H&FF Radio guests discuss recession tactics

WASHINGTON (10/30/09)--Sunday's H&FF Radio show will feature policy experts tackling recession issues facing families. They include: tips if you are falling behind on car payments, how to handle intergenerational wealth planning, credit score advice, and techniques to manage your personal cost of living.

Home & Family Finance airs Sundays at 3 p.m. ET on the Radio America Network. The show also is carried on American Forces Radio Network. The one-hour program devoted to consumer finance issues is brought to you by America's credit unions and their 90 million members, and is presented by CO-OP Network.

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and Radio America are podcasting Home & Family Finance through iTunes, Podcast Alley, Odeo, and other popular podcast library sites, as well as on Radio America and CUNA's websites.

Sunday's show, which you also can hear later via the Internet, features Paul Berry, Washington, D.C., journalist and broadcaster, discussing these topics with special guests:

• "Five Tips if You Are Falling Behind on Car Payments," with Eric Hoffman, spokesman, AWARE, Washington, D.C.;

• "Intergenerational Wealth Planning: New Ways to Handle an Age-Old Process," with Eric Aanes, founder and president, Titus Wealth Management, San Mateo and Larkspur, Calif.;

• "Financial Fitness: More Than a Good Credit Score," with Brad Stroh, co-founder and CEO, Bills.com, San Mateo, Calif.; and

• "10 Techniques to Manage Your Personal Cost of Living," with Kathy Kristof, senior writer, Los Angeles Times.

Home & Family Finance is a resource center for personal finance information at CUNA. The radio show is sponsored by CO-OP Network, the national credit union ATM network; Cabot Creamery Cooperative, maker of award-winning cheddar; Western Corporate FCU (WesCorp) and its member credit unions; and the Defense Credit Union Council and member credit unions, serving those who serve the country worldwide.

For more information, read "Debt Settlement Sets a Costly Trap" and "Tough Times Series: Gas, Groceries on Credit a Slippery Slope" in Home & Family Finance Resource Center.

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