Overhyped vs. Underhyped: Critiquing Today’s Money and Pop Culture Trends

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Resolution #1: Don’t fall for the hype! Just in time for 2024, Rachel and George are here to protect your budget (and your sanity) from the Internet trends and must-have products that don’t pay off—and green-light some that do.

In this episode:

· Is Taylor Swift really worth her weight in gold?

· George throws some shade on the TikTokers

· Why paying with cash (and resisting an impulse buy) is always cool

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This Week’s Happy Hour Special: Smoked Campfire Mule

Ingredients:

· 1 1/2 ounces bourbon

· 1/2 ounce of lemon juice

· 1/4 ounce of maple syrup

· 4 ounces of ginger beer

· 1 toasted marshmallow (for garnish)

· Wood chips (for smoking)

Instructions: Before mixing the cocktail, smoke the glass. (Pro tip: The smoke will stick better to a chilled glass.) Light the ingredient that you’re smoking (we used a few wood chips) with a match. Turn your chilled glass upside down over the smoke and allow it to fill the interior of the glass. Leave your glass upside down over the smoke and start making your cocktail.

Add the bourbon, lemon juice, maple syrup and ice into a shaker, then shake until chilled. Strain the liquid into the smoked glass and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a toasted marshmallow (use a kitchen food torch to toast it) and cheers to 2024!