This is Money Podcast is celebrating its 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, This is Money did something different: we launched a podcast.

That doesn’t sound so radical now, and I can’t claim it was totally groundbreaking at the time, but it was certainly unusual.

Today is the exact day that the This is Money Podcast celebrates its tenth anniversary – we released the first show on November 7, 2014.

And producing an episode virtually every week for ten years feels like something to celebrate, so indulge me with this column.

If you’re not already a listener, visit the This is Money Podcast channel, or check us out Apple podcasts, Spotifyor other platforms and listen to it.

Every week we discuss 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 good example, covering Rachel Reeves’ budget and our assessment of it.

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This year we also discussed the big events like interest rate cuts and the election, as well as looking at whether it’s so bad to be a Nimby, how we manage our money, our financial confidence and a Steve Webb answers special pension questions.

When we started the podcast, it also aired as a Friday morning show on Share Radio with Georgie.

Little did Georgie and I know that ten years later we would still be meeting every Friday morning, along with Lee Boyce, Helen Crane, Tanya Jefferies and other members of the This is Money team.

And when we sketched out the idea for 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 late colleague Richard Browning—none of us realized exactly how tumultuous the coming years.

Throughout the podcast’s life, we’ve seen a number of momentous events unfold: the Brexit vote, Donald Trump’s first presidential election, the Covid lockdowns, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the spike in inflation – and now a new Labor government in Britain and Trump’s second election. in the US.

We discuss the latter and what it means for your money in this week’s podcast.

We owe a big thank you to everyone who has been involved with the podcast over the years.

I won’t mention their names for fear of missing someone, but the episodes have seen a roll call of This is Money team members past and present.

Our sponsors over the years also deserve a word of thanks. Creating a free podcast costs money and we’ve had some great collaborators over the years, who we hand-picked because they wanted to work together in a long-term partnership to deliver a great show.

Investment platform Charles Stanley Direct is the current sponsor and its experts join us for a segment where they answer a listener’s financial planning and investing question each week.

Yesterday we published one special bonus Budget questions podcast episodewhere Charles Stanley’s Rob Morgan joined me to answer what’s emerging as the dust settles.

But most of all – and I know how cheesy this sounds – it’s the This is Money Podcast listeners that I have to thank. After all, listeners are the crucial ingredient for a podcast to achieve ten years 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 a richer life.

And there’s nothing more rewarding than reading the emails and messages we get from podcast listeners telling us how much they enjoy it.

We have some special plans ready to celebrate the tenth anniversary next month and next year.

So, if you haven’t listened yet, check out the This is Money Podcast here, and if you’re already listening, let me thank you.