, no matter how educational it might be.Follow Danielle:Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbYouTube: @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastDanielle also mentioned her new resource hub for indie podcasters: monetizeyourindiepod.com. Check it out if you’re a podcaster who wants to land aligned sponsors, build a stronger pitch, and make your show financially sustainable without needing tons of downloads.And tell me who you are, listener of Other People's Pockets! Fill out the anonymous listener survey to help shape the future of this show.Follow Maya:mayalau.comInstagram: @itsmayamoneyLinkedIn: @mayalauTikTok @itsmayamoneyYouTube: @itsmayamoneyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Jun 16, 202621 min
Housing & Healthcare: Money Talk With My Husband
Today I’m bringing you mini episode — a conversation my husband and I recently had about some aspects of our finances.I love knowing about how couples talk about money, or about how any two people navigate their spending together. Because at the end of the day, finance is not something we manage in a vacuum — it’s almost always an exchange and a representation of a relationship of some kind.Find all of Maya's socials at: mayalau.comSend guest ideas, questions, or suggestions to: otherpeoplespockets@gmail.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Jun 4, 202631 min
Maya is Secretly Sporty (in a dance way!)
Today I’m bringing you a look into a side of my life that is exercise and dance.This episode is actually not about personal finance … there is more of that coming very soon.Instead, I’m featuring an episode from the podcast Secretly Sporty, where they interviewed me about why I dance and how that informs my life.Secretly Sporty is a new podcast hosted by writer and academic Sebastian Langdell about the way that exercise can inform our creative output, even if our workouts don’t necessarily have anything to do with our work.Last year, Sebastian wrote an op-ed in the New York Times called “A Medievalist Hits the Gym,” which was about what weightlifting has to do with medieval literature. I encourage you to go check out that article to see how he threaded that needle. The article served as a spark for Secretly Sporty, where he’s interviewed cartoonist Alison Bechdel, NYT columnist Jamelle Bouie, comedian Chris Duffy and many others about their workout routines and how they impact the life of the mind.I’m by no means a professional dancer, never have been, never been close to that (!) It’s just something I like to do in my spare time. So it was really fun to be asked about it, because it’s just something I *do* — not something that I *think* about that much. So thank you, Sebastian, for having me on!Go listen and subscribe to Secretly Sporty wherever you get podcasts.And! I have been working on a stealth side project having to do with the intersection of DANCE and FINANCE. If that at all piques your interest, what DANCE has to do with FINANCE, whether you’re a dancer, or a financier or both, please write to me at otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com or slide into my DM's on Instagram @itsmayamoney, or find me on LinkedIn. However you want to reach me, I would love to talk.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- May 14, 202656 min
Jessica Slice on the Finances of Being Disabled
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 more often than not needs to be in a reclining position — has been an unexpected asset in her ability to parent & connect with her children. She also writes about the challenges it brings and the very diverse experiences of other disabled people in their lives as parents.Jessica has one of the more drastic and interesting financial and life transformations of any guest on OPP. Growing up, she was able-bodied, and then one day at age 28 she went on a hike that left her so exhausted she could barely function. That incident triggered a series of symptoms that would later reveal a disability, which she’ll explain more in this episode. Her disability requires her to do most of her work in her adjustable bed, and largely prevents her from walking very much, or from traveling. This killed her former career as a highly-compensated real estate agent and forever altered the trajectory of her work prospects.She talked to me about how expensive it is to be disabled, how she forged an alternate career path and she gave some advice about how to get into the lucrative racket of paid speaking gigs.If you haven't already, please fill out the OTHER PEOPLE'S POCKETS LISTENER SURVEY! It really helps us grow the show.Email me (Maya) with guest ideas, questions, or hello's at otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com. Find links to my socials here.Find Jessica:jessicaslice.comInstagramSubstackAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Apr 23, 20261 min
Tell me who you are, listener!
I want to know who you are.I mean that in the best possible way.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 really don’t know who exactly is listening to it.I do have some audience demographic data, but it’s not very robust. Knowing who is listening helps me land potential sponsors, and that helps OPP grow.So I made a survey. It takes about three minutes.Help shape the future of this show! Click here. And thank you!-MayaAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Apr 13, 20261h 1m
Sunshine Hanson on the Business of Being a Surrogate
How do you compensate someone for giving life to another person's dream?Sunshine Hanson is a three-time gestational surrogate, which means that on three different occasions, she was pregnant with and gave birth to other people’s babies, and was paid for it.Her experience of helping families who wanted biological children but could not carry them on their own and navigating the financial aspects of that, inspired her to start her own agency, called "Surrogacy is...," which matches intended parents with prospective surrogates.I’ve always wanted to interview a surrogate because I’m fascinated by the idea of getting paid to do something that is so personal and that you really can’t put a price on.We talked about how much money she made by being a surrogate; how it helped her pay off debt and reach financial goals; the ethics of paying someone to be pregnant & how to guard against exploitation; and about the financial literacy that should be talked about more in life and in the world of surrogacy.Email me (Maya) with guest ideas, questions, or hello's at otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com. Find me on social media here.Find Sunshine:Surrogacy.isInstagramFacebookTikTokLinkedInAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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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.
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