Planning Made Simple

By Planning Made Simple, created by Paul Durso

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Welcome to Planning Made Simple, where Paul Durso takes the stress out of important decisions. With a blend of wisdom and wit, Paul delivers insightful, easy-to-understand advice on everything you didn’t know you needed to know about the important aspects of life. Tune in weekly for conversations that are equal parts entertaining and educational, helping you navigate a complex world full of decisions—and maybe a laugh or two along the way!

Episode Date
Dividend Barbell Strategy
Jun 11, 2026
Should You Change Your Dividend Portfolio
Jun 04, 2026
K-1 Stocks Explained: Are The Higher Dividends Worth The Tax Headache?
May 28, 2026
SCHD Isn’t as “Diversified” as You Think
May 21, 2026
Starting at Fifty With Nothing and Still Being Able to Retire
May 14, 2026
5% Income Plan vs 4% Rule
May 07, 2026
Do You Really Need 1 Million Dollars to Retire?
Apr 30, 2026
The Power of Rebalancing
Apr 23, 2026
The Hidden Reason Investing Feels So Stressful!
Apr 16, 2026
Why Retirement Gets Harder at 3 Million
Apr 09, 2026
Can You Really Live Off Of Dividend Income (The Honest Answer)?
Apr 02, 2026
Do You Really Need to Have International Dividend Stocks?
Mar 26, 2026
Will the Iran War Crush the Stock Market?
Mar 19, 2026
Why We Hold Losers in a Dividend Portfolio
Mar 12, 2026
Social Security Decisions Without the Stress
Mar 05, 2026
Retirement Tax Blindspot
Feb 26, 2026
Listener Q&A: Your Top Dividend Questions Answered!
Feb 19, 2026
What Your Favorite Teams Can Teach You.
Feb 12, 2026
Is Social Security Really Going Away?
Feb 05, 2026
The Myth of the Perfect Retirement Number
Jan 29, 2026
The Case Against Stock Buybacks
Jan 22, 2026
Avoiding Dividend Traps
Jan 15, 2026
Warren Buffett's Dividend Strategy
Jan 08, 2026
First Year After the Paycheck Stops
Jan 01, 2026
7 Metrics to Check Before Buying a Dividend Stock
Dec 25, 2025
How to Live in Retirement on Dividends Part 2
Dec 18, 2025
How to Live in Retirement on Dividends Part 1
Dec 11, 2025
How To Build Your Dividend Portfolio in 2026
Dec 04, 2025
Dividends in a Bear Market
Nov 27, 2025
Do You Really Need to Diversify Beyond Dividend Stocks?
Nov 20, 2025
Why High Dividend Stocks Don’t Always Mean High Income
Nov 13, 2025
The Truth About Monthly Dividend Paying Stocks!
Nov 06, 2025
Home Sales After the Fed Cut
Oct 30, 2025
Dividend Stocks I'd Hold for the Next 20 Years
Oct 23, 2025
Slower Housing Market - The Affordability Squeeze.
Oct 16, 2025
How to Retire in Dividends
Oct 09, 2025
Dividends vs Bonds: Finding the Right Balance for Your Retirement Income
Oct 02, 2025
DRIPS Demystified: The Smart Way To Reinvest Dividends
Sep 25, 2025
Dividend Aristocrat Explained: Why They're the Gold Standard for Income Investors
Sep 18, 2025
Yield vs. Growth: Which Matters More For Retirement Income?
Sep 11, 2025
Dividends vs Bonds: Which is Better for Your Portfolio?
Sep 04, 2025
The Leveraged ETF Trap
Aug 28, 2025
The Growth Code (Why Dividend Growth Beats High Yield in the Long Run)
Aug 21, 2025
1% Myth: What Wall Street Doesn't Want You To Know
Aug 14, 2025
Yield Trap: Navigating the Risks of High Yield Dividend Stocks
Aug 07, 2025
The Impact of Corporate Tax Policy on Dividends
Jul 31, 2025
The Role of Free Cash Flow in Dividends
Jul 24, 2025
Peace of Mind in a Chaotic Market
Jul 17, 2025
Legacy Life Part 2
Jul 10, 2025
Legacy Life Part 1
Jul 03, 2025
Dividend Cuts: How to Recover & Rebuild
Jun 26, 2025
Grow Now or Dividend Income
Jun 19, 2025
Sectors, Dividends, and Buffett's Take
Jun 12, 2025
Reinvesting vs. Taking Dividend Cash
Jun 05, 2025
Build Your Brand
May 29, 2025
Risks of Relying on the Magnificent 7 for Dividend Investors
May 22, 2025
From Confusion to Clarity: Serving Through Financial Simplicity
May 15, 2025
Financial Superpowers: From Capes to Care
May 08, 2025
Second Acts: Finding Purpose After the Unexpected
May 01, 2025
Dividend Investing for Young Investors
Apr 24, 2025
The Dow Jones Dividend 100
Apr 17, 2025
The Real Cost of Financial Advice and Investment Part 2
Apr 10, 2025
The Real Cost of Financial Advice and Investment Part 1
Apr 03, 2025
History of Dividends in the S&P
Mar 27, 2025
Dividend Growth For Retirees
Mar 20, 2025
Living Off of Dividend Income
Mar 13, 2025
The Math Behind Dividend Growth
Mar 06, 2025
The Best Dividend Stocks You Should Buy
Feb 27, 2025
The Evolution of Tech Companies and Dividends
Feb 20, 2025
Understanding Dividend Yield on Original Investment
Feb 13, 2025
Dividend Income Dilema
Feb 06, 2025
High Yeild vs. Dividend Growth
Jan 30, 2025
The Whole You: Holistic Approach to Great Health
Jan 23, 2025
Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Dividend Investing
Jan 16, 2025
Why Dividend Stocks Outperform During Market Volatility
Jan 09, 2025
Elite Dividend Growth
Jan 02, 2025
The Power of Dividend Growth
Dec 26, 2024
Four Freedoms: Conclusion
Dec 19, 2024
Four Freedoms: Freedom of Purpose
Dec 12, 2024
Four Freedoms: Freedom of Choice
Dec 05, 2024
Four Freedoms: Freedom of Time
Nov 28, 2024
Four Freedoms: Freedom of Income
Nov 21, 2024
Four Freedoms: Overview
Nov 14, 2024
Maui Memorial Hospital Retreat
Nov 07, 2024
Vision Beyond Borders
Oct 31, 2024
Modern Work-Life Balance
Oct 24, 2024
Golf, Life, and Family
Oct 17, 2024
The Value of a CPA
Oct 10, 2024
The Value of a Job
Oct 03, 2024
The Power of Patient Dividend Investing
Sep 26, 2024
The Art of Decision Making
Sep 19, 2024
Tech's New Trend: Why Silicon Chips are Paying Out
Sep 12, 2024
The College Journey: From Admission to Academics
Sep 05, 2024
Decades of Change
Aug 29, 2024
Keeping Calm in the Face of Fear
Aug 22, 2024
Navigating Buying and Selling Homes
Aug 15, 2024
Dividend Dynamics
Aug 08, 2024
Care Contrast: Public vs Private Healthcare
Aug 01, 2024
Life Check Part 5
Jul 25, 2024
Life Check Part 4
Jul 18, 2024
Life Check Part 3
Jul 11, 2024
Life Check Part 2
Jul 04, 2024
Life Check Part 1
Jun 27, 2024
10X Your Business: Unlocking Growth and Freedom with Nina
Jun 20, 2024
Beyond the License: An Advisor's Journey to Mastery
Jun 13, 2024
Can a Company Be Too Big?
Jun 07, 2024
The Challenge of a Career Change
May 30, 2024
Beyond Profit: Embracing Business as a Ministry
May 23, 2024
Bulls, Bears, and Ballots
May 16, 2024
Empowering Educators
May 09, 2024
May 1st Rule
May 02, 2024
Drawing Room to the Board Room
Apr 25, 2024
Faith in Corporate America
Apr 18, 2024
Crafting Mobility and Hope
Apr 11, 2024
Beyond the Yield
Apr 04, 2024
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast - How You Grew Up
Feb 18, 2020
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast - What is the SECURE Act & how does it affect my retirement plan? Part 2
Feb 11, 2020
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast - What is the SECURE Act & how does it affect my retirement plan?
Feb 04, 2020
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast: Do I need to worry about everything going on in the world?
Jan 28, 2020
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast: What are the biggest Social Security myths?
Jan 21, 2020
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast: How is financial planning similar to raising kids?
Jan 14, 2020
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast: Is there a Silver Lining?
Jan 07, 2020
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast: Estate Planning Mistakes
Dec 31, 2019
Simply Financial with Pau Durso Podcast: How do commissions & fees work for financial advisers?
Dec 24, 2019
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast: How to have those tough conversations
Dec 17, 2019
Simply Financial with Paul Durso Podcast: Let's Play the Financial Blame Game
Dec 10, 2019
Safe Money
Dec 03, 2019
Retirement Variables
Nov 26, 2019
World's Worst Investors
Nov 21, 2019
Retirement Realities
Nov 13, 2019
Podcast: Financial Diseases
Nov 05, 2019
Retirement Water Wheel
Mar 02, 2019
Stand Up for What You Believe with Dr. Brown
Feb 02, 2019
Leave a Legacy
Jan 26, 2019
Turn Debt into Real Wealth
Jan 19, 2019
New Years Show 2018
Dec 29, 2018
Christmas Show 2018
Dec 22, 2018
Facing the Blitz with Jeff Kemp
Dec 15, 2018
Dementia Express
Nov 22, 2018
Unpackin'it with Bryce Johnson
Nov 08, 2018
Conservative alternative to AARP
Nov 03, 2018
Travel for 10 Cents on the Dollar
Oct 23, 2018
Life Insurance with David Kottler
Oct 15, 2018
Christian Businesses in America
Oct 05, 2018
Housing Boom with Lars Hedenborg
Sep 30, 2018
Case Studies
Sep 15, 2018
Retire Early! What Are You Waiting For?
Sep 07, 2018
Get What's Yours
Sep 01, 2018
How to Live Generously
Aug 24, 2018
Financial Freedom for Special Needs Families
Aug 17, 2018
Social Security Benefits
Aug 10, 2018
The Coming Gold, Silver & Block-Chain Share Explosion!
Aug 06, 2018
Ask the Right Questions, Get the Right Answers
Jul 20, 2018
The Mindset of Retirement Success
Jul 13, 2018
4% Rule with Wade Pfau
Jul 06, 2018
Market Cycles with Tim Wood
Jun 30, 2018
Reduce Your Taxes
Jun 23, 2018
Fat Me Not
Jun 15, 2018
College Funding with John McDonough
Jun 11, 2018
The Power of Zero
Jun 02, 2018
It's The Income Stupid!
May 26, 2018
Mother Knows Best
May 10, 2018
Your Financial Philosophy
May 03, 2018
Risks And Statistics
Apr 26, 2018
Flirting With Disaster
Apr 19, 2018