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10 of the best Money and Investing Podcasts

To keep my mind engage in topics about money and to find out about things I don't know, I enjoy listening to podcasts.  I love podcasts because I can enjoy them when I'm not in front of a screen and find the interactions of speakers more revealing than reading plain text.  Also, with advances in software, I can listening to content in the same time with features like trimming silence and speeding up the audio (I usually do about 1.4x).

Top Money & Investing Podcasts I enjoy:

  • Planet Money from NPR - The Economy Explained

    This is my favorite podcast.  I haven't missed an episode since I started listening to it.  I first found out about Planet Money from another podcast This American Life.  They did a special collaboration called 'Giant Pool of Money' that explained in plain English what was the cause of the 2008 Financial Crisis.  I found This American Life because back in 2008 there weren't a lot of podcasts and this was always at the top of the apple charts.  Also, I found out about Bitcoin from Planet Money back in 2011, but unfortunately I didn't buy any.  I was definitely intrigued, but at that time it was not easy to get and I remember only seeing Mt. Gox as a place to buy (which eventually had all their Bitcoin stolen).  So even if I did pull the trigger, there will would have been a high chance it would have been stolen by now.

  • Invest Like the Best - Series of interviews that capture the best stories and insights on business and investing with host Patrick O'Shaughnessy 

  • Capital Allocators with Ted Seides - Series of interviews with Institutional Allocators and Professional Money Managers 

  • Top Traders Unplugged - weekly conversations with experienced investors, economists, traders and thought leaders with a focus on Trend Following as an investment strategy. "Democratizing the Quant, Hedge Fund, CTA world"

  • Rational Reminder - sensible investing and financial decision-making for Canadians  

  • We Study Billionaires - interview and study famous financial billionaires and learn how to apply their investment strategies. 

  • Bloomberg Odd lots - features Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway in conversation with the most interesting minds in finance, economics and markets.

  • Money for the Rest of Us - about money, how it works, how to invest it, and how to live without worrying about it.  

  • Option Alpha Podcast - empowering traders with simple, powerful tools supported by world-class research and education with Kirk Du Plessis

  • The Meb Faber Show - Meb Faber, brings you insights on today’s markets and the art of investing.

I will have more podcasts to add, but if you have suggestions for me please let me know. 

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