New podcast reframes how we talk about cash

Matt Edmondson on new finance venture Spent!

- SARA KEENAN

In a bid to explore what our spending habits reveal about us, BBC Radio 1 DJ and TV presenter Matt Edmondson has launched new podcast Spent!, in which he and his guests share their experiences with money and reframe the way they talk about cash.

Matt admits that in his own life, he has “always been a saver".

“I don't care that much about physical things and I'm not into owning stuff,” he says. “I'm pretty happy with what I've got. I have never been driven by things and I've always had in the back of my head I've got to save for a rainy day.

“I am also a person whose relationship with spending is on the more cautious side.” Matt adds: “I was really intrigued when the opportunity to do the Spent! podcast came up because it is an interesting insight into the spending habits of my guests. It also tells you a lot about people.”

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