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The Patti Brennan Show

Oct 2, 2026

Inspired by the CFP Board's new "It's Gotta Be A CFP®" campaign, Patti poses one question: what actually makes someone qualified to manage your money? In this solo episode, she breaks down what the CFP® certification really requires, from six rigorous exam modules to 6,000 hours of real experience, and shares her own...


Sep 18, 2026

Most people think of life organization as something for "someday." But the hardest moments for families aren't just about loss, they're about not knowing where things are: the will, the passwords, the story behind a recipe never written down. Sarah Bunnell, Head of Customer Success at Everplans, joins Frank McAleer to...


Sep 4, 2026

Older, wealthier families aren't just targets of opportunity, they're targets by design, and the numbers are staggering: billions lost to fraud every year, much of it never reported. Liz Loewy has seen the pattern from both sides. As a Manhattan prosecutor, she built the country's first elder abuse unit; today, as...


Aug 21, 2026

Every summer, a group of students arrives at Key Financial expecting spreadsheets. They leave with something else entirely. In this episode, Paige Hill sits down with the 2026 summer interns for an honest conversation about what surprised them, what no classroom taught them, and the moment one of them realized that...


Aug 7, 2026

Forty years. Sixty countries. Thousands of entrepreneurs. After all of it, Mike Nichols of EY keeps coming back to the same word when he thinks about the best stories he has ever seen. In this episode, Patti and Mike unpack what disruption really means, how family businesses are redefining succession, and why...