Money Making Sense

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The goal of Money Making Sense is to help you find more financial peace. Host Heather Kelly and guest experts focus on reviewing paychecks and analyzing family decisions. They also talk about vacationing on a budget, retirement savings on a limited income, reducing household expenses, the financial impact of owning a pet and how money affects relationships. Money Making Sense will give you practical ideas on how to improve your bottom line. Money Making Sense is a 2017, 2018 and 2020 People's Choice Podcast Finalist. 

  • 35 minutes
    The Professor of Rock says investing in music for kids is invaluable

    Adam Reader, aka - The Professor of Rock - says his secret sauce is the thousands of music books he has collected since he was a child.  Reader has teamed with Grammy nominated band-leader, Caleb Chapman, to raise money for scholarships at the Caleb Chapman Soundhouse.

    Reader says the Soundhouse is the best music program in the country as it instills confidence in kids; teaches them to look up from their shoelaces, which they can use all their lives.  Students also get a chance to perform at Carnegie Hall and work with world renowned musicians, like Huey Lewis.  AND Chapman and Reader have created the People's Music Hall of Fame.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  To see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather with your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

    "The Professor of Rock, Adam Reader, joins me live in studio to discuss his music knowledge, fundraisers, and the newly created People's Music Hall of Fame."

    5 February 2025, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 9 seconds
    SUNDANCE: Eric Bazilian

    Songwriter, producer and musician, Eric Bazilian of The Hooters, says he started his first band the day after seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show.  He wound up playing guitar riffs on two of Cyndi Lauper's best hits and was nominated for a Grammy.  

    Learn which songs these are, which fans in which country are the most faithful to his music, and how long it took The Hooters to financially recoup their 1984 record deal with Columbia Records.  Find out which band Eric considers the Alpha and the Omega of music.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  To see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather with your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

    29 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 8 minutes 12 seconds
    SUNDANCE: Jon Gosselin after Kate Plus Eight

    How are Jon and Kate's kids are doing after the tv show?  Jon Gosselin spoke with host Heather Kelly at the Sundance Film Festival where he was the Celebrity DJ at the Music Lodge.  He also discusses current events in his personal and professional life.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather with your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

    27 January 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 26 minutes 7 seconds
    SUNDANCE: Death Education

    Death is a taboo subject in China.  Filmmaker Yuxuan Ethan Wu wants to start the conversation about dying with his short documentary "Death Education" now showing at the Sundance Film Festival.

    Learn why some high school teachers in China now teach classes about death, including having students carry the ashes of 'unanamed' people from a crematorium to a public burial ground in this episode.  Also, how long it took Wu to shoot the film and how much money it cost.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  To see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather with your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

    27 January 2025, 3:10 pm
  • 14 minutes 45 seconds
    SUNDANCE: Third Act

    Filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura had big shoes to fill following in his father's footsteps.  So, he made a documentary about his dad, Robert A. Nakamura, the godfather of Asian-American Media.

    In the film, Third Act, Tadashi follows his father's footsteps from his time in a Concentration Camp for Japanese Americans during WWII to his diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease.  If you miss the Sundance Film Festival, you can see Third Act on PBS later this year.  

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather with your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

    27 January 2025, 1:00 am
  • 44 minutes 28 seconds
    SUNDANCE: Rendezvous Cinema Center

    Funding an independent movie just got a bit easier.  That's according to Hedge Fund creators Michael Perrone, Slater Wayne, and Chris De La Rosa who bring Rendezvous Cinema Center to the Sundance Film Festival as the sponsor of the interview studio, Collider.  

    They say they they are more interested in the projects and people who take risks, than those who are only interested in how much money they can make.  They put their filmmaking knowledge together with finance guy, Craig Mattus. to create Rendezvous Capital Holdings where qualified investors can invest in a flight of films, and independent artists can benefit financially.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather with your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

    26 January 2025, 4:01 pm
  • 12 minutes 43 seconds
    SUNDANCE: Tiger

    Filmmaker Loren Waters brings the story of the Native American family who started the t-shirt company "Tiger" in 1977.  It was a very small operation, working 24/7 to fill orders for JC Penny in its heyday.

    Learn why the company went under in 1990 and watch "Tiger" through the Sundance Film Festival as well as at SXSW later this spring in this conversation with Loren.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

    25 January 2025, 8:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 48 seconds
    SUNDANCE: Trango

    In Pakistan in the Karakoram Range is a peak that has never been conquered by skiers, until now.  Extreme skiers Christina ‘Lusti’ Lustenberger and Jim Morrison became the first people known to ever ski down the face of Trango on May 9, 2024 and it is all captured in this documentary.  Christina also says what was not revealed in the film.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

     

    25 January 2025, 3:44 pm
  • 29 minutes 23 seconds
    Is No Spend 2025 realistic?

    Many people made a New Year's Resolution not to spend any money for anything other than essential needs, like food and shelter.  Susan Speirs, the CEO of Utah Association of CPA's, discusses with host, Heather Kelly, what a better resolution should be -- and how to stick to it.

    Tip #1:  Put just five dollars a week into a High Yield Savings account and you can accrue interest on the your money.  
    Tip #2:  Learn how to control your credit cards, don't let them control you.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

     

    15 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 46 minutes 18 seconds
    The cost of comic conventions - for you and for them

    The producer of the FanX Salt Lake and three other comic conventions describes how he got his start in the business.  Dan Farr, President of Dan Farr Productions, says the response to the first one in Salt Lake City was overwhelming.  

    He also discusses what happens behind the scenes, how celebrities deal with the fans, and what attendees can expect when you go.

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

     

    8 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 26 minutes 13 seconds
    FIRE: If you take care of your money, your money takes care of you

    Having Financial Independence so you can Retire Early (FIRE) is achievable, if you know the right formula.  Aaron Clark, owner of The Accounting Nerd, LLC says the first thing you need to do is change your mindset.  Then invest in relatively safe, Index Funds.

    Susan Speirs, the CEO of Utah Association of CPAs, says money is a very psychological and behavorial aspect to our being.  So there must be discipline in order to live a FIRE lifestyle. And do you know the difference between 'Coast FIRE and Barista FIRE?'

    You can follow this show on Instagram and Facebook.  And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page.

    Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

     

    18 December 2024, 8:00 am
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