This post was originally published on March 2020 and has been updated for relevancy on April 23, 2024.
With more than two million podcasts indexed on Google, there’s a wealth of informative, insightful podcasts out there covering just about every topic.
Finance is no different.
All of the big financial publications now have a podcast in some form or other, many of which aren’t behind a paywall.
The average American now listens to seven different podcasts per week, and it’s not entirely surprising: podcasts are a great way to gain insight about a topic of your choice when you’re on the go or at rest.
1. The Clark Howard Podcast
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This podcast is hosted by Clark Howard, a financial expert with over 30 years of experience. With over 1800 episodes, this is one of the most successful podcasts that offers practical advice on improving financial health, discussing current news, economic trends, and important issues to help listeners make smart decisions. The show covers topics like debt management, credit, bills, savings, and retirement planning.
2. Bloomberg Masters in Business Podcast
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Bloomberg has a daily podcast (“Bloomberg Surveillance”) but this weekly edition tends to feature higher profile guests and less of the daily swings in market sentiment that sometimes give volatility to the quality of daily financial news podcasts. Each week, the podcast chooses new economics, business or finance-related topics and delves into it in some detail by interviewing an expert on the topic. Few news organizations can pull in the big names like Bloomberg, and that’s reflected in the quality of the industry experts they interview each week.
3. Exchanges at Goldman Sachs
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If you want to work at the biggest investment bank on Wall Street, you’d better be a good communicator. That’s what comes across here, as senior figures from different departments in the bank talk about the concepts of our time, going into some depth about the merits of each. In one three-week stretch, the analysts covered how streaming is affecting box-office returns, the (disappearing) American pension and the changing landscape of the healthcare sector. The best part is that you know they’re talking to the leaders in each of these industries on a daily basis. This is idea-based content rather than news-based content, so you can dip in and out of topics as you please.
4. Fast Money Podcast
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Created by CNBC and hosted by Melissa Lee and, what they describe as ‘a roundtable of top traders,’ Fast Money is among the very best of the daily finance podcasts. Each day, the host and her guests look at what’s driving the markets, what happened overnight in Asia and what’s likely to happen in the period ahead. As a daily podcast, you wouldn’t expect the guests to be of the same caliber of Bloomberg’s weekly podcast (to take one example), but Lee is such an adept interviewer that it doesn’t seem to matter. Ideal for anyone who needs to be up on the events of the day. The best part of that day’s financial news is covered in 45 minutes, going far more in-depth than regular broadcast news.
5. Real Vision Daily Briefing: FInance & Investing
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The Real Vision podcast provides daily market updates between the close of U.S. markets and the open of Asian markets. They prepare listeners with the knowledge and tools they need to progress financially. It encourages listeners to subscribe for free expert analysis. This is a great podcast that delivers in-depth discussions on finance and the global economy, with insights from specialists and guests. It aims to simplify and clarify complex market dynamics for its listeners.
6. M&A Science
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Hosted by our very own CEO, Kison Patel, M&A Science is an educational podcast that explores the world of M&A with industry leaders and practitioners. Each episode covers an aspect of mergers and acquisitions in some depth, looking at past case studies to provide some context. Mostly, the aim here is to educate relative novices in mergers and acquisitions but there’s something here for even the most battle-hardened investment bankers and M&A experts. Each episode features a different industry expert or practitioner, with a new episode being added about once a fortnight. If you are involved in M&A in some way, this is the podcast for you.
7. The Ramsey Show
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Hosted by Dave Ramsey, this show focuses on financial literacy and financial independence by avoiding common pitfalls. With Dave’s passion to educate his listeners, you will often hear harsh truths about budgeting money and avoiding debt. This is perfect for beginners who are looking to seek actionable steps on how to save money. However, if you can’t handle tough love on how wrong you spend your money, then this podcast might not be for you.
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