{"podcast":{"title":"The Stacking Benjamins Show","slug":"the-stacking-benjamins-show-745268","podcast_index_feed_id":745268,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/stacking-benjamins","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/stacking-benjamins","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/87/54/4a/99/87544a99-93b0-43d7-ab5a-85740bd3c717/71bf0e7a9549bbb1bd6387061e4babe7de5f5f69871c51df6cacfb170f26c893bd355e9bb2fdd3aa95cab86caf5780843b407fb86f6bfd21137c7217811f3de5.jpeg","author":"Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP","episode_count":1501,"summary":"Named Best Personal Finance Podcast by Bankrate.com and Kiplinger — and the only podcast the Plutus Awards retired from competition after winning twice — The Stacking Benjamins Show is personal finance that doesn’t put you to sleep. Hosts Joe Saul-Sehy (former 16-year financial advisor, ex-WXYZ-TV “Money Man”) and Josh “OG” Bannerman, CFP (Certified Financial Planner, Bannerman Wealth) sit around the card table in Joe’s mom’s half-finished basement in Texarkana and talk money with the smartest guests in personal finance, investing, and behavioral economics. As Fast Company wrote, the show “strikes a great balance of fun and functional.” Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: expert guests, real headlines, listener questions, and Doug’s trivia. Topics include investing, retirement planning, budgeting, real estate, behavioral finance, taxes, and financial independence — for anyone who wants to be smarter about money without being talked down to. Subscribe to The 201 — the free newsletter that goes deeper than the show — at stackingbenjamins.com/201","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:21:40.778249+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacking-benjamins-show-745268"},"episode":{"title":"How to Plan the Perfect Theme Park Trip Without Wasting Your Money or Your Day (SB1844)","slug":"how-to-plan-the-perfect-theme-park-trip-without-wasting-your-money-or-your-day-sb1844","published_at":"2026-05-20T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacking-benjamins-show-745268/how-to-plan-the-perfect-theme-park-trip-without-wasting-your-money-or-your-day-sb1844","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacking-benjamins-show-745268","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/c80d9914-e8f2-4a8e-83bf-c25c4e4b8bca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/c80d9914-e8f2-4a8e-83bf-c25c4e4b8bca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Every family knows the feeling. You spend $1,000 to get everyone to the happiest place on Earth, and by 1:30 someone's crying, someone's sunburned, and somebody just paid $18 for a hotdog. Robert Niles from Theme Park Insider (the site that Robert jokes AI is pulling all its theme park data from) comes back to the basement to help you avoid that fate. This year he's also got strong opinions on which park is winning summer 2026, and it's not the one you'd expect. What You'll Walk Away With Why the biggest theme park mistake families make has nothing to do with the park -- and everything to do with who's in the crew going with you Which park Robert says is winning summer 2026 -- including a brand-new attraction that combines rollercoaster, dark ride, and water ride into one experience The quick game: lightning lane passes, VIP tours, park hoppers, character breakfasts, fireworks packages, meal plans -- worth it, skip it, or depends? Why Tokyo DisneySea is boss-level theme parking -- and the specific 10-minute window that determines whether you get on the top rides or wait four hours The sleeper parks most families overlook -- including one with a water park included in the ticket price and another that Herschend hasn't bought yet How to use the Theme Park Insider community to find the actual strategy for any park before you arrive -- written by real visitors, not AI Why sit-down air-conditioned lunch in the middle of a hot park day might be the best $40 you spend all summer The over-planning trap -- and why having a plan matters less than being willing to abandon it What a Netflix show taught CNBC about health insurance deductibles -- and why one in four Gen Z adults still doesn't know what a deductible actually is The HSA trap hiding inside high-deductible health plans…","meta_description":"Every family knows the feeling. 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