Podcast
Sept. 14, 2022
Cybersecurity and Protecting Yourself from Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves with Adam Levin
#77: Cybersecurity expert, Adam Levin, joins Chris to discuss all things cybersecurity, privacy, identity theft, and fraud. They cover how to avoid becoming a victim of online scams, ways to ​​effectively monitor your credit,...
Sept. 7, 2022
Credit Cards Points and Miles Q&A (Best Cards, Top Bonuses, Earning on a Budget, Points Apps and More)
#76: Host Chris Hutchins tackles questions all about credit cards, points and miles. From his favorite credit cards (and two card combos) to racking up points on a small budget, preventing points from expiring, redeeming poin...
Aug. 31, 2022
Building Wealth, Engineering a Layoff and Living Life on Your Own Terms with Sam Dogen
#75: Financial Samurai and bestselling author, Sam Dogen, joins Chris to discuss ways to maximize wealth-building and live life on your own terms. They cover Sam’s 70/30 rule for decision making, how Sam engineered his own la...
Aug. 24, 2022
A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Making the Most of Your Finances, Relationships and Time with Jordan Grumet
#74: Hospice doctor and author Jordan Grumet, joins Chris to discuss making the most of your finances, relationships, and time. They talk about some of the biggest regrets people have at the end of their life, the money mind ...
Aug. 19, 2022
My Favorite Apps, Products and Services for a Productive and Optimized Life
#73: In this bonus episode, Chris shares all the apps, products, services and chrome extension he uses to make his life more productive and efficient. That includes optimizing email, scheduling meetings, storing information a...
Aug. 17, 2022
Increasing Productivity, Procrastinating Less and Living a Happier, Healthier Life with Ali Abdaal
#72: Entrepreneur, YouTuber, and former doctor, Ali Abdaal, joins Chris to discuss strategies, tools, and tips to live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. They talk about how to dial in productivity, ways to comba...
Aug. 12, 2022
Bonus Q&A: Favorite Places to Visit in Every Continent with Sebastian Modak
#71: In this bonus episode, expert traveler, writer, and journalist, Sebastian Modak, and Chris break down their list of favorite places to visit on each continent. They talk about bridge jumping in Bosnia, scuba diving in C...
Aug. 10, 2022
52 Places: The Art of Traveling Like a Journalist and Making Every Trip Memorable with Sebastian Modak
#70: Expert traveler, writer, and journalist, Sebastian Modak, joins Chris to talk about what he's learned from traveling to 80+ countries and living on four continents. They discuss what it means to travel like a journalist...
Aug. 5, 2022
Bonus Q&A: Favorite Destinations, Maximizing Points, Combatting Jet Lag and More with Nick Gray
#69: In this bonus episode, entrepreneur and author, Nick Gray and Chris discuss all things travel. They cover how to get the best value when purchasing airfare, tried and true strategies for combatting jet lag, favorite trav...
Aug. 3, 2022
Hosting Cocktail Parties, Building Relationships, Museum Strategies and Friends Newsletters with Nick Gray
#68: Entrepreneur and author, Nick Gray joins Chris to discuss his mission to get people to host more parties, make connections, build friendships, and live a richer life. They delve into why Nick thinks name tags and icebrea...
July 27, 2022
The 3-Minute Rule: Say Less to Get More from Any Pitch or Presentation with Brant Pinvidic
#67: Award-winning Hollywood producer Brant Pinvidic, joins Chris to discuss The 3-Minute Rule – his effective method of saying less to get more. They cover how to deliver a pitch or presentation that grabs your audience’s at...
July 20, 2022
Rental Cars: Saving Money, Avoiding Fees and All the Secret Tricks with Jonathan Weinberg
#66: Rental car expert, Jonathan Weinberg, joins me to discuss saving money and getting the best rate when renting a car. We also delve into the state of rental cars today, strategies to avoid paying exorbitant fees, the adva...
July 13, 2022
Where to Put Cash, Saving Money on Gas, Latest Deals and More Listener Q&A
#65: Host Chris Hutchins tackles questions about the current market, where to put cash, investing strategies, backdoor Roth IRAs, net worth tracking, financial planning and saving money on gas. Chris also shares some listener...
July 6, 2022
Inflation and All Things Money with Jacob Goldstein
#64: Podcasting legend Jacob Goldstein joins Chris to discuss what's going on with inflation and what you can do about it. They also delve into everything money – how it originated, what its future might look like, how crypto...
June 29, 2022
Deep Work, Digital Minimalism and Becoming So Good They Can’t Ignore You with Cal Newport
#63: New York Times bestselling author and professor, Cal Newport, joins Chris to discuss building and living what he calls a “deep life.” We also delve into strategies that increase efficiency and quality of output, why cons...
June 22, 2022
Protect Your Family, Mitigate Taxes and Preserve Your Wealth with Patrick and Mani
#62: Estate Planning experts Patrick Hicks from Trust & Will and Mani Mahadevan from Valur join me to discuss all the fundamentals of estate planning and what you need to do to protect yourself and your family. We also dig de...
June 15, 2022
Multiple Streams of Income, Side Hustles and a Bridesmaid for Hire with Jen Glantz
#61: Entrepreneur and author, Jen Glantz joins Chris to talk about how placing an ad on Craigslist as a social experiment changed her life. They also discuss how to turn your passion and natural talents into your primary sour...
June 8, 2022
An Entrepreneur Who Loves Traveling and Optimizing Money: The Story of My Podcast
#60: In this episode, your host Chris Hutchins shares his personal and professional story. He also explains how his life experiences, previous jobs and startups, and passion as an optimizer and entrepreneur inspired the creat...
June 1, 2022
Save Money, Build Wealth and Just Keep Buying with Nick Maggiulli
#59: Data scientist and author Nick Maggiulli joins Chris to talk about the most important principles for saving money and building wealth. They also cover investing in a market decline, evaluating risk, reasons to not max ou...
May 25, 2022
How Kindness Can Make You Unbeatable at Work and Connect You with Anyone with Adrienne Bankert
#58: Emmy-award-winning journalist and author Adrienne Bankert joins Chris to talk about how to make kindness your hidden superpower. They also discuss, giving and receiving constructive criticism, cultivating kindness within...
May 18, 2022
Living a Life of Excellence, Agility and Meaning with Mike Hayes
#57: Former Navy SEAL Commanding Officer Mike Hayes joins Chris to discuss leadership principles, strategies for successful communication, building confidence, and the most important lessons that he learned while serving in t...
May 11, 2022
Listener Q&A Live Show + Big Anniversary Giveaway!
#56: Today, our Host, Chris Hutchins ( @hutchins ) celebrates the one year anniversary of ATH and the podcast! This was a live Q&A recorded on May 9th, 2022 with ATH listeners tuning in. Chris answers questions on earning poi...
May 4, 2022
Maximize Your Points: Stacking, Buyers Clubs, Redemption Tricks, and More with Julia Menez
#55: Points expert, Julia Menez, joins Chris to go deep on all things points and miles, including points stacking, optimizing rewards, tools to help organize your points and miles, using buying clubs to earn lots of points, a...
April 27, 2022
Minimalism and the Things That Matter for a Meaningful Life with Joshua Becker
#54: Minimalist expert and award-winning author, Joshua Becker, joins Chris to talk about the many ways that “things'' get in the way of living a purpose-filled life. They discuss Joshua’s top decluttering strategies, the 8 d...