CBS News launches Money Moves podcast with Jill Schlesinger

CBS News will launch Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger on June 30, betting that a short, twice-weekly podcast can help listeners sort through the flood of money advice now circulating online. New episodes will arrive every Tuesday and Thursday, with the format built around deeper conversations and direct answers to audience questions.

The host gives the project instant credibility inside CBS News. Jill Schlesinger is a certified financial planner and has served as a CBS News business analyst since 2009, a stretch that has made her one of the network’s most familiar voices on personal finance. CBS says the new show will lean into that expertise by taking listener questions directly and by calling out “finfluencers” and outdated money advice that can blur the line between useful guidance and internet noise.

That positioning matters because the personal-finance podcast market is crowded with voices promising smarter spending, better investing and faster debt relief. CBS is trying to turn Schlesinger’s long-running reputation into a digital product that feels more immediate than a traditional television segment. The launch also fits a broader Paramount Skydance push to build personality-driven properties that are not tied to CBS News’ flagship TV programming.

Schlesinger will continue hosting Jill on Money alongside the new show, keeping two separate channels in play for listeners who want financial commentary in different formats. The Jill on Money site says Schlesinger also appears on CBS radio and television stations nationwide, covering the economy, markets, investing and other topics with obvious dollar signs attached. That mix of radio, television and podcasting gives CBS a cross-platform money brand at a time when audiences are increasingly looking for concise, usable advice rather than broad punditry.

Whether branded advice content actually helps depends on execution. A twice-weekly show with a credentialed planner at the microphone can offer clearer guidance than the algorithm-driven financial chatter many consumers now encounter, but it still has to earn trust episode by episode. CBS is asking Schlesinger to do what many money creators only promise: translate a noisy market for advice into decisions listeners can actually use.