- Simon Lambert looks back as This is Money podcast marks milestone
Ten years ago, This is Money did something a little different: we launched a podcast.
That doesn’t sound so radical now, and I can’t say it was totally innovative back then, but it was certainly unusual.
Today is the exact day that the This is Money podcast celebrates its 10th birthday: we launched the first show on November 7, 2014.
And producing an episode almost every week for a decade seems like something we should celebrate, so please give me this column.
Podcast Decade: From Brexit to the Budgets, from Truss to Trump, the podcast is on a mission to explain what it means for your finances, with humour, wit and wisdom sprinkled throughout.
If you’re not already a listener, check out the This is Money Podcast channel or visit us on Apple Podcasts, Spotifyor other platforms and listen to it.
Every week we look at the financial news people need to know and what it means for you with our brilliant presenter and producer Georgie Frost.
Our goal is for the podcast to be your guide to a richer life.
Last week’s podcast episode was a great example, as it covered Rachel Reeves’ budget and our verdict on it.
This year we also cover the big events such as rate cuts and elections, but we also look at whether being Nimby is so bad, how we manage our money, financial confidence and Steve Webb answers special questions about pensions.
When we started the podcast, it was also broadcast as a mid-morning show on Fridays on Share Radio with Georgie.
Little did Georgie and I know at the time that we would still be meeting every Friday morning ten years later, along with Lee Boyce, Helen Crane, Tanya Jefferies and other members of the This is Money team.
And when we sketched out the idea of how the podcast could work, along with some of the show’s other key architects – Lee, Rachel Rickard Straus, Sam Lane and our much-missed colleague Richard Browning – none of us realized how tumultuous the years to come would be. .
Over the life of the podcast, we’ve seen some momentous events: the Brexit vote, Donald Trump’s first presidential election, Covid lockdowns, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising inflation, and now a new government Labor in the United Kingdom and Trump’s second election. in the US
We’ll cover the latter and what it means for your money in this week’s podcast.
We owe a big thank you to everyone who has participated in the podcast over the years.
I won’t list their names for fear of missing someone, but a list of past and present members of the This is Money team have been seen in the episodes.
Our sponsors over the years also deserve our thanks. Making a free podcast costs money and we’ve had great partners over the years who we’ve hand-picked because they wanted to work on a long-term partnership to deliver a great show.
Investment platform Charles Stanley Direct is the current sponsor and their experts join us for a segment where they answer a listener’s investment and financial planning questions each week.
Yesterday we published a extra special budget trivia podcast episodewhere Charles Stanley’s Rob Morgan joined me to answer what emerged as the dust settles.
Most of all though, and I know how cheesy this sounds, it’s the This is Money Podcast listeners I have to thank. After all, listeners are the crucial ingredient for a podcast to rack up a decade of success.
We like to think that with the This is Money podcast we are making a difference, making finance attractive and helping people live richer lives.
And there’s nothing more rewarding than reading the emails and messages we receive from podcast listeners telling us how much they enjoy it.
We have some special plans lined up to celebrate the 10th anniversary over the next month and next year.
So if you haven’t listened to it, check out the This is Money podcast here, and if you already listen to it, thank you very much.