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Real Estate Mortgage Radio Meets Podcasting! Two middle-aged (one more aged than the other) finance guys share their expertise, opinions, and conversation with a truth-starved world. Tune in for the awesome info and some lively talk! Recorded live radio broadcasts from our weekly show in Madison, Wisconsin - the Hub of Midwestern Culture (we made that last part up). www.YourHome-YourMoney.com

  1. KIVA Talk-a-Thon

    03/18/2007

    KIVA Talk-a-Thon

    Please go here on Monday, March 19th, as Bill and I host our one-hour of this this important Talk-a-Thon between 8 and 9 AM (CDT) on Monday. Thanks. 24-Hour Talkcast for Microlending and www.kiva.org - Sunday March 18th Hello Art, A 24-hour live interactive podcast charity event for Kiva (http://www.kiva.org) is being held starting Sunday, March 18th at noon on TalkShoe (http://www.talkshoe.com). The event will raise awareness and money for Kiva, web-based microfinancing organization which enables individuals to lend money to people in developing countries for starting small businesses. Below is more detailed information about the event and Kiva. Please help us spread the word. Find more information at http://www.Talkathon.org. Thanks. Dave Nelsen Founder and CEO 724.935.TALK (office) 412.779.2788 (mobile) 413.677.9117 (eFax) daven@talkshoe.com Live Interactive Podcasting! TalkShoe 12300 Perry Highway, Suite 306 Wexford, PA 15090 PODCASTERS TO HOST 24 HOUR LIVE PODCAST TO BENEFIT KIVA, A WEB-BASED MICROFINANCING CHARITY Talk-a-thon to Begin at Noon on March 18th, 2007 Podcasters will unite to raise money and awareness for Kiva.org, (www.kiva.org) a web-based microfinancing charity that enables individuals to lend money to people in developing countries for starting small businesses. "Microlending is a way for those of us who have benefited from the Internet and the prosperity of the Western world to give something back," commented Dave Nelsen , CEO of TalkShoe. The 24 hour Talk-a-thon will start at noon (US Eastern Time) on Sunday March 18th 2007 on TalkShoe (www.talkshoe.com). Anyone and everyone can join in the live interactive podcast to listen, talk and text-chat. During the Talk-a-thon (www.talkathon.org) podcast hosts will raise awareness about Kiva and microlending, and ask listeners who are so inclined to contribute money to a dedicated PayPal account. TalkShoe will administer lending of this money to developing nations' entrepreneurs thru Kiva, a website that has been implemented as an efficient and effective microlending program. 100% of the funds raised, including $500 contributed by Dave Nelsen of TalkShoe, will be perpetually reinvested thru Kiva. Periodic progress reports will be given on TalkShoe’s blog. "We feel that those of us who get so much information, entertainment and community from the Internet should also explore its use to make the world a better place for all its peoples", says Randolph Resnick, who had the idea during a live TalkShoe podcast about aging and retirement. Kiva has receive accolades throughout the world from organizations including NPR, the New York Times, the BBC, PBS, ABC News, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Village Voice, and the general blogosphere. The following quotes are from the Kiva website. Vinod Khosla, founding CEO of Sun Microsystems and a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, has called microlending "one of the most important economic phenomena since the advent of capitalism and Adam Smith." The New York Times, in its article Web-Based Microfinancing, December 10, 2006 said, “At Kiva.org, a schoolteacher in Kansas can partner with an expert seamstress in countries like Kenya, Mexico and Ecuador to jump-start a tailor shop.” “Friends and neighbors have been lending one another money forever, but as the Web makes virtual neighbors of strangers, Kiva, which is Swahili for ‘agreement’ or ‘unity,’ is harnessing the power of social networking to support micro-enterprise in the developing world,” said Business Week in A Little Money Goes a Long Way, July 31, 2006. Kiva is “…revolutionizing how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries,” commented BBC News, March 1, 2006. About Kiva (from Kiva’s website) Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosi(continued)

    26 min
  2. 03/18/2007

    Debt, Credit, and Maxed Out - We Interview Scott Bilker

    Scott Bilker is Back! Been trying to get this busy man - advisor to dozens of finance columnists and media - for months. Scott, author of three books on credit debt, will talk with Bill Quigley about his latest work, his perspective on the dealing with credit card companies, and the new docu-movie, Maxed Out. Check out his info-packed website - www.debtsmart.com - then check in with us for this excellent interview. Don't be late - we're thinking about charging admission next time. Scott Bilker, author of the best-selling books, Credit Card and Debt Management, How to be more Credit Card and Debt Smart, and Talk Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt, is the creator of DebtSmart.com. He is an electrical engineer, with a B.S. from Newark College of Engineering, and a member of Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society) as well as the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Locally, he served for three years as an elected Board of Education member in Barnegat, NJ. Scott has spent the past 17+ years finding great credit deals and saving thousands of dollars for himself and others. His credit card advice has been featured in several magazines, newspapers, and online resources including Consumer Reports, Money Magazine (June & August), The Wall Street Journal (2007, 2007, 2006 & 2004), Newsweek, The Christian Science Monitor, SmartMoney.com, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Reader's Digest, CNN/Money, BankRate.com, CBS Marketwatch, Woman's World, College Bound Teen, The Motley Fool, CBS News (The Early Show), Bottom Line Personal, Men's Health, DETAILS, Woman's Day, Ladies' Home Journal, Physician's Money Digest, Medical Economics, The San Francisco Chronicle, Glamour, Greensburg Tribune-Review, The Sun, and Valley Voice. Plus, his free DEBTSMART® EMAIL NEWSLETTER is continuously helping consumers find their best borrowing options. Scott has also appeared on CNN's American Morning with Miles O'Brien & Soledad O'Brien, Today in NY with Roseanne Colletti, CNNfn's Your Money with Ali Velshi, NBC 10 News' Consumer Alert, CBS News, NBC 6 News' Consumer Connection, PBS's Take Note with Patty Satalia, WB 17's Community Close-Up (WPHL-TV Philadelphia) with Dorie Lenz, the Extra Help Channel's In the Money with J. J. Burns (C.F.P.), and CN8's Family Talk with Mary Amoroso. Plus, he's been interviewed on more than 1,000 radio stations (coast-to-coast, in Canada, and the UK) including National Public Radio's (NPR) Morning Edition with Steve Inskeep, WSJ Radio, The Wall Street Journal This Morning with Michael Wallace, WFAN (NY) with Bob Salter, KFMB (San Diego) with Jeff & Jer, Your Home Your Money with Art Blanchet & Bill Quigley, and Talk America Network's It's Your Money with Dr. William Bailey.

    29 min

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    Real Estate Mortgage Radio Meets Podcasting! Two middle-aged (one more aged than the other) finance guys share their expertise, opinions, and conversation with a truth-starved world. Tune in for the awesome info and some lively talk! Recorded live radio broadcasts from our weekly show in Madison, Wisconsin - the Hub of Midwestern Culture (we made that last part up). www.YourHome-YourMoney.com

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