Listener Reviews

In the end, I trust these guys to make me laugh and learn

Great interview with Ben Barber. I retired from the muni business and when the topic of bond funds vs individual bonds came up, I don’t think it was addressed completely. Bond funds never mature, you are at the whim of the manager regarding gains and losses and NEVER receive PAR (stated bond value) at maturity for your ownership. When you own the bond, you have the option to buy or sell, at your discretion to take gains or losses based on your tax situation, and have the option to hold to maturity for which you will receive PAR (the maturity value of the bond). You also have the ability to choose premium, discount, or par ($100.00) prices on individual bonds in order to express your thesis on the market and the direction of interest rates (aggressive, defensive, or strictly for income). Bond funds have a roll but individual bonds provide far more control and flexibility.

These guys are the perfect mix of informational and entertaining. With weekly finance discussion, it’s hard to find pods that keep topics fresh. This is the pod you’re looking for, I promise.

Ben talking about his wife, laughing at him through his misfortune with his cactus adventure. I thought my wife was the only one that laughed at me from my misfortune. Must be a wife thing.

I think I’ve listed to every episode (not to brag ) - these guys make my commute fun !!

This show is wonderful.

Love this show. Always hitting the market topics while looping in life experiences. Dynamic between the two is great. Must listen every week.

Episode 400, amazing. Tough tough stuff, but makes you realize what’s important in life. Mundane question….. since Ben is from snowy Michigan I need some shoveling advice. How do you handle the situation when two houses have driveways next to each other? Do you shovel the further distance to make a pile away from the bordering driveways, or do you make a pile in the middle? Do I try to beat my neighbor and get there before him but then the snow could still be going on?

I’ve been listening to Animal Spirits for years. It’s been a great mix of insight, market talk, and honest takes. Hitting 400 episodes is huge, and I’ve enjoyed the journey.

Mike and Ben are great. Great rapport and they have cover a wide range of topics. But the Talk Your Book episodes are nothing but an ad for whoever they have on. I tried to listen to a few. Nope. Automatic delete for me.

I’m going to make blamo my official blackjack catch phrase from now on. Blamo!

I have been listening to Micheal and Ben regularly for over a year and always enjoy the episodes. Enjoy the banter and tangent’s they go on at times.

I don’t think they’ve ever talked to someone with an investable book… so maybe stop doing those? It’s weird because the episodes of just Michael and Ben are great and then they do a talk ur book episode and it’s some idiot trying to sell people on buying his trash. I don’t get what u guys r doing there

This has so much more potential than what it is now (an infomercial). Turn it into something closer to TCAF with guests discussing interesting ideas rather than pitching products.

I love when they have 2 different conversations at the same time...

Brace yourselves for 1 hour a week of the finest gaslighting by two multimillion dollar “Everyman” who just wish everyone would shut up and be appreciative to live paycheck to paycheck while their high wealth private money market manipulation management business flourishes.

I just had a mud room put in, life’s never been better. Thanks Michael!

Love this pod. Talk your book could change but the regular episodes are fantastic and simple. Learn to stop listening to all of the bearish charlatans out there and slowly build lifelong index positions. Love the banter, just like I do on compound. Hard right political people wishing for disasters and a bear market - kick rocks. Everything is good and you’re mad that you bet against this bull market. Stop making everything political, it will only hurt you. Great stuff Ben and Michael. Keep it up.

So glad to hear that Ritholtz is donating $1 million to Hurricane victims. Ben and Michael are donating $500,000 each from their own wealth as a well. Coming soon is Ben’s home down payment assistance program. Michael get out now!

Love the crypto talk ur book episodes. Please do more often so we can learn about eth and btc and keep up with what’s happening there

Nobody cares about your knife collection

This can be entertaining, but I decided to unsubscribe. I could only handle a few minutes of it at a time. The hosts tend to go on tangents, so the flow isn’t great. They also give uninformed opinions too often. I typically don’t care for their guests on the talk your book episodes either. Michael Batnick is officially annoying. He can be obnoxious and inconsiderate of others. Overall, I would not recommend this podcast.

In every partnership, there is a person who stacks the dishwasher like a Scandinavian architect and a person who stacks the dishwasher like a racoon on meth.

I use Micheal and Ben as my internet filter. Very smart sensible guys! Thanks! keep up the good work