Personal Finance for PhDs

Emily Roberts

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led personal finance show focused on the distinctive financial challenges of graduate students, postdocs, and PhDs, with guests typically drawn from those communities plus occasional student-loan or financial professionals. Suitable pitches include certified student-loan advisors, financial planners specializing in academics, and PhD holders with compelling firsthand strategies for budgeting, investing, debt repayment, benefits, or low-stipend living; booking difficulty is low because the show favors accessible professionals and relatable subject-matter experts.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

emily@pfforphds.com

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Host

Emily Roberts - Personal finance educator specializing in financial guidance for graduate students, postdocs, and PhDs.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Firsthand experience as a graduate student, postdoc, or PhD with practical financial lessons, or professional expertise in student loans, financial planning, or personal finance for academics.

Required Achievements:

Relevant professional certification or financial-planning experience, Demonstrated success managing graduate-school or early-career finances, Specialized expertise in student loans, repayment programs, or academic financial benefits

Recent Guest Discussions

Madeline Hebert - Budgeting, Frugality, Fellowships, Paid Projects, State Childcare Benefits, Graduate Student Union Support, And Evaluating The Financial Impact Of Fellowship Opportunities.

Quinn Nguyen - Zero-based Budgeting, Targeted Savings, Emergency Funds, Roth IRA Contributions, Subsidized Graduate Housing, And Financial Planning During Graduate School.

Janna McKay - Federal Student Loan Changes, Borrowing Limits, Income-driven Repayment, The SAVE Plan, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, And Repayment Options For Phd Students.

Richard Coca - Budgeting In A High-cost-of-living Area, Housing, Transportation, Social Spending, Hobbies, Work-life Balance, And Roth IRA Contributions.

Recent Topics

Finance, Personal Finance, Student Loans, Budgeting, Investing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Personal Finance for PhDs

How You and Your Higher-Earning Partner Manage Your Money Affects Relationship Satisfaction

September 28, 2026

In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Emily Garbinsky, an associate professor of marketing at Cornell who studies how couples behave with their money. Emily first reviews the common models for structuring money within couples and the surprising effect the choice has on relationship satisfaction. Emily and Emily then discuss income disparities, such as those between a PhD trainee and a higher-earning partner, and how power dynamics can affect how couples choose to split expenses. Finally, Emil...

This PhD Candidate-Parent Draws Financial Support from Her State, Her Union, and More

September 14, 2026

In this episode, Emily interviews Madeline Hebert, a 5th-year PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut and married mother of a toddler and newborn. Madeline shares how her money mindset has changed over the last several years, from poring over every last expense in her budget to investing in frugal strategies and increasing her income through fellowships and paid projects. She also details the systems from which she has drawn financial support, chiefly through state childcare benefits a...

This Graduate Student Keeps a Zero-Based Budget in a High Cost-of-Living Area

August 31, 2026

In this episode, Emily interviews Quinn Nguyen, a 4th-year PhD student in chemistry at UC Irvine. Quinn has been highly intentional with her finances during graduate school. She maintains a zero-based budget, uses targeted savings accounts for her cat and annual trips to Vietnam, keeps emergency savings, and pays herself first into a Roth IRA. She also lives in subsidized graduate student housing and drives an electric bike in addition to a car. Quinn and Emily discuss the advantages of these...

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