The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard has been helping people save money and make smarter financial decisions since the early 1990s, first on radio and now through his podcast. His approach is relentlessly practical and consumer-focused. Clark is the guy who will spend 20 minutes explaining exactly which credit card gives you the best cashback on groceries, then pivot to why you should be maxing out your Roth IRA before touching a brokerage account. He covers scams, insurance traps, cell phone plan comparisons, airline fare tricks, and investment strategy, all in the same show. The investing advice is straightforward and low-cost. Clark is a strong advocate for target-date index funds, keeping expense ratios under 0.10%, and automating contributions. He's not trying to help you pick the next Tesla. He's trying to help you avoid the fees, scams, and bad products that quietly drain your wealth over time. Episodes run about 30 to 45 minutes and publish multiple times per week. Clark takes calls and questions from listeners, and the team behind the show at clark.com maintains a research staff that fact-checks recommendations. His consumer protection segments are genuinely useful -- he'll flag specific companies behaving badly and tell you exactly what to do if you've been affected. The tone is enthusiastic, occasionally folksy, and always on the side of the regular person trying to stretch a dollar. Clark has been doing this for over 30 years, and his longevity says something about the consistency of his advice. If you want a trusted voice covering both everyday money decisions and long-term investing fundamentals, he's one of the best.