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Money Memories

Money Memories

By: Bear and the Bull
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 Money Memories is a podcast that’s on a mission to make money conversations less taboo — one memory at a time. Each week we interview a new guest, and discuss how their earliest money memory affected their professional trajectories and molded their relationship to personal finance.© Bear and the Bull Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Personal Finance Social Sciences
Episodes
  • A Founder’s Journey from Tehran to Web3

    A Founder’s Journey from Tehran to Web3
    Jul 24 2025
    In this episode of Money Memories, Ilona sits down with Bam Azizi, founder of Mesh, to explore how childhood hustle and immigrant resilience shaped his path from a makeshift library in Iran to scaling infrastructure for the future of crypto. Bam shares why user experience—not hype—is the industry’s biggest hurdle, and why staying lean might be a startup’s greatest asset.
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    20 mins
  • A Mother’s Memory: The Pain That Sparked a Mental Health Startup

    A Mother’s Memory: The Pain That Sparked a Mental Health Startup
    Jun 6 2025
    After losing his mom shortly after college, Drew Barvir set out on a journey to understand the complex connection between money, mental health, and meaning. In this episode, he opens up about how childhood arguments over finances shaped his earliest beliefs, how grief became a turning point, and why he built Sonar — a tech platform bringing accessible emotional support to students across the country. It’s a deeply personal story of loss, resilience, and reimagining what it means to feel financially and emotionally secure.
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    19 mins
  • From Caja de los Zapatos to Financial Freedom: Alejandra Lozano's Journey with Operation Hope [Archive]

    From Caja de los Zapatos to Financial Freedom: Alejandra Lozano's Journey with Operation Hope [Archive]
    May 15 2025
    Meet Alejandra Lozano, a dedicated Financial Wellbeing Coach for Operation HOPE, located inside Wells Fargo’s HOPE Inside center in South LA. With over seven years of experience in the finance industry, Alejandra is passionate about uplifting Black and Brown communities and empowering their financial journeys. Alejandra shares how her childhood experience with "la caja de los zapatos" (the shoe box) reflects the sentiment that many communities in the U.S. feel about financial institutions. She also shares some of the most powerful stories of transformation that Operation HOPE was able to provide.
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    20 mins

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