Andrew Hawkins was an NFL football player with the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns. He also won two Grey Cups in the Canadian Football League, wo rked in the Detroit Lions front office, starred in a reality television show with Michael Irvin, and starred on Sportscenter on Snapchat…what’s he doing now? He’s coming down to the basement to talk about how to transition. In his new podcast series, Branching Out (par of the Kneeding Dough series of podcasts if you’re searching iTunes), Andrew interviews professional athletes about how they made the transition from pro sports and also what savvy money moves they’ve made along the way. We’ll talk about changing jobs, starting out, building your team, believing in yourself when nobody else does, and more. It’s an inspiring interview with Hawk.

Plus, in our headlines segment, investors are flocking to buy ZOOM stock… but there’s a problem. That’s not the company they really want. They’re really after ZM stock (from the popular video conferencing company Zoom). Due diligence anyone? And in our second headline, we’ll cover one woman’s emotional story about creating a “what-if” plan to prepare for the loss of a significant other.

Later on, we’ll throw out the Haven Life Line to Drew, who is on a student loan repayment plan. He’ll qualify for student loan forgiveness in 20 years, but he doesn’t want to put all his faith in his loans being forgiven. Should he forgo investing and instead plug away at his student loans?

As always, we’ll still save some time for Doug’s trivia…which today is exceptionally epic.

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<3:19> Headlines

• Shares for another company called Zoom are flying, but some might be trading the wrong stock (CNBC)
• Catastrophe struck when my husband was killed. Here’s what I learned about creating a ‘what if’ plan (MarketWatch)

<19:07> Andrew Hawkins

You can catch Andrew’s new Branching Out podcast on the Kneading Dough feed: Kneading Dough on iTunes

<43:33> Doug’s Trivia

• Nynuk was an expression frequently used by what comedy team that performed from 1922 until 1970?

<47:45> Haven Life Line

• Drew is on a payment plan for his student loans. The remainder is supposed to be forgiven after 20 years, but he doesn’t want to put too much faith into a forgiveness plan. Should he forgo some of the cash he was putting into investing and start paying more on his loans instead?

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