Today’s guest on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast is Kevin McKee, a personal finance blogger who uses humor to educate young people at Thousandaire.com.
Flexo and Bryan talk to Kevin about the costly mistakes that forced him to learn how to manage his money, whether student loans are good debt or bad debt, and why he makes music videos and movie parodies to explain finances.
Table of contents
[00:00] Introduction from Bryan J Busch
[00:34] Interview with Kevin McKee
– [00:51] What is a thousandaire?
– [01:56] Why young people have different attitudes toward money
– [03:43] Kevin’s financial mistakes
– [07:52] Engineering education influence on financial decisions
– [09:30] Kevin’s novel definition of good debt
– [12:15] Blogging for a young audience
– [14:56] Talking about money shouldn’t be taboo
– [17:17] The five steps to becoming a thousandaire
– [18:56] Kevin’s custom budget spreadsheet vs. mint.com
[19:57] End
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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Thanks for featuring me on this edition! It was a lot of fun!
I had not heard of Consumerism Commentary until today when I read Kevin’s blog, but I will be sure to check back and see what else you have going on. This was a great interview. Kevin is a talented communicator with a bright future.
good ‘cast! thank you for the link to the spreadsheet (and others)!