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Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersYou Are Not Crazy: Money, Power, and Staying Human in Authoritarian TimesSome days it feels like the whole world is on fire and everyone in charge is insisting it is just a warm glow and you should smile more. If you have been wondering whether you are overreacting to the news, the policies, the creeping cruelty, this episode is here to remind you that you are not crazy.In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg talks about what it means to live, work and make money in a time when authoritarian vibes are not just history book material. She dives into how economic fear is...
2026-02-1714 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersMoney Talks: Dismantling the Taboo of Talking About Money to Build Generational WealthMost of us were taught that talking about money is rude, dangerous or selfish.So we keep quiet, guess in the dark and then blame ourselves when things feel hard.In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg digs into how that silence around money actually serves the systems that benefit from our confusion, not us or our communities. She looks at the family stories, cultural expectations and shame scripts that keep us from asking questions, sharing real numbers or telling the truth about what things actually cost.From money talks with partners and...
2026-02-1016 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersWho Gets to Be “High Net Worth”? Redefining Wealth for Our CommunitiesWho decided “high net worth” starts at a certain dollar amount in an investment account, and why do so few of those definitions include us in the picture?In this episode, Meg takes apart the idea of being “high net worth” and asks a bigger, better question instead: what does wealth actually mean for our communities? She looks at how the financial industry use labels like “mass affluent” and “HNW” to decide who gets access and support, and how those labels were built on stolen land, unpaid labor, and generations of exclusion.Then we zoom in on what it lo...
2026-02-0315 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersBuilding Wealth Without Selling Out: Aligning Profit With PurposeWhen you picture wealth, what do you see? If it’s a tug-of-war between “take care of my people” and “don’t sell my soul,” this episode is for you.In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg digs into what it really means to build wealth without selling out—especially when you care deeply about justice, equity, and community. You’ll learn how to align your prices, partnerships, growth plans, and even your definition of “success” with your values. This isn’t about being a martyr or being perfect—it’s about building sustainable, value...
2026-01-2713 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersCredit, Capital, and the Catch-22s: Accessing Money in a Biased SystemTrying to grow a business when you can’t get to the money you need? That’s not a personal failure—that’s a design feature of our financial system. In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg talks about access to capital: who gets approved, who gets shut out, and why “just build your credit” is a lot more complicated (and biased) than it sounds.Meg walks through the receipts on how banks, credit scores, and venture capital decide who’s “worthy” of funding—often before anyone even looks at your business. Then she shifts into...
2026-01-2012 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersBurn It Down or Build It Up? Navigating Systems That Weren’t Built for UsIf you’ve ever been told “if you can’t beat the system, join it” and felt your whole body go NOPE—this one’s for you.Meg digs into a hard truth: most of the systems we move through every day—money, tax, healthcare, education, “justice”—were never designed to make space for us. They were designed to protect wealth, maintain power, and then gaslight us into thinking our struggles are personal failures instead of predictable outcomes of a rigged game.In this episode, you’ll hear how that rigging shows up in credit scores, redlining, bus...
2026-01-1513 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersThe Big Beautiful Tax Bill Breakdown: What Small Biz Owners Need to KnowIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we pull back the curtain on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA)—the shiny new “tax relief” law that’s being sold as a gift to families and small business owners… while quietly shoveling billions toward corporations and high-income households. Spoiler: the marketing doesn’t match the math.Meg walks through what actually changed in OBBA. From the SALT cap drama to the child tax credit tweak, she shows you who really wins and who’s getting crumbs.Instead of just doom-scrolling headlines, you’ll learn how to mak...
2025-12-0934 min
Take Back Retirement125: Incremental Steps, Lasting Impact: How Small Changes Lead to Financial Success with Meg Wheeler, CPA"Creating safe spaces for people to talk about money is one of the most powerful things we can do right now to make the world better for change." -Meg Wheeler Our hosts Stephanie McCullough and Kevin Gaines sit down with Meg Wheeler, CPA and founder of the Equitable Money Project, who's on a mission to demolish the shame surrounding money conversations through accessible financial education. Her approach shows us that the path to financial confidence isn't about becoming an expert. It's about learning to simply talk about money without judgment. "Why should we...
2025-12-0141 min
Bookkeepers On Fire with Deb & Donna🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Meg K. Wheeler🔥 Bookkeepers on Fire x Meg Wheeler (CPA, sailor, & founder of Equitable Money Project) From Harvard endowment halls to all-women yacht racing—and building a shame-free money community. This convo had laughs, life jackets, and legit money talk. ⚓💸🧠 Superpower > Perfection: Meg keeps it real—debt, late retirement saving, career zigzags—and turns lessons into judgment-free education for creators & small biz owners.⚓ Race Day Truths: Communication > everything. Seven women, one boat, clear roles, and you can cross first and still “lose.” (Life and money, anyone?) ⛵😅🗣️ Normalize Money Talk: Safe spaces beat silent struggles. Financial literacy for women & marginalized...
2025-10-2130 min
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball PodcastEffectively Wild Episode 2363: See More Seymours
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the commissioner’s power to dictate conversations about baseball, realignment possibilities, whether league distinctions still matter, how much they have to banter about, Victor Robles’s bat throw and suspension, the latest Tommy Pham flare-up, a Ketel Marte controversy, the Brewers, the Blue Jays, and what teams’ styles of play represent, a two-pitch inning, the promotion of Samuel Basallo and the Orioles’ future at catcher, Zack Wheeler’s injury and the Phillies’ unaccustomed uncertainty with Wheeler and Aaron Nola, Bryan Woo’s six-inning streak, Kyle Tucker’s slump, Ceddanne Rafaela’s positional splits...
2025-08-201h 58
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersIRS: Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for YouThere are not many things that can put fear in your heart like receiving a letter in the mail that has three little initials on the envelope: IRS. For my friends that do not live in the United States of America, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the nation's tax collection agency that is responsible for collecting taxes and administers the Internal Revenue Code enacted by Congress. There are plenty of times when it feels like the IRS is out to get us. But are they really? In this episode, I am hoping to help you reframe how you...
2025-08-1926 min
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersI Hate QuickbooksThe title of this episode may be a little controversial but it is true nonetheless: I HATE QUICKBOOKS. But before I dive into why, like any great architect, author or makeup artist, any pro worth their salt is going to lay down a foundation. And that is what I do for my clients. I recommend they have the right foundational financial tools for their businesses. I think financial tools are powerful and sexy and I am hoping by the end of this episode, you feel the same way OR at the bare minimum, think of them as cute!
2025-08-1939 min
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersQuirks of Quarterly TaxesIf you are a listener to the show, you know I love things that people usually do not love i.e. the IRS and taxes. If you are new to the show, please do not leave without listening to what I have to share. In this episode, I will be diving into the importance of filing Quarterly Taxes! You may have groaned but stay with me; this is important information for not just business owners but you too, W2 earner!Join me as I discuss:FinesPenaltiesSole ProprietorshipSingle Member LLCMulti Member LLCFlow through entityTax RatesSafe harbor numberCPAReturn-free...
2025-08-1932 min
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersPay Yourself FirstIf you’re not paying yourself from your business, it might just be a hobby. And that’s totally ok. BUT, if you want it to be a business, and I think you do, you need to pay yourself FIRST! In this episode, we’re talking about why it’s so important to pay yourself consistently and well. Join me as I discuss:Profit First AccountingBudget Tool >> Business Budget TrackerWhy you have to pay yourself consistently if you want your business to succeedWe Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers Bookshop.org (Affiliate Link- no extra c...
2025-08-1920 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersMaking Sense of the MidtermsThe 2022 midterm elections were supposed to be a red wave, but really it was more of a trickle. In this post-midterm election recap, our Content and Community Manager Sarah, joins Meg to celebrate, commiserate, and even call Senator Elizabeth Warren. Join me as I discuss:Why elections matter- even at the city, town, and state levelHow elections impact your business and your taxesWhy business owners need to take a side when it comes to politics in order to move important issues like equity and justice forward Submit Your Questions - DisruptYourMoney.comLeave A Review- Apple Podcasts or...
2025-08-1919 min
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersNew Business? Don't F*** Up the Money StuffIf you're thinking of starting a business or have just started one, you're probably overwhelmed by the million and one things you need to know. That's why the goal of this episode is to give you enough guidance to get some good systems in place without making things too complex. Listen up as we talk about how you can start your business and get the money stuff set up in a way that won't f*** it up.Join us as we discuss:The tools you need to build and grow a long-lasting and financially-stable businessWhy having...
2025-08-1929 min
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business Owners2022 Tax Law Changes: What They Are and Why they MatterStarting the 2nd season of Disrupt Your Money with something truly sexy- 2022 Tax Law Changes! Ok, ok- maybe they aren’t sexy but they ARE important. Join me as I discuss:The difference between tax credits and tax deductionsWhat has happened to the child tax credit and charitable tax deductions since the pandemic “ended”Clean and Electric Vehicle (EV) Tax Credits- are they worth it? Where are we on the Form 1099-K roll out? (Spoiler alert- it’s stalled, but you still need to report that income!)Need to get your money stuff set up right? Join the B...
2025-08-1937 min
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersLet's Talk About S CorpsWe’re getting technical today, but it’s for a good reason. S Corps or S Corporations are a hot topic among business owners, but they are not a “one size fits all” solution. Listen to this episode to find out exactly what an S Corp Election is, who it benefits, and what you need to do if you decide this is the right choice for your business. Join us as we discuss:What exactly an S Corp is (spoiler alert- it’s a tax entity NOT a legal entity)The steps you need to take to become a...
2025-08-1933 min
Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersAccounting for Everything: Why Bookkeeping MattersNo one likes talking about it, but staying on top of your books makes a huge difference in your business. And most importantly, making sure that we have a handle on our numbers is a critical part of effectively disrupting our money and working towards economic equity.Join us as we discuss:Why bookkeeping matters so muchThe benefits of knowing your numbersWhere to start and how to choose an accounting systemNeed a step-by-step guide to do your bookkeeping? Grab my free Wave Apps training over here: https://equitablemoneyproject.com/wave Submit Your Questions - DisruptYourMoney.comLeave A...
2025-08-1936 minEffectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball PodcastEffectively Wild Episode 2342: The Extension Extension
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the return of Richard Lovelady, the MLB season debut of knuckleballer Matt Waldron, the superlative Zack Wheeler, how other knuckleballers in baseball are faring, Rich Hill’s wait for a call-up, Shohei Ohtani vs. Vinnie Pasquantino, Jacob Misiorowski and the leaguewide rise in pitcher extension, James Wood’s four intentional walks in one game (and the Angels’ outlier IBB total), MLB’s strikeout plateau (or reversal), Luis Arraez’s pursuit of contact history, historic events involving Wilyer Abreu, Trevor Rogers, and Jack Leiter, a serial fan interferer, the biggest team attendance climbs and...
2025-07-021h 31Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersRich, White Guys Make Crappy Financial Advisors with Katy Chen MazzaraDave Ramsey has built an empire on “tough love” money advice. But what happens when that advice is rigid, shame-based, and completely ignores things like privilege, trauma, or the actual cost of living in 2025?In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg sits down with financial wellness coach Katy Chen Mazzara, creator of Financial Freedom for Creatives, to unpack the impact of Dave Ramsey–style personal finance on real humans—especially creatives and marginalized folks.You’ll hear how to keep the useful parts of popular money advice while ditching t...
2025-06-2545 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersAvoid Burnout by Making Bank: A Conversation with Tiffany McLain, LMFTIf you’ve ever felt guilty for wanting to make good money doing healing work, this conversation is for you.Meg sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist Tiffany McLain, LMFT to talk about raising fees in a way that’s ethical, boundaried, and actually includes the therapist in the definition of “care.” They unpack the tension between “I want to help people” and “I also need to pay my bills, rest, and not resent my work.”This is a love note to therapists, social workers, and helpers of all kinds who are ready to sto...
2025-06-1836 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersInvesting 101: A Conversation with Chloé DanielsIf the phrase “investing in the stock market” makes your brain want to nope out of the conversation, this one’s for you. Meg sits down with financial educator and Money Bear podcast host Chloe (CloBear Money Coach) to talk about lazy investing—the simple, boring, low-drama strategy that actually works.Instead of day trading, stock-picking, or trusting some guy in a vest who won’t explain anything, Chloe breaks down how to build a long-term investing plan that’s automated, sustainable, and doesn’t require you to become a full-time finance nerd. You’ll walk awa...
2025-06-1139 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersWhat’s at Stake When the IRS Is Weakened: How Defunding the IRS Affects Small Business Owners and Financial TransparencyThe IRS is nobody’s idea of a sexy topic. But if you’re a small business owner—especially from a marginalized community—what happens to the IRS is absolutely a money issue.In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg breaks down what’s really at stake when the IRS is weakened: who benefits when it’s defunded, who ends up under the microscope instead, and how that shifts the tax burden onto small business owners and working people. This isn’t just about “bureaucracy”—it’s about fairness, audits, and whether wealthy tax cheats are held accoun...
2025-06-0308 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersCorporate Power and Political Influence: How Big Business Benefits from a Divided GovernmentSome people say our government is “broken.” Meg’s here with a spicier take: it’s working exactly as designed—for corporate interests, not for you.In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, she goes full rage-with-receipts on dysfunctional government: the disinformation machine, the unqualified agency heads, the lobbying circus, and the “greatest hits” of corporate greed that turned our laws into a playground for billionaires. This isn’t chaos by accident—it’s a well-oiled profit engine.Then she brings it all the way back to your life and business: what this rigged system means...
2025-05-2718 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersMoney Is our Most Powerful Tool - How Are We Using It?Money isn’t good or bad—it’s power.And in a world where the economy was never built for most of us, that power can either quietly uphold the status quo… or help dismantle it.In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg breaks down how every dollar you earn, spend, save, or invest is a tiny vote for the kind of world you want to live in. From where you shop to how you price your work to the way you pay your people, your money is already doing political work—whether yo...
2025-05-2022 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersTrump’s Tariffs Are Back and They Brought ReceiptsIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we’re dragging tariffs out of the headlines and into real life—specifically, what Donald Trump’s latest tariff chaos means for your business, your bank account, and yes, your Nana’s 401(k). Meg breaks down what tariffs actually are (no econ degree required), how Trump’s “Tariff Oprah” moment and his whiplash 90-day “10% for everyone” reversal set the stage for market manipulation, and why these moves are less about strategy and more about profit and power for the ultra-wealthy.This episode will help you see exactly how these policies rais...
2025-04-2921 min
The This Week at Wheeler PodcastThis Week at Wheeler 4.24.25With Special Guests: Hamilton and Polaris Learning Specialist Meg Adler and some of her 9th-grade students reading poetry
0:20 - What You Need to Know Now
2:05 - Calendar of Upcoming School Events and Programs
7:30 - Some of the Stories from the Last Week at Wheeler
9:00 - Celebrating National Poetry Month with Ms. Adler and her students, who share their favorite poems with us
2025-04-2416 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersThe Real Job Killers: How Anti-Immigrant Policies Hurt the EconomyIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we drag the real job killers: anti-immigrant policies. Meg breaks down how the current administration’s deportations, visa crackdowns, and weaponized bureaucracy aren’t just cruel; they’re actively sabotaging small businesses, local economies, and generational wealth-building.Meg walks you through how to use your vote, your voice, and your business to fight back—from supporting immigrant-owned businesses and local orgs to treating immigrants as allies in the push for true economic equity. This isn’t just “their” issue; if you care about small business, community, or generational wealth, this is your fight...
2025-04-2211 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersDefunding Consumer Protection: How Weakening the CFPB Puts Marginalized Entrepreneurs at Greater RiskIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we rip the “boring policy” label off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and show you exactly how defunding it becomes open season on marginalized small business owners. This isn’t abstract politics—it’s about whether there’s anyone standing between you and predatory lenders, junk fees, or shady fine print when you’re just trying to run your business and pay your people.You’ll walk away with a crash course in policy-as-self-defense and a concrete action plan—from calling your reps with scripts in hand to supporting pro-consumer candi...
2025-04-1519 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersBuilding Habits That Stick For Fitness and Finances with Mackenzie HolznechtIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we bring your fitness habits and your money habits into the same room and gently (okay, lovingly) call them out. Meg is joined by health coach Mackenzie “Coach Mack” Holznecht of Running with Bacon to talk about why both movement and money feel so loaded—and how the secret to changing both isn’t willpower or shame, it’s habits that actually fit your real life.Coach Mack also shares her own money story—how she went from feeling stressed to building systems and using tech to automate her finances...
2025-02-2527 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersI Like Big Tax and I Cannot LieIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, Meg introduces herself as a CPA, entrepreneur, and loud-mouthed political nerd who actually likes tax (don’t worry, she explains), and lays out why this podcast exists in the first place: to help marginalized business owners use money as a tool for liberation, not just survival.Through stories about real estate, corporate tax, and walking away from a career that looked “successful” on paper, she connects the dots between personal career choices and the bigger systems that were never designed for most of us to thrive.If you’ve ever...
2025-02-1918 min
God And Our Dogs with Meg GrierGod and Our Dogs - #427 - Chris Webb-PAWNDER-ER and Cliff Wheeler-StoytellerGifts and new beginnings await us! Our dogs reveal the key to finding purpose, focus, love. Join Pawnder-er Chris Webb and Storyteller Cliff Wheeler for Gifts Await. Host: Meg Grier - Stories@GodAndOurDogs.com Website: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100072683640098 God and Our Dogs airs every Saturday at 11:15am on Boerne Radio 103.9FM - www.boerneradio.com. Original Air Date: 02/15/25See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-02-1613 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersPutting Your Money Where It MattersIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we dig into what it really means to put your money where it matters in a system that was never designed for us to thrive. If you’re a woman, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or otherwise part of a historically marginalized community, this conversation is about why your money work isn’t optional—it’s survival and it’s power.Through stories, data, and a whole lot of real talk, we unpack the three buckets of economic distribution—income, pay, and wealth—and how they show up in your everyday life. Then we zoom out to...
2025-02-1223 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersStop Playing Small: Money Lessons We Can Learn from Big CompaniesIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we stop playing small and start stealing the right lessons from the very corporations we love to drag. Meg pulls back the curtain on how big companies treat their money and shows you how to apply those tools in your own business without importing all the corporate greed, exploitation, and nonsense.Instead of romanticizing “scrappy” struggle, we look at what actually makes big companies powerful. You’ll learn how to step fully into your CEO role, pay yourself like a real employee, quit letting your feelings run your financial decisions, and th...
2025-01-2932 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersIt’s a Write Off, Right?! Tax Deductions for Small Business OwnersIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we call BS on the idea that “it’s all a write-off, right?” and actually walk through what does and doesn’t count as a legit tax deduction for small business owners. Meg breaks down key write-offs in plain language so you can stop guessing, stop leaving money on the table, and start using the tax code to your advantage instead of just fearing it.Framed through a liberation lens, she talks about why tax knowledge is a form of self-defense—especially under a new administration that’s more likely to prioritiz...
2025-01-2116 minDisrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business OwnersBuilding Your All-Star Financial Team & Why Taxes Are the Least Important Thing Your Accountant Should Do For YouIn this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we flip the script on what your “money people” are actually for—and why filing your taxes is the least important thing your accountant should do for you. Instead of treating money support like an emergency-only hotline, Meg walks you through how building a true financial all-star team becomes one of the most powerful ways to create generational wealth.And if your brain is already screaming, “Cool, but I can’t afford any of that,” this episode shows you how to start small, use fractional and project-based support, tap into com...
2025-01-1413 min