I Will Teach You To Be Rich

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July 21, 2026▶ 1:38:13 → 31 min read

A Blended Family, a College-Savings "Ghost," and a Budget That Didn't Add Up: Ramit Sethi Talks With Mia and Jake

Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich frames this episode around a habit he sees often among American parents: spending in the name of the kids, especially on fully funding college, without ever

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July 16, 2026▶ 18:38 → 12 min read

The Car Payment Trap: Why "I Can Afford the Monthly Payment" Is the Wrong Question

Ramit Sethi, host of Netflix's "How to Get Rich" and author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich, opens this video with the sentence he says he hates most: "I can afford the monthly payment." In his view, t

1:54:11
July 14, 2026▶ 1:54:11 → 33 min read

"I Want to Retire, but My Wife Is Too Scared": A $6.1 Million Couple Who Can't Agree They Have Enough

In this episode of Ramit Sethi's I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Sethi talks with Meg, 63, and Jo, 58, a married couple who have been together for more than 20 years. Their net worth is just over $6.1 mi

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July 9, 2026▶ 21:16 → 14 min read

Seven Habits for Feeling Calm About Money, According to Ramit Sethi

Why do some people stay anxious about money even as their income rises? Ramit Sethi, author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich and Money for Couples, says he has spent more than 20 years working with peop

1:28:32
July 7, 2026▶ 1:28:32 → 32 min read

"We Make $150K… So Why Are We Broke?": Ramit Sethi Pushes a Couple With ADHD and $93,500 of Debt Toward Their Real Numbers

Lauren (34) and Mick (36) have been married for seven years and have two sons, ages five and two. Their household earns about $150,000 a year gross. They wrote to Ramit Sethi's I Will Teach You To Be

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July 2, 2026▶ 23:10 → 16 min read

How Gambling Pulls In People Who Think They're Being Smart

Ramit Sethi, who says he has spent more than 20 years studying money behavior, reacts to a series of gambling clips from social media. His main claim is that many people who lose savings, homes, or re

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June 30, 2026▶ 1:23:56 → 31 min read

"I Make Twice What He Does": A Couple in Their 50s Confronts a Retirement Gap That Is Really About Identity

Maria is 53 and says she has a solid retirement plan. Her husband Andre is 50. He came to the United States from Brazil twelve years ago, received his green card only in September 2025, and has about

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June 25, 2026▶ 20:20 → 15 min read

Eight Skills Ramit Sethi Says Separate High Earners From Everyone Else

Ramit Sethi, author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich and host of Netflix's How To Get Rich, argues that people spend too much energy on spreadsheets and investment research and too little on the skills

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June 23, 2026▶ 2:02:31 → 30 min read

A Joint Account, a $1,000 Transfer, and Two Money Cultures: Ramit Sethi Coaches Alexis and Edwens

Alexis (29) and Edwens (30) have been married for two years and have a 10-month-old son. Edwens immigrated from the Dominican Republic less than two years before the recording. In her application, Ale

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June 21, 2026▶ 13:39 → 10 min read

Buying Back Your Time: Ramit Sethi's Five Levels of the Convenience Dial

Most people handle every task themselves: groceries, cleaning, laundry, packing lunches, planning trips. Ramit Sethi asks what would happen if you spent a little money to buy some of that time back. H

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June 18, 2026▶ 17:22 → 13 min read

Why Weddings Get So Expensive: Ramit Sethi on Hidden Costs, Priorities, and Spending Without Guilt

Ramit Sethi, author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich and Money for Couples, reacts to real wedding spending stories from Reddit, TikTok, and Instagram. The stories range from a couple who each took seco

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June 16, 2026▶ 1:55:23 → 29 min read

"We Spend 179% of What We Make": Ramit Sethi and a Los Angeles Family After a Netflix Layoff

Melissa and Taryn are a married couple in their 40s living in Los Angeles with five children. On paper they look secure: a net worth of about $761,000 and nearly half a million dollars invested. But w

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June 11, 2026▶ 39:31 → 21 min read

Five Money "Lies" and What Ramit Sethi Says They Cost You

Ramit Sethi, author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich and host of Netflix's How to Get Rich, argues that politicians and the culture around them keep repeating five pieces of money wisdom that sound like

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June 9, 2026▶ 1:54:29 → 31 min read

A $4 Million Net Worth at 41, and Still No Permission to Stop

On Ramit Sethi's I Will Teach You To Be Rich podcast, Ramit speaks with J and Ana. Both are 41, they have three children and live in Nevada, and they built nearly $4 million in net worth through decad

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June 4, 2026▶ 27:42 → 15 min read

Ramit Sethi Reads the Comments on His New York Times Profile, and Takes Sides in the Generational War

After The New York Times published a profile of Ramit Sethi, the comment section split along generational lines. Some readers said his work had changed their lives. Others called him a grifter. Many o

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June 2, 2026▶ 1:43:27 → 32 min read

$143,000 a Year, 102% Fixed Costs: Ramit Sethi's Session With a Couple Weeks From Missing Rent

Freya (45) and Blake (47) have two young children, a combined gross income of about $143,000 a year, and no savings. When Freya applied to Ramit Sethi's Money for Couples show, she wrote that they wer

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May 28, 2026▶ 24:18 → 13 min read

Six Money Traps That Keep Smart People From Getting Rich

Ramit Sethi, host of Netflix's "How To Get Rich" and author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich, argues that intelligence doesn't guarantee wealth, and that past a certain point it can get in the way. He s

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May 26, 2026▶ 1:55:32 → 36 min read

"We Make $167k. Why Do We Feel Poor?": Ramit Sethi Coaches a Couple Whose Fixed Costs Eat 89% of Their Income

In this episode of I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi talks with Drew and Amanda, a married couple in their mid-30s with a six-year-old daughter. Their household earns about $167,000 a year and

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May 21, 2026▶ 29:44 → 17 min read

Ramit Sethi's Eight Decisions That Decide Whether You Become a Millionaire

Ramit Sethi says that after 20 years of working with high earners, entrepreneurs, and couples, it is "not that hard to predict" who will become a millionaire. In Sethi's view, the difference is not cu

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May 19, 2026▶ 1:36:23 → 30 min read

"We're in Our 40s With Nothing Saved": Ramit Sethi Pushes a Couple From Feelings to Numbers

Sebastien, 42, and Hope, 48, have been together for 20 years and married for 16. They have a nine-year-old son, and each recently bought an existing small business. Sebastien's application to Ramit Se