Thrift

Thrift is an upbeat podcast that offers wise ways to beat the cost of living crisis and get the best from your money

Hosted and produced by Katy Gosset

The name of the podcast - Thrift, decorated with stack of coins and a plant

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The $20 Challenge

Three people, one week and just $20 each of disposable income. In the second part of Why We Spend, Katy Gosset embarks on a money saving experiment to test her own spending triggers. Joining her for the challenge: consumer behaviourist, Ekant Veer and RNZ News Presenter, Marama T-Pole. So how did they do?

Why We Spend

Why do we spend more than we need to? Is it mood, FOMO, the desire to impress? Or maybe some tricky behavioural triggers we're not even aware of? Katy Gosset gets to the heart of the matter with a consumer behaviourist and learns some tips to stop us spending.

Smiling man in a patterned shirt and dark blazer stands outdoors in front of blurred purple foliage. He wears a pendant and a rainbow pin on his lapel. A cartoon plant growing out of stacked coins appears beside him, with bold white text reading 'Why We Spend' and smaller text in the corner: 'S4 Episode 5'

Let's Go Swapping

It's the shopping buzz without the budget blowout: More people are using clothing swaps to update their wardrobes without spending a cent. Katy Gosset gets an invite and learns the tips that make for a smooth swap

Three smiling women sit together indoors, each holding up colorful second-hand clothing items for a swap. One wears a rainbow jacket, another a floral dress, and the third a light pink top. A money tree icon and bold text at the bottom read 'Let’s Go Swapping – S4 Episode 4'.

The Queen of Clean

Can we clean the house for less than a dollar? A lot of us buy commercial washing powder and spray cleaners but how much of that cost goes on packaging and fragrance? Katy Gosset gets a lesson in making her own cleaning products.

A smiling woman in a laundry room holds a jar of homemade cleaner. Behind her are containers labeled Borax, Washing Soda, and Baking Soda. A cartoon money tree icon and bold text read 'The Queen of Clean – S4 Episode 3' at the bottom of the image.

Vegetable Box Virtuoso

A lot more of us are buying seasonal vegetable boxes now but we don't always know what we're getting. So, what's in them and how do we use it? Katy Gosset meets a vege box veteran and finds out what to do with those beetroot stems.

A woman with long dark hair and glasses holds a large purple cabbage with green leaves. She stands in a sunlit room with plants in the background. A stylized money plant graphic and bold text read 'Vegetable Box Virtuoso – S4 Episode 2.

Free Fitness

Have your New Year's resolutions to get fit fallen over? Sometimes we put off going to the gym just because we don't want to go. But sometimes it's the cost. Katy Gosset talks to a personal trainer about the best exercises to get bang for your buck and the free work out equipment that's sometimes right in front of us.

Trailer: Thrift Season 4

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Trailer: Thrift Season 4

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Thrift is back! We've got a bunch of new tips from free fitness hacks to how to make your own cleaning products. We find out how to get the best from our vege boxes and visit a clothing swap where people can update their wardrobes without paying a cent. Also, why do we overspend? We get some answers from a consumer behaviourist and Katy Gosset embarks on a money saving challenge.

A dark blue background featuring the word 'THRIFT' in large, bold white letters. Above it, 'Season 4' is written in yellow. A green leafy plant is growing from a stack of gold, silver, and brown coins, with a magnifying glass resting against the stack.

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