So Money with Farnoosh Torabi · Monday, July 27, 2026
Freddy Smith, formerly an actor on 'Days of Our Lives,' shifted to financial education after experiencing financial setbacks. He now shares insights on taxes, investing, and inflation, building a large online community.
“My guest, Freddy Smith, spent nearly 20 years acting, including nine of those years on Days of Our Lives, before a business manager, who was supposed to be handling his money, stole it and stopped filing his taxes.”
“That personal collapse turned into a mission. Freddy started sharing what he was learning about taxes, investing, inflation, and the Fed on TikTok and Instagram. Not as an expert, but as someone figuring it out in real time alongside his audience.”
“He's now built a community of 2 million people in three years, and it's now the subject of his new book, Generation F'd, How Millennials and Gen Z Were Robbed of the American Dream and How We Can Fix Our Futures.”