Episode 18
Greg Haygood
“The original plan was always for me to go to school and live that typical life. But it didn't work out, so I had to make my own plan.”
Before the age of 20, Greg Haygood spent a number of years in what he calls “survival mode”. How did he go from living on his own as a teenager in a homeless shelter to a successful career as a finance executive? Perseverance. From his office in Washington, DC, Greg discusses:
His creative approach to joining the United States Marine Corps
Why he “almost exclusively” reads books about finance (and three that he thinks don’t get the attention they deserve)
Teaching his son about money by offering a high interest rate
A Peabody Award-winning TV series about money and much more.
June 6, 2025
Episode 19
Joe Magyer
”It's great to save, it's great to be putting things aside. But make sure that so long as you're hitting those savings goals that you're treating yourself at some point.”
For as far back as he can remember, Joe Magyer was interested in investing. Encouraged and taught by his grandfather, he studied business and finance before stepping into a career in the investing world. Taking a quick break from his role as managing director of Seaplane Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, and host of the podcast “Investing In Startups”, Joe shares:
A behind-the-scenes look at his 1st business
Why investment banking wasn’t for him
What he thinks Berkshire-Hathaway will look like when Warren Buffett is gone
The “3-2-1” approach he swears by
June 13, 2025
Episode 15
Bill Barker
“ All of unhappiness in life is unmet expectations, and you can apply that to money pretty easily.”
Nearly a decade into his life as an attorney, Bill Barker made a somewhat sudden career change to the world of investing. Now a longtime senior analyst and advisor at The Motley Fool, Bill discusses:
Collecting 19th-century coins with his grandmother.
Investing during the earliest days of the Internet.
An underappreciated movie that teaches stock manipulation.
Talking to your dog about budgeting and much more.
May 16, 2025
Episode 16
James Early
“I wanted to either be a U.S. Marshal and catch fugitives or start a garden center.”
Dreaming of two very different career paths led James Early to pursue a college degree in finance. Despite a remarkable track record in stock picking, he confesses he’s not as good with money as he probably should be. Currently the founder of Curia Financial, James sits down to share:
The creative marketing scheme for his car-washing business as a teenager.
Life lessons he learned from philosopher Lao Tzu.
How investing teaches us about the imperfections in life.
A very memorable taxi ride in China
and much more.
May 23, 2025
Episode 17
Ron Gross
“Don’t just fall in love with the balance sheet. You have to love the business as well.”
With more than 30 years of experience as a professional investor, Ron Gross has seen it all. Through bull markets and notable downturns (like the Dot-com Bubble of the early 2000s), he has learned a few of his lessons the hard way too. In a wide-ranging conversation Ron shares:
The best & worst parts of running a hedge fund
A creative way his father celebrated his annual bonus
His experience with buying golf clubs at Costco
Why “beer money” is important and much more.
May 30, 2025
Episode 13
Dr. Tobin Anthony
“We'd be having dinner and running low on ketchup. My mom would go over to the sink, fill up the bottle with water, give it a shake, and guess what? We had more ketchup!”
The grandchild of Italian immigrants, Tobin Anthony grew up in a home where his parents knew how to stretch a dollar. It was also a home that inspired him to reach for the stars, literally. Long before he earned his PhD in aerospace engineering, worked at NASA, and became the CEO of Space Systems Integration, he fell in love with space as a child.
MAY 2, 2025
Episode 12
Bill Mann
“One of my first real experiences was recognizing the fact that there is a huge difference between good management and bad management.”
As the Chief Investment Strategist at Motley Fool Asset Management, Bill Mann keeps an eye on investment opportunities around the world.
But his education in business analysis started when he was growing up in North Carolina and working at one of the best-known fast food restaurants in the country.
APRIL 25, 2025
Episode 14
Dan Simons
“The best stuff is not just sitting out available. The best stuff is behind a door, down a hallway, up a hill.”
Sitting at a table in the new Founding Farmers restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia Dan discusses:
A valuable lesson about work he learned as a teenager.
Why entrepreneurship “is like a giant, ongoing kick in the teeth.”
That one time he got scammed and much more.
MAY 9, 2025
Episode 10
Clark Howard
“I used to think that money was everything. And it took maturity to learn that I was wrong, wrong, wrong.”
Few, if any, have done as much to educate people about how to save more and spend less as Clark Howard has.
As a best-selling author, Radio Hall of Fame host of “The Clark Howard Show”, and self-described cheapskate, he has spent the last 30 years sharing practical tips and advice on all things related to money.
APRIL 11, 2025
Episode 9
Jeff Fischer
“I didn't feel fear. I just saw that prices were down much more than where they had been. So I just put a little money in without thinking about it too much.”
When Jeff Fischer was 17 years old he bought his first stock right after the infamous Black Monday crash of 1987. From his home in Washington, DC, he shares the money lesson he learned from “The Price Is Right” and much more.
APRIL 4, 2025
Episode 11
Jason Moser
“Having patience in life, especially in investing, is such a valuable quality.”
Where does someone learn the value of patience?
For Jason Moser it was a lesson reinforced throughout his life in different places (including the golf course). Jason shares:
What he learned in his first job
The college degree he almost got
Effective ways to teach kids about money and investing
Why he will never buy another iPad
and much more.
APRIL 18, 2025
Episode 7
Becky Quick
“Money buried in the backyard or under your pillow is losing value. And that was something I had to learn later in life.”
As one of the hosts of CNBC’s flagship show “Squawk Box”, Becky Quick has reported on some of Wall Street’s biggest booms and busts over the past two decades. Her own financial habits, however, started to take hold in her early 20s as she commuted into New York City to her job at The Wall Street Journal.
MARCH 21, 2025
Episode 6
David Brancaccio
“What I like the most about personal finance is actually not the money moving around. It’s what you can learn about people.”
As a longtime host and senior editor at Marketplace, David Brancaccio has covered some of the most important financial stories of the past four decades. An award-winning journalism career that has spanned TV, documentary filmmaking, and books began when he took his first job in radio at the age of 13. (Yes, really.)
MARCH 14, 2025
Episode 8
Nell Minow
“Money doesn't know you own it. And just because your grandfather gave you a share of stock does not mean that it's a family heirloom.”
How does a person become an expert in two COMPLETELY different professions?
As an attorney, Nell Minow has publicly fought for the rights of individual shareholders as one of America’s foremost experts in corporate governance. But for the past 30 years she’s also been an award-winning film critic.
MARCH 28, 2025
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Episode 5
Linda Rottenberg
“Have a plan B, but if you don't try for the plan A? You will live to regret it.”
What does it take to succeed as an entrepreneur?
As the co-founder and CEO of Endeavor, Linda Rottenberg has spent her career helping entrepreneurs around the world answer that question. In the process she has earned numerous accolades, including being named one of Time Magazine’s “Innovators For The 21st Century”.
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Episode 4
Bob Pisani
“Don’t yell at the stock market.”
As CNBC’s reporter on the floor of the NYSE for more than 25 years, Bob Pisani has learned a few things. The stories and experiences are captured in his fabulous book Shut Up and Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing from the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Episode 3
Christine Benz
“Peace of mind is the ultimate luxury good.”
The youngest of six children, Christine Benz grew up in Chicago earning money as a babysitter and working at a local hardware shop. When her post-college plans to work in international affairs didn’t quite work out, she found a home with another local business: Morningstar.
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Episode 2
Dan Pink
When he was growing up in Ohio, money issues in Dan Pink’s home were like a cloud that caused “an endless drizzle” over him and his family. Even today, despite having written five New York Times bestsellers, his earliest encounters with finance play a role in his conservative mindset when it comes to money.
The author of “The Power Of Regret” and “Drive” sits down for a revealing conversation.
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Episode 1
Morgan Housel
When he was 18 years old Morgan Housel wanted to be an investment banker. Then, as an economics major in college, he discovered he got more out of reading Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letters than he got out of his textbooks. When the Great Recession caused him to lose his dream job, Housel took a stab at being a financial writer and started doing what he would eventually become famous for.
The author of "The Psychology Of Money" (more than 7 million copies sold worldwide) shares with Chris what money was like growing up and much more.
JANUARY 31, 2025
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