Latest Vrij Podcast Episodes
148 FI Meetups in Europe
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - May 25, 2023 16:43 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday Alvar is back with the Podcast after longer break. Together we discuss all FI Meetups we know in Europe. If you have more send us a message at financialindependenceeurope at gmail.com or DM on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @FiEurope. 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: h...
147 - How to give effectively | Luke Freeman & Rebecca Herbst
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - March 18, 2022 20:24 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday Mathias talks with Luke and Rebecca about donating and philanthropy. Luke works for the organisation Giving What we Can” and Rebecca is already retired from her corporate career at WeWork and other companies. She is now teaching people part time about personal finance at Yield and Spread....
146 - Holding Crypto Securely | Nick Neumann
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - February 14, 2022 08:15 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi FI Europeans, this is Mathias. In this episode I speak with Nick Neumann. He is the CEO of Casa a Startup from Denver in the US. today talk about the different security aspects of holding crypto and here especially Bitcoin as one of the more conservative plays in that field. The one impo...
145 - How a Croatian Basketball Player Transitions to IT in Sweden Toni Vitali
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - December 22, 2021 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi Fi Europeans, this is Mathias and today I talk with Toni Vitali. He is a member of our community and a professional Basketball Player transitioning to his post-sports profession. He was growing up in Croatia and recently moved to sweden. He is also blogging about Financial Independence...
144 - Bitcoin basics 2: Bitcoin basics and tools to get started | David
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - August 30, 2021 22:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn the last episode, we covered the basics of the monetary system and history with David, a member of our community. Check out that episode if you haven’t already. Today in the second part we cover the basics of Bitcoin. Still many FI Europeans haven’t gotten their feet wet with crypto. If you ...
143 - Bitcoin basics 1: Choosing right form of money to achieve Financial Independence | David
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - August 24, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi Fi Europeans, today I talk with David, a member of our community about cryptocurrencies and in particular Bitcoin. While you might not want to employ crypto to achieve your financial independence goals as it’s harder to predict the result compared with a diversified ETF-Portfolio. Some peopl...
142 - How Regulation Will Change P2P Lending Mintos CEO Martins Sulte
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - July 30, 2021 16:25 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi FI Europeans, today I had the pleasure to interview Martins Sulte who is founder and CEO of Mintos. It’s the biggest P2P Lending marketplace in Europe and they started in 2015 and are headquartered in Riga. On mintos platform there are currently around 50 companies that lend out loans in ...
141 - Investing in Real Estate via Syndications | Kris from White Fire Equity
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - June 30, 2021 22:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi FI europeans, some people are really good and a natural fit in building up and managing a bunch of properties. They like to interact with people, workers and other local stakeholders of their real estates. They dig deep into the knowledge domain of Real Estate and take the time. So much tim...
140 - Reversing wrong life choices | Silke Rosenbusch
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - June 06, 2021 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi FI Europeans, have you ever ask yourself how life would be if you haven’t chosen a certain life path? If you would have studied something different If you would have changed job earlier if your husband had taken more parental leave and you could better accelerate your career While you...
139 - Real Estate p2p Lending Gustas from Inrento
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - May 05, 2021 13:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi Fi Europeans. It’s Mathias. Today I chat with Gustas from inrento who is a young serial Entrepreneur from Lithuania. He just launched a new Lending platform with buy to let property that - on the face of it - doesn’t provide the insane returns we just got used to from other P2P platforms. ...
138 - Three places to call home | with Matthias Richter from Financial Imagineer
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - April 28, 2021 10:05 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello FI Europeans this is Mathias, today Interview Matthias Richter from Financial Imagineer. He is already FI and lives in Taiwan, Singapore and Switzerland. He has been working for UBS Bank advising wealthy people in Asia in the past and is now somehow retired. We talk about his path star...
137 - Career Hacking | Goncalo
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - April 09, 2021 12:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi Fi Europeans this is Mathias! Today I Interview Goncalo and we make it little case study. I met him the first time at the FI Europe Retreat in Portugal and we now catch up and to see what happened to Goncalo in the last 2 years. You learn about the stages he took to get from a lower income ...
136 - Crypto Assets Update - New Applications and Infrastructure for 2021
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - March 08, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi this is Mathias, In this episode we dive quite deep into crypto currencies and assets! Because decentralized financial systems will one day compliment or replace the current financial system. Decentralized technologies are also evolving and can fuel all kinds of non financial transactions,...
135 - Invest in agricultural loans with Lendsecured | Nikita
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - February 27, 2021 18:10 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello FI Europeans, this is Mathias. Today I chat with Nikita from Lendsecured about his take on the P2P Market Landscape and what they have to offer when it comes to lower the risk in P2P investing. We also cover the role of p2p aggregators and risks associated with loan originators. Nikit...
Radio Vrijheid Blijheid 2021: Uitzending 1
Radio Vrijheid Blijheid - February 19, 2021 18:24Een verse nieuwe uitzending van Radio Vrijheid Blijheid, de eerste in 2021, in deze uitdagende tijden, daar gaan we het over hebben deze podcast, hoe ga ik daar mee om? Want brengt het ons? Daarbij lekker muziek van: Miss Montreal, Queen, Ruthie Foster, Frank Sinatra en nog veel meer! Beluiste...
134 - Life Update Nomad Numbers & RE in Taiwan | Nomad Numbers
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - February 16, 2021 17:15 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today’s interview, Alvar interviews Mr. Nomad Numbers on how FIRE life is looking like in Taiwan and which advantages it brings. They also cover an update on the Nomad Numbers journey and where they are at in their travels. We also talk about: FI in Taiwan Travelling during COVID-19 Life ...
133 - Is FI A Good Goal To Strive For? | Alan
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - February 04, 2021 14:35 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today’s interview, Alvar and Araminta chat with Alan, head of the current Thomas Cook. They talk about Alan’s background, how he built his career and advice for others who want to building a fulfilling career. We also chat about: How Alan got started with financial modelling His mindset to...
132 - Contrarian Investments In Frontier Markets And The Balcans | Ladislas Maurice
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - January 18, 2021 19:10 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi this is Mathias, today I talk with Ladislace Maurice from the wandering investor about international investing and diversification. In this episode we look into our passion for finding outstanding investments worldwide. So who is Ladislas? He studied outside of Europe in Australia and C...
131 - How to stay financially and mentally sane in 2021 | Dave from FireDaveG
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - January 01, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, I am interviewing Dave from Ireland on best practices for staying mentally and financially fit in 2021. Dave covers what he has learned over the years through experience and research. He covers his own FI journey through real estate investment as the main driver and his ETF-port...
130 - A Better Life For Half The Price | Tim Leffel
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - December 22, 2020 14:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHey this is Mathias, Do you want a better life for half the price? Then this episode is for you! One strategy for financial independence is using geo-arbitrage and moving to a low cost country to either save more or live better from the same income like in your current country. In today's e...
129 - Investing In Rental Property With Reinvest24 | Tanel Orro From Reinvest24
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - December 11, 2020 19:45 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello this is Mathias, today we talk about a topic we touched last time nearly year ago. I’m talking about P2P Lending. Some consumer loan companies have been in trouble and there have been delays in collecting the principal/interest also due to covid related regulation from governments. Ther...
128 – How to reinvent yourself as a self employed FI seeker | Joshua from The Art of Money Saving Podcast
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - December 01, 2020 11:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, Alvar is interviewing Joshua from the Art of Money Saving Podcast and discuss the struggles and gains of a self-employed person during pandemic times. Joshua used to work as an opera singer touring around the world giving shows and earning his FI capital this way over time. But ...
127 - How To Make Your Dreams Happen | Dina from SMIQQL
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - November 19, 2020 16:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHi FI Europeans, this is Mathias. Today I interview Dina Holzapfel. She is an Entrepreneur living in Switzerland with roots in the US. She’s a great role mode and showing us one thing: how to make your dreams happen - having an idea and enjoying the journey to ship it to the customer - although ...
126 - How Being More Charismatic Will Help you With your Finances Sebastian
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - November 11, 2020 23:55 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today’s episode, Araminta interview Sebastian, founder of the Art of Charisma and fellow Scot. They chat about the definition of charisma, why charismatic people are more successful and how to implement charisma habits in a work and personal environment. They also chat about: Why it’s impor...
125 - How To Stay Mentally Healthy While Getting to FI Shereen
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - November 09, 2020 08:50 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, Alvar interviews Shereen from the USA, and they discuss what financial stress can do to your life and how it can disrupt your Fi journey. Shereen also goes into a number of best practices answering the questions that drive you and a number of mental health best practices. We al...
124 - Real Estate in Belgium | Artjom
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - October 27, 2020 07:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday Mathas is back after a busy summer period with a case study about Real Estate in Belgium interviewing Artjom. Artjom is applying strategies like fix and flip, amazon FBA or renting out a car and he is also sharing tactics that don’t work so he can save you some time on doing mistakes and ...
123 - How To Manage Your FI Life With An App | Logan from Topia
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - October 19, 2020 23:10 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode Alvar interviews Logan the CEO of FI planning application Topia. They discuss Logans Fi story and what brought him to give up his job and develop an application to track your Fi journey. Next they discuss Topia in great length and cover how it can help you track expenses, become ...
122 - What It Means To Live With Less | Faith Archer
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - October 16, 2020 22:05 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today’s episode, Araminta chats with Faith, a money blogger based in the UK. They chat about FI and minimalism, how she keeps her costs low and what personal finance steps she’s taken to feel in control of her money. They also chat about: What it means to live with less How minimalism and ...
121 - Getting To FI In 5 Years With His Rental Business | Lance
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - October 09, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this Episode Alvar interviews Lance on his journey around the globe and how he reached FI. The interview is focussing on the way Lance gets to FI by moving all around the globe and buying up a business in need of renovation and a lot of work. We finish up the interview with Lance explaining h...
120 - Should Musicians Strive for Financial Independence? | Joshua
Financial Independence Europe Podcast - September 30, 2020 22:05 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today’s episode Araminta chats with Joshua, a musician who’s working towards financial independence. They chat about freelancer struggles as a musician, how he manages his own money and some tips he wish he knew starting out. They also chat about: Why there’s a stereotype of the “broke m...
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