Other People's Pockets
Other People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances. How much money do you make, and how do you make it? How do you feel about your money...
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- Sunshine Hanson1 ep
- Margo Clayson1 ep
- Amelie Tsoungui1 ep
Also: Quay Crowner, Taylor Winters, Cecilia Thiam, Daishi Miguel-Tanaka, Sebastian Langdell, Jessica Slice, Danielle Bezalel
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- 🇺🇸United States · CareersHOME#11213K to 69K
- 🇵🇭PH · Careers#67.5K to 39K
- 🇮🇩ID · Careers#62609 to 3.2K
- 🇮🇳India · Careers#118580 to 3.1K
- 🇲🇾MY · Careers#40415 to 2.2K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
23K to 123K🎙 Monthly cadence·54 episodes·Last published 3w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
26K to 137K🇺🇸56%🇵🇭32%🇮🇩3%+7 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
10K to 55K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/29/26 |  An update from Maya, your host! What I learned from the listener survey, and some news | I'm popping in here with a mini-episode to do two things:Share findings from the Other People's Pockets listener survey that I launched in AprilShare some news about the future of this show!Tune in and let me know your thoughts!Write me at [email protected] | 7m 22s | ||||||
| 8/19/26 |  Skip the Marriage, Build the Village | Today I’m bringing you an interview with someone I’m calling Heather.She was one of the many amazing listeners who responded to my listener survey and she wrote something that intrigued me so much that I decided to reach out to her. (Don't worry, the survey is anonymous, but in this case she chose to enter her email!)She wrote: "I’m a professor (mid-career) and I’m really struggling to make ends meet as a single mom of twins. I constantly wonder why this is so. Having a PhD shouldn’t mean financial struggle. Or at least, that wasn’t how it was a generation ago."For this interview, Heather wanted to talk to me anonymously so that she could be really open about her financial situation and not risk anything when it comes to her job.Heather lives and works in Baltimore with her twin 10-year olds and with her mother. In addition to being a professor of history, she's also a community advocate and organizer around public education. She has built a village of friends, neighbors, and family members on her street and in her wider community. You'll hear in this episode how deep down, she always knew she desired the collective, rather than a diamond ring.If you’re a regular listener of Other People’s Pockets, or even if this is your first listen, please fill out the listener survey! It gives you a chance to help shape the future of this show. The responses are completely anonymous and it is totally optional if you do want to include your contact info.Find links to all of my socials at mayalau.comIf you would like to sponsor this show, please reach out at [email protected] please give this show a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Thank you so much. | 54m 38s | ||||||
| 7/7/26 | sex educationpodcasting+3 | Danielle Bezalel | Sex Ed with DBColumbia+1 | — | sex educationpodcasting+4 | — | 57m 49s | ||
| 6/16/26 | financescouples+3 | — | — | — | housinghealthcare+3 | — | 21m 39s | ||
| 6/4/26 | exercisedance+3 | Sebastian Langdell | Secretly SportyNew York Times+1 | — | danceexercise+3 | — | 31m 06s | ||
| 5/14/26 | disabilityparenting+3 | Jessica Slice | Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World | — | disabilityparenting+3 | — | 56m 39s | ||
| 4/23/26 | audience engagementpodcast growth+3 | — | — | — | podcastaudience+3 | — | 1m 33s | ||
| 4/13/26 | surrogacyfinancial literacy+3 | Sunshine Hanson | Surrogacy is... | — | surrogategestational surrogate+3 | — | 1h 01m 33s | ||
| 3/12/26 | budgetingdebt+5 | Margo Clayson | The Mighty Microgreen | Canadarural Idaho | budgetingdebt+5 | — | 43m 57s | ||
| 1/22/26 | immigrationdigital storytelling+4 | Amelie Tsoungui | Trump administrationDePaul University+1 | CameroonU.S.+3 | self-deportationTemporary Protected Status+5 | — | 41m 20s | ||
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| 12/16/25 | memorialfinance+4 | — | — | Los Angeles | Carmen Gonzálezmemorial+5 | — | 48m 21s | ||
| 12/3/25 | government employmentpersonal finance+4 | Quay Crowner | Internal Revenue ServiceGovernment Accountability Office+3 | Maryland | Quay CrownerTrump administration+5 | — | 35m 34s | ||
| 10/27/25 | executive coachingcareer development+3 | Taylor Winters | Every Day FutureUC Berkeley+1 | — | executive coachcareer+3 | — | 45m 54s | ||
| 8/5/25 | humanitarian aidUSAID cuts+4 | Cecilia Thiam | USAID | United Statessub-saharan Africa | humanitarian aidUSAID+5 | — | 35m 32s | ||
| 7/15/25 | immigrants' rightsDACA+4 | Daishi Miguel-Tanaka | Deferred Action for Childhood ArrivalsTrump administration | Washington, D.C.Japan+1 | immigrants' rightsDACA+3 | — | 32m 02s | ||
| 7/14/25 | podcast updatecreative freedom+5 | — | Trump administration | — | podcastupdate+5 | — | 1m 48s | ||
| 6/16/25 |  Listen to my new show! Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story, Episode 1 | I'm so proud to present the pilot episode of a new show I'm hosting, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story. In 1920, a broke immigrant in Boston became one of America’s richest, most infamous men—practically overnight. In just nine months, he swindled the modern equivalent of a quarter billion dollars, upended the world of finance, and etched his name into history as the mastermind behind one of the most notorious scams ever: the Ponzi scheme.Hosted by me and featuring award-winning comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story is a docudrama that captures the rise and fall—both outrageous and tragic—of the con artist who fooled the world and paid the price. Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story is an Apple Original podcast, produced by AT WILL MEDIA. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. | 39m 04s | ||||||
| 6/4/25 |  Introducing my new show, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story | Hi! I'm dropping in this quick note to say that Other People's Pockets will be back with new episodes soon! Also! I have a special new project to share with you. I'm hosting a new podcast that tells the story of Charles Ponzi, a broke immigrant who became one of America's richest, most infamous men, practically overnight—and etched his name into history as the mastermind behind the Ponzi scheme. Hosted by me and featuring award-winning comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story is an Apple Original podcast, produced by AT WILL MEDIA. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts.And come see me live at the Tribeca Film Festival talking onstage about Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story. I'll be joined by Sebastian Maniscalco along with Will Malnati, CEO of AT WILL MEDIA, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, of the Sopranos, our moderator.Friday June 13, 20255pOKX Theater at BMCC TPAC199 Chambers St.New York, NYTickets: https://www.tribecafilm.com/films/easy-money-the-charles-ponzi-story-with-sebastian-maniscalco-jamie-lynn-sigler-2025Use discount code: TFPONZI30Come say hi!IG @itsmayamoney | 3m 46s | ||||||
| 11/15/23 |  Listen As I Get Financially Planned | Today on Other People's Pockets, you're going to hear what it's like to receive financial planning advice, and the person receiving the advice is ... me! My income, savings, and retirement goals will get scrutinized by Isabel Barrow, director of financial planning at Edelman Financial Engines and frequent guest on the podcast Everyday Wealth, along with Jean Chatzky, financial journalist and bestselling New York Times author who is also the host of Everyday Wealth.This special episode of Other People's Pockets was produced with support from the Everyday Wealth podcast. | 33m 55s | ||||||
| 10/11/23 |  Things are different now with our money | It's hard to believe it, but this is the 35th episode of Other People's Pockets, which means it's the end of our first season! For this special episode, we reached out to some of our past guests for a "Look Back" -- an update on their financial situations & viewpoints. Cord Jefferson stopped earning money for a while and didn't know when more would come. Carmen González is learning how to apply for credit cards now that she's a U.S. citizen. Laura Lyster-Mensch decided she had been too cagey about her money on this show and now wants to reveal all. And more!Follow Maya Lau at:Twitter: @mayalauInstagram: @itsmayamoneyTikTok: @itsmayamoney | 53m 00s | ||||||
| 10/4/23 |  How I do money after severing ties with my family (Jessica) | Building credit. Being on your parent's cell phone plan. Learning to drive. There are many financial benefits to having a relationship with your family of origin. Today's guest, Jessica, has experienced what it’s like to not have those advantages. Jessica severed ties with her biological parents due to emotional abuse she experienced from them throughout her life. Jessica has built a strong network of friends — her chosen family — who contribute money when she needs a security deposit and give her rides to appointments. She explains how personal finance looks different when you have an alternative definition of family, and how she has a new outlook on asking for help and taking on debt.Follow Maya Lau at:Twitter: @mayalauInstagram: @itsmayamoneyTikTok: @itsmayamoney | 34m 45s | ||||||
| 9/27/23 |  Raychel Sanner, Storm Chaser | How does a love of extreme weather translate into making money? Raychel Sanner is a storm chaser and co-founder of Tornado Titans, a media brand by self-described “weather nuts” who capture images of supercells, monsoons, blizzards and more. As a Choctaw trans woman born and raised in Oklahoma, Raychel is transforming the image of storm chasing away from being dominated by straight, white cis-men. Raychel chats about the income she gets from her day job, whether she could do storm-chasing full-time, and what money conversations look like with her wife.Follow Raychel Sanner at:Instagram: @raychelsanner@tornadotitansX: @raychelsnrFacebook: @raychelsannerraychelsanner.comFollow Maya Lau at:Twitter: @mayalauInstagram: @itsmayamoneyTikTok: @itsmayamoney | 40m 35s | ||||||
| 9/20/23 |  Ismatu Gwendolyn, Community Health Worker | Ismatu Gwendolyn is a mental health professional and life coach who is trying to rethink how we care for those in need. Ismatu has navigated sex work in order to afford life and graduate school, and they discovered that as a stripper, talking to men in a club was not so different than counseling a client as a therapist. Ismatu let us have a peek inside their personal finances to find out how this all comes together.Follow Ismatu:TikTok: @ismatu.gwendolyn Instagram: @ismatu.gwendolynFollow Maya Lau at:X: @mayalauInstagram: @itsmayamoneyTikTok: @itsmayamoney | 37m 09s | ||||||
| 9/13/23 |  Pocket Dial: Jared Ball Explains the Myth of Black Buying Power + more | It's time for another Pocket Dial! That's where we pause to reflect on the money themes coming up on Other People's Pockets. Jared Ball is a professor of Communications and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore and the author of "The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power." He helps unpack the lies around "passion work" and why it feels like you have to be out for yourself when it comes to finances.Follow Jared at:Instagram: @imixwhatilikeX: @imixwhatilikeFollow Maya Lau at:X: @mayalauInstagram: @itsmayamoneyTikTok: @itsmayamoney | 41m 26s | ||||||
| 9/6/23 |  Deandra McDonald, Real Estate Investor | What is this whole "financial-freedom-through-real-estate-investing" thing people are doing, and is it real? Maya interviews Deandra McDonald, a real estate investor and influencer with 320k+ followers on her TikTok, @simplerealestate. Deandra says she became financially free at 28 after five years of house-hacking (buy a property, rent part of it, live in the other part, and have your tenant pay your mortgage!). Deandra only found her path after several life choices went wrong for her in her early twenties. Now she uses her experience (and fun personality) to teach others her real estate ways. Follow Deandra:TikTok: @simplerealestateInstagram: @deandramcdonaldhttps://www.deandramcdonald.com/Follow Maya Lau at:X: @mayalauInstagram: @itsmayamoneyTikTok: @itsmayamoney | 33m 55s | ||||||
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Chart history for Other People's Pockets
Peaked at #6 in PH, top 10 in 1 of 15 tracked markets, currently #6 in PH.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| PH | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| IS | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| MY | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| NG | — | #53 | #53 | — |
| Finland | — | #60 | #60 | — |
| KE | — | #61 | #61 | — |
| ID | — | #62 | #62 | — |
| IL | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| VN | — | #93 | #93 | — |
| GR | — | #97 | #97 | — |
| PH | — | #106 | #106 | — |
| United States | — | #112 | #112 | — |
| SG | — | #115 | #115 | — |
| India | — | #118 | #118 | — |
| TH | — | #142 | #142 | — |
Chart Positions
15 placements across 14 markets.
Chart Positions
15 placements across 14 markets.