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Snapshot · The Ramsey Show
Building Wealth Requires Trusted Principles, Not Popular Opinions
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Jul 3, 2026
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TRS Live Recap and Road Show Highlights
At 35:21 · chapter starts 32:58
Between calls, Jade and John take a moment to recap The Ramsey Show live tour that visited four cities in April. The Denver show produced what John calls one of the top five wildest moments of his live-event career — which they tease as a spontaneous debt-free scream that triggered a spontaneous engagement and reportedly a spontaneous marriage. The Charlotte episode has already dropped; Denver just released; Phoenix and Anaheim are coming soon on YouTube, Spotify, and the Ramsey Network app.
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