Michelle Singletary has written about personal finance for decades in her acclaimed Washington Post column, “The Color of Money,” and in several books. On Oct. 13, she and the Post launched a new podcast, “Dollars & Sense,” in which she reviews the budgets of everyday people, talks them through money problems and helps them achieve their financial goals.
“Personal finance [advice] has changed over the decades from just men talking down to people,” Singletary tells CNBC Make It. She celebrates the progress women, people of color and younger folks have made in the space, but acknowledges that audiences shouldn’t follow all the money advice they see and hear online.
“There’s so much online, which is good and bad. There’s a lot of…