The Side Hustle Podcast with Fexingo: Part-Time Businesses, Passion Projects, and Extra Income

Every evening, Lucas and Luna sit at a small home dining-table converted into a side-hustle workspace, laptops open, a vinyl record spinning silently on a credenza behind them. The kitchen counter is in soft focus, a pendant light casts a warm pool over the scene. This is where they parse the real numbers and named cases behind part-time businesses, passion projects, and extra income. Lucas, the lead journalist, brings the rigor: the actual revenue splits from a successful Etsy shop, the tax implications of a 1099 income stream, the true failure rate of direct-to-consumer Instagram stores. Luna, the engaged interlocutor, tests the assumptions: what happens when a side hustle meets a full-time job's non-compete clause; how to price a service when you are the product; when to turn a passion project into an LLC. Each episode centers on a specific case study — a graphic designer who scaled from Fiverr to retainers, a solo bookkeeper who automated her way to freedom, a YouTuber who monetized before burnout. They avoid motivational fluff and hot-take theatre. Instead, they deliver the kind of conversation you would have with a smart friend over coffee after a long day: grounded, specific, and quietly strategic. By the end, you will have a clearer picture of what it actually takes to build an income stream that does not depend on your day job — and the honest trade-offs involved. What is the one number that tells you whether your side hustle is working?

Language

English

Type

podcast