Roasting the Latest Financial and Social Fads (Here to Stay?)

Hosts Rachel Cruze and George Kamel unpack recurring financial and lifestyle fads, noting how trends like low-rise jeans or Pokemon cards swing back periodically. They sample a cold brew cocktail (vodka, simple syrup, coffee liqueur, cold brew, heavy cream, caramel sauce; rated 7.5/10 at $2.49 per glass) and critique fads through personal anecdotes and Ramsey principles, favoring steady habits over hype.

Lifestyle and Entertainment Revivals

The hosts reminisce about childhood Pokemon cards and games like Red/Blue on Game Boy, now seeing adults line up at Best Buy for new drops, hoping to flip them for profit—echoing crypto's volatility but with less appeal. Fashion fads include low-rise jeans (spotted on influencers like Whitney from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives) and trucker hats (Von Dutch brand popular; Kamel wore them in his skate punk days). Sports trends feature MMA's rise (punching, kicking, Brazilian jiu-jitsu for street fights) over theatrical wrestling, and pickleball's social push (they played on a team-building retreat with personalities like Ken Coleman, John Deloney, Jade Warshaw—fun but unlikely to last, like racquetball's fade). These fads cycle quickly via TikTok, but the hosts avoid chasing them, as social media accelerates burnout.