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Is your relationship to money secure, avoidant or anxious? Financial therapist Amanda Clayman is back this season to break down our attachment styles to money and how they show up in our everyday lives. Plus, Amanda gets candid about her past struggles with debt and tells us how we can all make personal finance decisions from a calm AF headspace.

Speed skater Erin Jackson was the first Black girl EVER to win an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 2022. But guess what? It’s insanely expensive to train and compete as an Olympian and you get paid an annual salary of exactly zero dollars to do it – unless you win a medal and even then you gotta make that paycheck last until the next Olympics. We sat down with Erin to talk about the price of being the best in the world, and how to make a living doing what you love.

We negotiate with each other every day. Where are we gonna go for dinner? What do you want out of this relationship? How long are you going to leave those damn dishes in the sink? But somehow, a lot of us get tongue-tied when it comes to asking for more money and better benefits at work. So we brought in an expert! Mandi Woodruff-Santos co-hosts the podcast, Brown Ambition Podcast, and she joins X to talk about how to find your next job, why you should always negotiate for more money, and how to ask for stellar benefits.

From season 2 of Netflix’s hit show Love Is Blind, Iyanna McNeely sits down with X Mayo and gets real about the money talks happening in the infamous pods. Iyanna reveals just how much contestants made during the intense love experiment, who pays for what, and which money questions she asked her ex-husband Jarrette.

This week, we’re getting serious. Serious about the price of the prison industrial complex. Fred Bell from The Debt Collective, the nation’s first debtors union, joins X Mayo to unpack each of their experiences with carceral debt. Fred talks about the financial realities of our prison system, the shame surrounding the cycle of debt, and how the Debt Collective is organizing to abolish it all.

This week on the Dough, we have a special guest: X’s business manager Belva Anakwenze! If you’re a longtime listener of the Dough, you know how much X loves Belva. She’s the perfect money mentor – her client list is a who’s who of Los Angeles celebrities, and she’s won awards from Variety, Hollywood Insider, Billboard, and more. Her and X have an awesome chat about their working relationship, X’s money skills, and why you should never let a basketball star start a rap career.

In this episode, X Mayo sits down with her friend, actress, and author, Julissa Calderon. Julissa gets candid about how she became a viral sensation overnight and scored a lead role on Netflix using her manifestation techniques. Join these two friends for tips on how to overcome systemic barriers, take control of your money goals, and successfully manifest your wildest dreams.

Gael Aitor knows how to build a community. His podcast, Teenager Therapy, amassed over 600k subscribers and Gael was literally a teenager making the show. Now he’s grown and making communities digitally and IRL. This week, we get his take on making friends in your 20s, the value of virtual community, and how to get creative with your free hangouts.

In this episode, X Mayo catches up with TechCrunch reporter and host of the podcast Found, Dominic-Madori Davis, to talk about the plight of modern dating. Dominic gets candid about her experiences with dating apps and their skyrocketing prices, her most expensive relationship with a crypto guy, and why dating as a young, professional Black woman in NYC is so expensive. By the end of the conversation, Dom and X devise plans for their own dating app and talk about ways to meet the love of your life for free.

Lane Kwederis is a comedian, actor, and FINANCIAL DOMINATRIX! That means horny men give her money…just for the pleasure of giving her money. THE DREAM! In this episode of The Dough, Lane teaches us about good little subbies, ATM withdrawal limits, and what to do when a man opens his whole ass bank account to you.