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What We Spend Podcast Transcripts

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What We Spend is back for another season of diving into the financial questions you never get to ask.

Spoken has transcripts of 28 What We Spend episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 7, 2026.

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Latest What We Spend transcripts

One Paycheck, Two Kids, and 10% to the Church

October 7, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

A heads up before you listen.

We are not financial advisors. Please note that all income, financial information, and expenses in What We Spend are self-reported.

Lloyd Lochridge (0:14)

How are you feeling about your spending right now? Under control, out of control, tenuous?

Alyssa (0:20)

I feel like it's pretty under control. I might be a little dramatic. I feel like I am spending too much right now, but I think that's a feeling and not reality, if that makes sense.

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