Taking Social Stock

Feb 22 2021 23 ep. 24 mins 5
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Taking Social Stock podcast is a weekly show hosted by Andrew and Heather. In this podcast they discuss the people-centric topics facing business and society from the perspectives of an MBA and an MSW.

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Episode 22: Budgeting is so easy and so hard

Feb 22 2021 32 mins  
Today’s topic of budgeting builds on part 2 of our series, which was focused on tracking spending. Budgeting can feel really messy at times, especially when you’re first starting out building that habit. But doing that work can help you develop systems that result in having breathing room when something breaks at home or on your car unexpectedly. And it can help make paying for

Episode 21: Chaos and death following a glacier collapse in the Himalayas

Feb 15 2021 16 mins  
Last week, part of a glacier fell in Uttarakhand, a state in northern India that is recognized for its beauty. The collapse pushed rushing flood water through a dam, claiming lives and damaging two hydroelectric plants. At the time of this episode’s airing, nearly 40 people have been confirmed dead and 170 are missing. And while tragic, Uttarakhand residents have been sounding th

Episode 20: Tracking your spending

Jan 31 2021 20 mins  
Part 2 of our personal finance series focuses on building a spending - or budget - tracker. We discuss three options that we have liked over the years: a pen-and-paper tracker system, a budget tracking app, and a detailed spreadsheet (linked as 2 Google Docs, below). Tracking our spending has helped us see where we spend way too often and way too much (hello, Target!). And it has r

Episode 19: All white people have white privilege

Jan 23 2021 19 mins  
The word privilege carries a weight. It means someone has an advantage. It can also mean that someone has an unearned advantage, which can cause defensiveness. The term white privilege means this: white people are shielded from some significant challenges that Black people and people of color have to deal with because of their skin color. And it can be difficult for white people, w

Episode 18: Using SMART goals to save more money

Jan 15 2021 25 mins  
Thinking about personal finances is something most people do, and they are often a stress in a lot of people’s lies. With it being the beginning of the year, Andy’s kicking off a series on some tips of tools and strategies that have worked for us and are user-friendly for everyone. This week we talk about SMART goals and how they help with saving for the things that we really n

Episode 17: The upcoming execution of Lisa Montgomery

Jan 06 2021 21 mins  
Lisa Montgomery will be one of the four federal inmates executed in the last leg of President Trump’s administration. And she will be their first woman in close to 70 years to be executed by the federal government in the U.S. In 2004, the now 52 year old Lisa Montgomery committed the heinous murder of Bobbi Jo Stinnett. No one defends her grisly actions. But a number of people an

Episode 16: Getting paid to move to the Heartland

Dec 31 2020 24 mins  
One of the byproducts of 2020 has been lots and lots of people working from home who formerly worked in an office. And communities that want an influx of professionals are making an offer that may be too good to refuse for some ‘laptop workers.’ Incentive programs have emerged in states throughout the middle of the U.S. to entice people to take up residency in their towns and c

Episode 15: A debtors jail has been defunded--and its former budget is putting social workers in St. Louis City’s police department

Dec 17 2020 21 mins  
A few months ago the term defund the police gained traction. And St. Louis’ infamous and hellish workhouse (that has been called a modern day debtors jail) was defunded. Now close to $900,000 from its former budget will fund a program called Cops & Clinicians, which connects social workers to some 911 callers and some in-person police calls. This isn’t St. Louis’ first attemp

Episode 14:  Facebook is having a very bad week thanks to 100 year old laws

Dec 10 2020 22 mins  
In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission began an antitrust investigation against Facebook. And now the federal government and nearly 50 U.S. states are suing Facebook in an antitrust lawsuit.

Episode 13: Food insecurity and undocumented people

Dec 03 2020 23 mins  
Food insecurity and hunger has long-been an issue in the U.S., and with the pandemic, as many as 50 million people could experience food insecurity (up to 17 million of food insecure people are children). And across the country, undocumented people - who already experience a disproportionate gap in being able to access needed resources - have to weigh risks of getting food against