Stacking Benjamins

Joe Saul-Sehy spent 16 years as a financial advisor before leaving to create Stacking Benjamins, and that combination of professional expertise and creative restlessness defines the show. Joe hosts alongside OG (a practicing financial planner who goes by his initials for client privacy reasons), and the two of them turn personal finance into something that's actually fun to listen to. The show records from "Joe's mom's basement" -- a running joke that sets the irreverent tone from the start. Episodes typically run about 60 to 75 minutes and follow a loose magazine format. There's usually a headline segment covering recent financial news, a deep-dive interview with a guest (authors, economists, financial planners, entrepreneurs), and a listener question segment. The interview list over the years is impressive: Nobel Prize winners, bestselling authors, top money managers, and personal finance bloggers who share specific strategies. But what separates Stacking Benjamins from more serious finance pods is the comedy. Joe and OG crack jokes, riff on headlines, and don't take themselves too seriously even when the topics are genuinely important. The show has won multiple podcast awards and consistently ranks among the top personal finance podcasts on Apple. Joe's background as a financial advisor means the advice is credible, and OG brings active practitioner insight that keeps the guidance current. If you're the kind of person who learns better when you're laughing, Stacking Benjamins proves that personal finance doesn't have to be a chore to understand.