Fortune Favors the Bold
We’ve all got questions about money. These questions don’t always have a clear cut answer, and what’s worse is that no one seems to talk about them. But when we dare to ask those big, financial questions, we have the potential to find bold new ways of thinking. Together, we’ll consider how money is tangled up in everything from education, to work, to travel, to identity, and we’ll find answers that will help everyone feel empowered to navigate an ever-changing financial landscape.
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How Do We Define Ourselves... Financially?
Welcome to Season 3 of Mastercard’s Fortune Favors the Bold! Ashley C. Ford is back, and she’s kicking off our season by diving into the financial question that underlies everything else we’re talking about this season: how do we define ourselves financially? For a lot of people, a surefire way to really feel your own financial identity is to start making financial decisions with someone else.
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What Do We Get When We Pay for School?
It’s hard to know what exactly you’re paying for when you pay college tuition. Is it a chance at a better career? Some time on a lush green campus learning from worldly professors? The risk of six-figure debt that never seems to shrink? And if students are paying a fraction of that price or nothing at all in other countries, how do we rationalize the cost here in the United States? Is college in the United States and abroad still worth the price tag?
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How Can My City Be More Inclusive?
The number of people living in cities grows by about 6 million each year. And with all this growth, experts are looking for ways to make cities more comfortable, affordable, and accessible for everyone. Ashley sits down with Shayna Pollock, a self-proclaimed “transit nerd” who works for Central Atlanta Progress, a nonprofit focused on improving the livability of the city. Shayna has questions about how to ensure that everyone can reap the benefits of public transit, and how to spread that message throughout her city.
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How Can I Travel Responsibly?
Travel is often a transformative part of our personal and professional lives. But there’s a growing conversation around the ethics of traveling. From the carbon emissions involved in flying to the impact on local communities, there are a lot of factors to consider when it comes to deciding how, where and why to travel.
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How Do I Make Work, Work For Me? (Pt. 1)
We’ve been hearing so much about the changing nature of work recently– whether it’s the rise of the gig economy, or millennials rising in the workforce. And we know so many people’s money questions are work questions, so we decided to do a two part series on it!
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How Do I Make Work, Work For Me? (Pt. 2)
This week, Ashley heads to Albuquerque, New Mexico to continue exploring the question, “how can I make my work work for me?” To find answers, we’re doing something a little different: we’ll meet two people who are already talking through big questions– about work, life, and having an impact– together.
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How Do We Manage Our Passwords?
As our lives move increasingly online, it can seem like everything is password-protected. How do we choose good passwords? And how do we keep track of those passwords? Most importantly, what can we do to really keep all our data safe?
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How Do We Stay Bold?
This episode of Fortune Favors the Bold is coming to you LIVE from On Air Fest in Brooklyn.
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How Can We Work Together In a Crisis?
This week, Fortune Favors the Bold brings you a bonus episode. Ashley sat down with Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Mike Froman, the Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth at Mastercard to answer the question on all of our minds: How can we work together in a crisis?
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