HeyJaredThe Currency of Grief
Death and money are two of the most taboo topics in our society yet they are inevitable for all of us. So why don’t we talk about death and money more? The fact is, we’re all going to have to face our mortality and the mortality of the people we love.
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EP40: Trevor Youshak: Don't Delay: An Estate Attorney That Has Sat on Both Sides of the Table — Advisor and Father (opens the original)
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Most people wait until a crisis to think about who should manage their money, and by then some of the best options may be harder to put in place. This episode breaks down why a corporate trustee might be the smartest name you never considered adding to your plan. Justin Weidenfeld hosts this conversation with Trevor Youshak, J.D., LL.M., on The Currency of Grief. Trevor built his career as an estate attorney before moving to the other side of the table as a corporate fiduciary, where he now guid
EP39: Becky Robison Part 2: Learnings And Advice From Writing My Parents Are Dead, What Now? (opens the original)
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What happens to your stuff, your accounts, and your family if you die without a will? Becky Robison returns with answers nobody wants to need. Becky and Justin pick up their conversation on death and money by tackling the part nobody wants to think through in advance: what actually happens once someone dies. Becky offers practical advice on estate planning that goes well beyond a checklist, pairing the legal groundwork with an honest look at the emotional scarring that can follow when families s
EP38: Becky Robison: My Parents Are Dead, What Now? (opens the original)
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You lose both parents. Then the legal paperwork starts, and no one hands you a manual. Becoming the executor of an estate after a parent dies feels like a job with no training. In this episode of The Currency of Grief, host Justin Weidenfeld sits down with Becky Robison, author of My Parents Are Dead, What Now? and co-host of the Bitching and Mourning podcast, who went through this herself and wrote the guide she needed. Becky found her dad's will and living trust in a box under the Christmas de
EP37: Michael Lodato: A Son's Crash Course In Death Certificates, Business Inheritance, And Estate Bureaucracy (opens the original)
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Nobody prepares you to grieve a parent and manage their affairs at the same time. On The Currency of Grief, host Justin Weidenfeld sits down with Michael Lodato, a Brooklyn-based writer and owner of LiquorPermit.com, who became a co-executor of his mother’s estate in his early thirties after she passed away from melanoma just days before Christmas. Michael and his sister stepped in as co-executors and got a crash course in everything no one talks about. A death certificate needs a raised seal or
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