Learn how to dodge scams to protect your money, then understand how to compare robo vs. traditional investment risks. What should you do if your credit card is compromised in a scam? Are robo-advisors riskier than traditional brokerage accounts? Hosts Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola discuss how to spot and respond to identity theft and dig into how robo-advisors stack up to traditional investing platforms to help you protect your financial life. They kick off Smart Money’s new Scam Stories series by welcoming guest Scramble Hughes, a circus performer and scam victim, who shares a real-life experience with credit card fraud. They discuss tips and tricks on recognizing red flags like mass spam messages, acting fast by calling the number on your card (not clicking links), and filing credit freezes with all three credit bureaus. Then, investing Nerd Bella Avila joins Sean and Elizabeth to discuss how robo-advisors compare to traditional brokerage accounts. They discuss risk levels in automated portfolios, SIPC insurance protections, and key factors to consider when choosing a platform like account minimums, platform stability, and user experience. See NerdWallet’s top picks for the best robo-advisors of 2025 here: https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/investing/robo-advisors Want us to review your budget? Fill out this form — completely anonymously if you want — and we might feature your budget in a future segment! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScK53yAufsc4v5UpghhVfxtk2MoyooHzlSIRBnRxUPl3hKBig/viewform?usp=header In their conversation, the Nerds discuss: credit card fraud, how to report identity theft, robo advisor vs brokerage account, SIPC insurance limits, credit freeze Experian, how to freeze your credit, credit card scams TikTok, how to know if a text is a scam, what is a robo advisor, tax loss harvesting robo advisor, ETF risk robo advisor, ETF diversification, FDIC vs SIPC, how to block spam texts, freeze credit TransUnion, safest robo advisors 2025, best robo advisor for ETFs, hacked credit card reader, RFID credit card theft, how to recover from identity theft, difference between SIPC and FDIC, scams targeting small business owners, how to secure your investment accounts, how to protect credit card information, email spam after identity theft, what to do after credit card theft, how long do fraud refunds take, when to freeze credit, best practices after identity theft, and comparing investment platform safety. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email podcast@nerdwallet.com . Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
SPOILER ALERT! We just saw Dune: Part Two together and we had to blabber about it in the parking lot of the theater. Stay tuned for our full spoiler review coming soon!
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
THE BOYS ARE BACK! We're mostly talkin Jdub 4 and Guardians 3 this time around. We also discuss Dune Part 2 Trailer, Rise of the Beast Trailer and other stuff!
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
FULL SPOILERS!! Sean and Andrew watched some great films recently. Everything Everywhere All At Once and The Northman. We talk about these, Dune (of course) and video games.
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
Loki is here and it is a thing! We catch up on the stuff we've been watching in the last month or so. Not a whole lot of overlap! Go see a movie in theaters!
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
Oh baby we got a lot on our menu today. We're talking Falcon and the Winter Soldier, New Mutants AND some new trailers including Army of the Dead and Fast and Furious 9.
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
Set your shoulders and strap in for a slugfest that we've all been waiting for. Take your Brigertons and your Queens Gambits, we're gonna watch some monstars smash each other to pieces.
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
The boys are back on Disney plus and talkin more marvel. Not before Sean gushes over the Snyder Cut some more. The boys also talk the new Suicide Squad trailer.
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WE'RE BAAAAAAACK! Sean and Andy have taken some time off and watched a whole buncha stuff in the meantime. Catch up and have some pickles as these two pickles talk about An American Pickle, and we finally put an end to our unhealthy obsession with The Rise of Skywalker.
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RIP JOEL SCHUMACHER. The guys (including OG Tom from "Andrew Makes A Case") pay tribute to the late director by watching his most critically acclaimed film, Batman & Robin. This film, as well as Batman Forever are near and dear to our hearts and we wanted to celebrate the life and career of the great Joel Schumacher.…
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Fasten your rotating chair seatbelts because we're headed straight to the center of the Earth! Sean and Andrew dive into one of their favorite bad mid-2000's disaster flicks, "The Core."
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
Sean and Andrew really hate themselves. We strap in to whine about this movie for another 2+ hours only now you can watch with us! Listen as we descend into madness while we watch everything that's good evaporate into a red weird gooey cloud of nothingness (that brings us to Palpatine.)
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WOAH NELLY! We're stuck at home and have no new movies to see so we watched an old one that we both love so dearly. That's right, 98 Zilla! The Japanese icon squares off against Ferris Bueller, Moe and the French guy from Leon. From the director of Midway and 10,000 BC, GODZILLA! You don't have an excuse not to listen and watch because it's on Netflix.…
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We got a sleepy one on our hands here! Sean + Andrew gotta figure out what the run of show is, so they do it on air. They start talking HBO’s Watchmen, and they do that for a while. Then they shift into a LIGHTNING ROUND of catch up. What movies have they seen? What have they both seen? Spoilers, not a ton of overlap. But hey, that’s fine cause these good boys have got the Plus. Disney that is! Time to talk Mando! It’s an all over the place ep that’s mostly just two friends catching up on things they like. Awwwwww.…
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Oh hell yeah what a focused episode! We got 3 main topics that we actually stay on course for! Incredible. We talk about the final Star Wars Ep 9 trailer. Then we check in with an idol of ours who’s behavior we like to imitate. That’s right we are talking Joker. Pretty crazy we don’t even talk about those stairs he’s dancing on! Pretty easy metaphor to digest tbh. Then we start seeing double (WOOO) (WOOO) in 60 FPS. It’s the movie event of the year, these Gemini buds are talking about Gemini Man! Jam packed and focused! Can’t miss this episode!…
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Look at this, Andrew is uploading an episode. It's a good one! In this episode of the Chill Zone, the boys are back on the same coast! And this time? They are recording outside. We caught up, saw Brad Astra and just had to talk about it. Plus we are talking about the greatest movie neither of us had seen before but should have. And you better believe we are eating directly into the mic!…
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This is it! The moment we've all been waiting for! Sean and Andrew talk about the finale of WandaVision as well as hype for Zack Snyder's Justice League. And a bunch of other stuff.
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
They boys get emotional as we talk about episode 8 of WandaVision. Ooof. What an ep. Also, the Vanity Fair article about Zack Snyder makes us choke up as we recount it. Take a listen. It's super fun, we promise!
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Sean and Andrew caught episode 7 of WandaVision. Sean also caught the Cecil Hotel doc and some Golden State Killer stuff. Real lighthearted content! Leto is also out here looking like Jesus? What's going on??
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Drewstradamus predicts the future! The boys discuss what they got right and what they didn't in this VERY REVEALING episode of WandaVision. Hold on to your butts. This is gonna be a bumpy ride.
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After the holidays and absolutely nothing else of note, Sean and Andrew catch up on some flicks they caught since the end of Mando, which we surprisingly don't spoil here! We mostly talk Tenet and WW84.
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
Thankful for their meals and Dave Filoni, Sean and Andrew fawn over the masterpiece that was episode 5 of season 2. Join us as we discuss our Thanksgiving meals, 4K blu rays and a bunch of other stuff.
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Hey we're back and nothing exciting has happened in our personal lives at all! So nothing to report up top. The Boys are back but not those The Boys, I mean Sean and Andrew. They are just catching up about content they have consumed. But thats not all! Mando retando so they discuss episando one through fourando! There is a lot of lore in store for those who listen! Why don’t you check it out?!?!…
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OOOOOOKEY SPOOOOKY TIME Y'ALL! Sean and Andrew watch the 2004 classic starring Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale and the legend David Wenham! Come along for this crazy amusement park ride full of chills, thrills, wigs, corsets and big goofy hats. Be like Gabriel, wear a mask!
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
THE BOYS ARE BACK FOR THE LAST TIME THIS YEAR AND thEY BROUGHT THE CARBS!!!! Forget your quarantine workout routine and digest this gluten heavy episode in which Sean and Andrew talk about what they've been baking as well as ooky spooky things they're watching. They eventually get to the season 2 finale of "The Boys."…
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
OH MAN OH JEEZE. The boys caught up on The Boys and a ton of other stuff. Sean and Andrew's minds have turned into guac. Listen to them ry to muster up the mental energy to remember what happened.
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De Nene nene ne. De Nene nene ne. De Nene nene ne. De Nenene ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne. THEY'RE BACK IN TOWN AGAAAIIIN. Season 2 episodes 1-5 are now up on AMAZON. SPOILERS. Oh No Oh Geez. It's been a rough few days but we're gonna take our minds off things and talk about the show that reminds us that these things exist. Catch up with the Boys talking about the Boys. Stay Safe!…
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
RIP KING T'CHALLA WAKANDA FOREVER! Excellent DELELELELELELE *Aggressive air guitar*, the boys are back. Which Boys? Bill and Ted! Woahh!! Not only them, but so are Sean and Andrew! DELELELELELELE! They are talking the bill and ted trilogy, with extra focus on the new movie! They for sure don’t get sidetracked once! Sean breathes like Gandolfini after a chicken parm in this ep. Special Guests George and Tofu.…
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Step into the FANDOME with Sean and Andrew. The Last of Us 1 and 2 spoilers since that's pretty new and spoilery and non movie related so I felt the need to say that. We talk about ALL the new stuff WB and DC unveiled including the Snyder Cut trailer, Suicide Squad game and movie, Gotham Knights and The Batman.…
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Sean and Andrew bring Andrew's co-host from Andrew Makes a Case, Tom Hannigan on to the show to talk about Avengers: Infinity War. This is the podcast crossover event of the year.
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Sean & Andrew Talk About Movies (And Sometimes Other Stuff)
SPOILERS FOR THE LAST JEDI! Continuation of our “The Last Jedi” review; Andrew tells Sean all about his trip to New Zealand. They also find out what PJ has been up to and watch the “Mortal Engines” trailer. They also discuss “The Disaster Artist” and talk about their Episode 9 predictions.
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