The goal of Money Making Sense, a 5-time People's Choice Podcast Award finalist, is to help you find more financial peace. Host Heather Kelly and guest experts focus on personal finances and analyzing family decisions. The show discusses vacationing on a budget, how money affects relationships, retirement savings, reducing household expenses, and the financial impact of owning pets. Along with celebrity interviews from the Sundance Film Festival and FanX Salt Lake focusing on finances. Money Making Sense will give you practical ideas on how to improve your bottom line.
Latest episodes
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7 min
Emotional Farewell -- Thank you for listening
It's the end of a great 8+ years. Thank you to all my guests and dedicated followers of Money Making Sense. You can still listen to past episodes of this show on your favorite plat…
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28 min
What's happening to Social Security?
Long before DOGE began implementing cuts, government leaders have been talking about making changes to Social Security. Chad Waddoups, the VP of Wealth Management at Mountain Ameri…
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24 min
Climbing out of debt during a divorce
Finding yourself in debt can be traumatic; especially if you didn't know your spouse was accumulating the debt and now you're getting a divorce. That's what reporter Adam Small is…
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24 min
How to separate your finances during divorce
You may have spent years and decades combining your finances. But now have to separate them in a matter of weeks or months. Certified Financial Litagator Lisa Zeiderman with Miller…
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16 min
Gen Z is missing out on money the IRS may owe them
No one should feel intimidated about filing their taxes just because they haven't done it, or aren't sure of tax regulations. Mark Steber, Chief Tax Officer of Jackson Hewitt Tax S…
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14 min
Creative ways to save, budget, and plan
Entrepreneur and advisor, Sam Vadakekut says each person has their own creativity within them. There isn't one answer that will fix everyone's money woes. But he does say that "a s…
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24 min
Music icon Huey Lewis helps raise money for kids
Rock-n-roller, Huey Lewis, was inducted into the newly formed People's Music Hall of Fame in Salt Lake City. The event was created by the Professor of Rock, Adam Reader, and Grammy…
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35 min
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…
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20 min
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…
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8 min
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.…
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26 min
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 Fi…
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15 min
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 M…
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44 min
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 t…
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13 min
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 fo…
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9 min
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 peo…
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29 min
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,…
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46 min
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…
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26 min
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 n…
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27 min
Learn the signs of financial abuse relationships
The CDC says domestic violence is the number 1 public health issue in America. Research confirms 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men are victims of abuse in their relationships. Kim Scoull…
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12 min
The cost of heart inflammation
Chronic inflammation from diabetes, obesitity and other long term illnesses play a bigger role in heart disease than we realize. Dr. Andrew Freeman, the Director of Cardiovascular…