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Jocko Podcast, Adam Carolla's stuff is all good (ACS, Adam/Drew show, Reasonable Doubt), Smoking Tire, obviously Rogan, those are about all I have time for but Freakonomics is also good

"When you stop striving for perfection, you might as well be dead."
 

Radiolab has some great episodes. The ones about patient zero for HIV and the lawyer who thought up the phrase "I can neither confirm or deny" were very interesting.

 

These are not in any particular order, I listen one of them every day.

Planet Money: 15-20 minute podcasts about things in the economy that you didn't know interested you. (Why is Deli Rotisserie Chicken cheaper than whole, uncooked chickens?)

Ear Hustle: 30 minute show about life in San Quinten prison. Interviews with inmates and what life is like in there.

Tell Me Something I Don't Know: 45-60 minute show where guests try to amaze the judges about hard to believe facts (cow tipping is impossible)

The Pitch: 30-45 minute show that's basically a podcast version of Shark Tank.

Success! How I Did it: 30 minute interviews with successful entrepreneurs presented by Business Insider.

How I built This: roughly 60 minute interview with successful entrepreneurs, by NPR. I prefer this over Success!

Wall Street Oasis Podcast: Yes, they have a podcast!

 

I forgot to mention Option Alpha Podcast; a show for options traders that teaches you a thing or two about trading. You will not "turn $1,000 into $500k overnight"

 
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Ben Shapiro show (The daily wire) Ben is a good political commentator and he doesn't praise Trump all the time and calls him whilst still being a good conservative thinking.

We study billionaires is also a good podcast

 

-Odd Lots: (Bloomberg) weird twists applying financial theory to the world.

-Planet Money: (NPR) same as spaghetti said

-Trillions: (Bloomberg) An accessible show on ETFs

-The Daily: (NYT) Since I got downgraded to a shared terminal I have had to get to the office for Daybreak. (cost cuts)

-The Economist ('Nuff Said)

-Hello Internet: (CGP Grey and Brady Haran) two dudes talking about random stuff. Very entertaining, and Brady beat Chris Evans of Top Gear in an online popularity poll hosted by the UK equivalent of TV guide last year.

-The Anthropocene Reviewed: (John Green) NYT best selling author reviews various items from current day on a 1-5 star scale. In the two episodes so far he has reviewed Canada Geese, Diet Dr. Pepper, Haley's Comet, and Cholera. (Spoiler: Cholera gets one star)

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Podcast junkie here. Here is what I tend to listen to. Generally in order of preference with #1 being my favorite in each category but I like all of these enough to listen at least occasionally.

Finance/Economics/Investing Related: 1) Invest Like the Best 2) a16z (Andreessen Horowitz) 3) Exponent (Ben Thompson from Stratechery) 4) FT AlphaChat 5) The Meb Faber Show 6) Capitalisn't (Econ profs from UChicago)

Blockchain/Crypto: 1) Unchained 2) Epicenter 3) Blockchannel 4) Flippening

Sports: 1) Wharton Moneyball (Wharton profs talking sports analytics. It's fantastic and prob my favorite overall.) 2) The Hockey PDOCast 3) PFF Pro Football Focus (entertaining but gets repetitive) 4) The Lab (NBA podcast from Five-Thirty-Eight) 5) Bet The Process (sports betting focused. lot's of good info but lower production value)

Other: 1) Up First (5-10 minute listen every morning for news from NPR) 2) Tim Ferriss Show (general lifehack stuff) 3) Waking Up With Sam Harris (philosophy/neuroscience/mindfulness focused) 4) Bill Burr (comedy) 5) Radiolab (hit or miss)

Curious to see other recommendations

 

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Finance; - Private Equity Funcast - Deal Junkie - PE focused - Polsky Entrepreneurship through acquisition. Search Fund - Built to Sell - gets repetitive. - Fully Invested - MM Ibanking - The Full Ratchet - Venture - Vampire Squid - like WSO - VC 20

Climbing; - Firn Line - Enormocast - Alpinist

Global buyer of highly distressed industrial companies. Pays Finder Fees Criteria = $50 - $500M revenues. Highly distressed industrial. Limited Reps and Warranties. Can close in 1-2 weeks.
 
"Distressed Industrial Buyer" Climbing; - Firn Line - Enormocast - Alpinist
It's good to see another climber here! I only listen to the Enormocast, the other two are too hard core mountaineering for me.

I'd add JPM AM podcasts to the list above, good stuff especially in fixed income.

I have a friend who lives in the country, and it's supposed to be an hour from 42nd Street. A lie! The only thing that's an hour from 42nd Street is 43rd Street!
 

Adventures in Finance (by Real Vision)

Equity (by Techcrunch)

Angel (With Jason Calacanis)

Don't break yourself on the way to making yourself
 

One of my favorites is Words and Numbers. It’s two professors that talk about economical and political issues the country is facing. Aside from that Freakonomics and Planet Money are also great conversation starters between coworkers.

 

Can get a little OT/side-tracked, but Quoth The Raven is always interesting and entertaining while still providing some value.

 

Podcasts & Blogs related to finance/business:

Alpha Architect, Behind the Markets, The Big Picture, Masters in Business, MebFaber.com, Investor’s Field Guide, Fortune Financial, Invest Like the Best, Flirting with Models, Flirting with Models (podcast), The Irrelevant Investor, Animal Spirits, Pragmatic Capitalism, Capital Allocators, A Wealth of Common Sense, The Reformed Broker, InvestResolve/GestaltU, Abnormal Returns, EconomPic, Larry Swedroe, and Philosophical Economics.

hope this helps!

*not sure if all of these are still actively producing content

 

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