
Crowdfunding Healthcare, Personal Finance, Screen Cleaning
The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 166
- Jul 14, 2017 6:00 am
- 145:45
Crowdfunding Healthcare (17:54) Jeremy Snyder, Ph. D., Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Ph.D. in Philosophy from Georgetown University. Research interests focus on ethical issues arising from international trade, especially trade in health services. Everyone runs into unexpected medical costs that they didn’t plan for at some point. What do you do in that situation? Recently people have turned to crowd funding money from friends and friends of friends through sites like GoFundMe and YouCaring. Jeremy Snyder talks about some of the complications that occur when crowd funding healthcare. The Index Card: Personal Finance Made Easy (1:04:25) Helaine Olen is the author of “The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated” and “Pound Foolish”. She is a regular contributor to Pacific Standard Magazine and Reuters’ “The Great Debate” series. She discusses her book "The Index Card" and helps us find an easier ways to manage personal finance. Screen Cleaning (1:35:14) Jeff Simpson talks about movies and TV helping you find family friendly options. Today he focuses on the films of Christopher Nolan in preparation for his tenth movie coming out next weekend, Dunkirk.