Moolala: Money Made Simple with Bruce Sellery
Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 14 segments
In this best of episode of Moolala: Money Made Simple, host Bruce Sellery digs into the money conversations we avoid most, starting with the taboo "Bank of Mom and Dad." The Purse founder Lindsey…
Bruce SelleryHost
Jane BlaufusGuest
Lucianna AdragnaGuestDan BortolottiGuest
Erika WassermanGuest
Lindsey StanberryGuest
Often it's around real estate, like people go to the bank of Mom and Dad to help with the down payment on a house or whatever.
And we often talk about it in the abstract, like, "Oh, the reason the housing market is the way it is is because people are getting help from the bank of Mom and Dad." But we don't often talk about it specifically, and certainly the level of disclosure people have about being recipients from the benefits of the bank of Mom and Dad is q- is quite rare, uh, quite rare in, indeed.
Lindsey Stanberry is the, uh, founder of The Purse, which is a site dedicated to women and finance, and she's got some thoughts on this as being one of the taboos that we still have to navigate in the world of personal finance.
I love, I love that phrase, and it's one that you acknowledge that you benefit from.
Can you give us some examples for, uh, other ways in which this subsidy or whatever you call it can manifest for people?
That's a big one, to be able to graduate without debt, which is an amazing gift.
I always think about, you know, you go and visit your parents and they give you 25 bucks on your way out the door.
Often it's around real estate, like people go to the bank of Mom and Dad to help with the down payment on a house or whatever.
And we often talk about it in the abstract, like, "Oh, the reason the housing market is the way it is is because people are getting help from the bank of Mom and Dad." But we don't often talk about it specifically, and certainly the level of disclosure people have about being recipients from the benefits of the bank of Mom and Dad is q- is quite rare, uh, quite rare in, indeed.
Lindsey Stanberry is the, uh, founder of The Purse, which is a site dedicated to women and finance, and she's got some thoughts on this as being one of the taboos that we still have to navigate in the world of personal finance.
I love, I love that phrase, and it's one that you acknowledge that you benefit from.
Can you give us some examples for, uh, other ways in which this subsidy or whatever you call it can manifest for people?
That's a big one, to be able to graduate without debt, which is an amazing gift.
I always think about, you know, you go and visit your parents and they give you 25 bucks on your way out the door.
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