The Ramsey Show
The Ramsey Show

Your Financial Outcomes Won’t Change Until You Do

December 24, 2025

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: This call-in radio show delivers blunt financial tough love through live listener dilemmas, blending raw advice with humor and motivation in a high-energy, no-nonsense session hosted by financial guru Dave Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze. The tone crackles with direct confrontation, witty sarcasm, and triumphant celebrations.
  • The Key Players: Father-daughter duo Dave Ramsey (Ramsey Solutions founder, debt-free millionaire storyteller) and Rachel Cruze (bestselling author, relatable co-host); dynamic chemistry shines in their tag-team roasts of bad money habits and cheers for victories, fueled by decades of shared family financial wisdom.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:48) **John in Orlando: Employment Struggles and NPD Challenges**
  • 2 (10:22) **Marie in San Antonio: Husband's Extreme Frugality**
  • 3 (23:23) **Alan in Phoenix: Upside-Down Car Loan**
  • 4 (32:50) **Question of the Day: Alexandria in Texas – Identity Theft by Ex-Husband**
  • 5 (36:14) **Carlo in Miami: Inheritance Amid Family Health Crises**
  • 6 (43:51) **Nicole in Mississippi: Pre-Marriage Credit Card Dilemma**
  • 7 (54:12) **Peter in Toronto: Inheritance – Mortgage Payoff or Invest?**

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Show Notes

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While we are out for Christmas break, we've compiled some of our favorite Dave and Rachel calls from the past two years. We'll be back with a live show in the new year! Merry Christmas!


Dave Ramsey & Rachel Cruze answer your questions and discuss:

  • I've been fired 14 times and no employer will look at me now.

  • Should I get someone to co-sign on my car?

  • How do you pay off your credit cards when the minimums are half my take-home pay?

  • My wife is a compulsive shopper

  • I bought an Airbnb cabin and now I am behind on my bills

  • What's the benefit of using an escrow account?

  • Convincing husband we don't need credit cards

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