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This Grad Student and Her Family Lived on Her Stipend While Banking Her Spouse’s
In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Jacqueline Kory-Westlund, who recently completed her PhD in the MIT Media Lab. During their five years in Boston, Jackie and her husband lived on her grad […]
Negotiating Your Grad School Stipend and Benefits: Five Success Stories
In this episode, Emily presents five stories from anonymous guests of successful stipend negotiations between prospective or current graduate students and their PhD programs. The episode is primarily […]
How to Cultivate a Personal Brand to Land Your Next Job or Launch Your Business
In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Gertrude ‘Gee’ Nonterah on why and how PhDs and even graduate students should develop a personal brand. Strategically using LinkedIn and Twitter can […]
This Two-Time International Graduate Student Gives Excellent Advice to Her Prospective Peers
In this episode, Emily interviews Josephine Shikongo-Asino, a second-year PhD student at Oklahoma State University from Namibia. This is Josephine’s second stint as an international graduate […]
Turn Your Largest Liability into Your Largest Asset with House Hacking
In this episode, Emily and her guest, Sam Hogan, explain how house hacking can benefit graduate students and early-career PhDs. House hacking is when you purchase a property, live in it, and rent out […]
Knowing Your Worth in an Environment that Devalues Your Work
In this episode, Emily interviews Sam McDonald, a fifth-year PhD student in informatics at the University of California at Irvine. Sam received the NSF GRFP, completed a lucrative internship at a […]
What Happens When Personal Finance Education Becomes Your Hobby
In this episode, Emily interviews Laura Frater, a first-year PhD student at the University of California at Davis. Laura grew up in a low-income family in Scotland and first came to the US a few […]
What Your University Isn’t Telling You About Your Income Tax
In this episode, Emily lists six things that your university isn’t telling you about your income tax. Point 1 is on why and how this lack of communication manifests. Point 2 is on what your […]
Catching Up with Prior Guests: 2020 Edition
Emily published the first episode of this podcast in July 2018. This is the one hundred and seventh episode, and over the last two and a half years, the podcast has featured 94 unique voices in […]
How to Solve the Problem of Irregular Expenses
In this episode, Emily tells the story of starting to use the strategy that completely revolutionized her budget when she was a grad student. She teaches this strategy in almost all of the seminars […]