How a Personal Finance Expert Taught Me About a Lot More Than Money
Dave Ramsey and I are ideological opposites. Listening to his show made me realize that doesn’t matter as much as I thought.
If you don’t know who Dave Ramsey is, then there’s a high likelihood that you’re probably someone like me: a liberal millennial who, under most circumstances, is not remotely interested in hearing what conservative baby boomers think about how you should live your life.
If you do know who he is, then it’s likely you are one of the millions of Americans who is in serious debt. The Ramsey Show is the third largest nationally syndicated radio show in the U.S., with 20 million combined weekly listeners. His “seven baby steps” formula and 19 national bestselling books have helped millions of people get out of millions of dollars of debt. Every day, people call into his show and ask him about everything from when to refinance a mortgage to whether they should leave their toxic spouse who is racking up gambling debt. Dave — along with his rotating cast of good-natured and acquiescent co-hosts—does his damndest to help them.
I first stumbled upon Dave Ramsey thanks to to what I’m assuming was a glitch in my liberal YouTube echo chamber. I didn’t have a tremendous amount of debt at…
