Not Your Average Financial Podcast™

Not Your Average Financial Podcast™


Episode 433: NEW BOOK! Part 1 – Bank On Yourself® Origins and Why Now? with Pamela Yellen, Brian Kay and Tim Austin

December 19, 2025

In this episode, we ask:

  • How can you build wealth safely and predictably?
  • Who is Pamela Yellen?
  • Who is Brian Kay?
  • Who is Tim Austin?
  • Would you like to go to bankonyourselfbook.com to get the new book?
  • What’s Pamela’s story?
  • How did Pamela meet Brian and Tim?
  • What’s Brian’s story?
  • Should you turn over your financial independence to other parties?
  • Should you become your own source of financing?
  • Should you recapture the interest you have paid to other sources?
  • Should you be careful with borrowing and debt?
  • How did Brian meet Tim?
  • Can paying for college be an affordable reality without taking unnecessary risks?
  • What’s Tim’s story?
  • What was happening in the 1980s?
  • What are the strategies that worked in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s?
  • How is risk finicky?
  • Do you have to have debt to get where you want to go?
  • Do you have to be in the market to be successful?
  • What about uncertainty?
  • What about anticipation and preparation?
  • How might we crisis-proof our finances?
  • What is the average household debt?
  • How many people are behind on paying their debt?
  • What percent of retirees, age 66-71 have debt?
  • What about medical emergencies?
  • How many would be able to cover their expenses if they had a one-week delay on their paycheck?
  • Why is this book necessary?
  • What are the action items?
  • Will you join us next week for Part 2?