10 Nov 2025

Chris Kohler: The journalist helping keep money in people's pockets

From Nights, 9:25 pm on 10 November 2025

Chris Kohler is an Australian business and financial journalist, but he’s probably best known for his social media videos, where he breaks down economic stories with a mix of Aussie charm and humour.

Whether he’s roasting the housing market or translating econspeak into plain English, Chris has made finance news fun and accessible.

With hundreds of thousands of followers across multiple platforms, he’s now turned his attention to a new book How They Get You, a guide to hanging on to your hard-earned cash and spotting the tricks designed to make you spend it.

He speaks with Emile Donovan.

Chris Kohler is an Australian business and financial journalist, but he’s probably best known for his social media videos, where he breaks down economic stories with a mix of Aussie charm and humour. Photo: Penguin Random House