Comments on: Money Podcasts: How to Listen to Personal Finance Commentary and Advice at Your Convenience

By: RChancelot

RChancelot — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:08:11 +0000

Hey Trent,
Thanks a lot ! I was looking for something like this to listen to while eating breakfast (reading and eating strain my eyes)

By: Jo Schiffbauer

Jo Schiffbauer — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:17:39 +0000

“I don’t have the best radio voice.”
I don’t know anyone who likes the sound of his or her own voice. Have you asked others you trust how they think it sounds?

“I currently feel like I’m much more likely to reach people with a well-written Simple Dollar post than I ever would with a podcast.” And yet you listen to podcasts from others. This doesn’t seem consistent. Why not just add a podcast to your text? You can just read your text into a podcast and that way your audience can choose whether to read or to listen. Gabcast.com works well for that.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:35:01 +0000

Trent -
So you have given us 7 of the money related podcasts that you listen to – think we will ever get a list of others that you enjoy?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:19:54 +0000

Thanks everyone for all of the ideas on podcasts….I listen to John Tesh and his intelligence for life podcasts. Now I have more options to explore.
If you ever want a “voice” I will give it a try….sounds like it would be a good part time job! :)
Another wonderful post!

By: Vera

Vera — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:06:28 +0000

I love podcasts — and the This American Life-spawned “Planet Money” is fantastic. But I agree with your decision to stay away from podcasting yourself. Too much time investment — for you and for your readers. (We enjoy reading your work and giving it full attention as we do.)

By: Tresaca

Tresaca — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:04:13 +0000

Thanks for the list Trent!

I also like listening to the Dave Ramsey show.
I-Tunes also has a lot of great and free
learning resources with their Itunes U courses.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:34:25 +0000

Everyone seems to be forgetting those of us who are hard of hearing. I hate podcasts, unless you give me the text to read as well.

Also, I agree that I can read a LOT faster than people can mumble… er, talk.

If you go into podcasts, check the law. Under Section 508 of the Rehab Act, you must make these accessible — ie, in print.

By: Swamproot

Swamproot — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:25 +0000

No description of financial podcast would be complete IMHO without mentioning “Sound Investing” with Paul Merriman. I love that show. I was on it asking a question back in July.

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:32:58 +0000

You know what might be better for you? Vcasts. You could show people how you make your soaps, or do quick and easy maintenance on your car. You already have an audience. Then sell each vcast episode to an advertiser.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:50:42 +0000

The noise-to-signal ratio these days is very high. Distraction is everywhere. Although I listen to a handful of podcasts, the number hasn’t grown in years. In fact I have cut down listening to a few and I don’t have an ipod. I find that there’s a lot of distractions out there like podcasts, vidcasts, blogs, digg, slashdot – enough to fill up one’s day just by reading/ listening to them. It robs us out of our time which could otherwise be better spent doing something useful.

Just my 0.02%

By: t

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:43:06 +0000

Only money podcast I listen to on a regular basis is Sound Investing. http://www.fundadvice.com/sound-investing/ "Best Money Podcast" -Money Magazine "...an entertainingly sardonic view on personal finance." Sound Investing is a weekly radio program hosted by financial educators Tom Cock, Paul Merriman and Don McDonald. The program has been on the air for 8 years in Seattle, heard Sunday mornings at 10 on 570AM KVI. Sound Investing provides clear, concise advice on money and retirement, and includes interviews with the most influential people in the money business including Vanguard’s Jack Bogle, Kiplinger’s Knight Kiplinger, and Money Magazine’s Jason Zweig. Sound Investing was recently named the "Best Money Podcast" by Money Magazine. Sound Investing can be sent to you by weekly email, podcast and you can you can always ask us your money questions by clicking here. We may even ask you to ask your question live on our show!

By: MF

MF — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:26:58 +0000

Atlanta financial planner Brian Preston has a personal finance/investing podcast that I’ve listened to for about a year now. Plain-spoken, level-headed, highly recommended. He calls it “The Money Guy” podcast and it’s on iTunes and at http://money-guy.com.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:05:16 +0000

Hey Trent,

I’m surprised Clark Howard didn’t make the list. But, then again, I don’t know how big of a following he’s got outside of Atlanta. He talks about scams, deals, and everything related to personal finance. The show might be heavy on the cheese, and he’s a bit of a dork, but the guy knows his stuff. And two out of the four hours he’s on the air every weekday are available as a free podcast. Definitely worth checking out, if you haven’t already.

Anyway, keep up the good work! I look forward to checking out some of these podcasts.

By: Veer

Veer — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:11:34 +0000

I tried downloading both Juice and iTunes this morning and tried all of the URLs mentioned. I also registered myself at podcast.com. However, I am getting a 0 downloads.

Anyone on the same boat as me?

By: MKL

MKL — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:11:23 +0000

For those that want to get a great MP3 unit that isn’t an iPod, I heartily recommend the iRiver T30. The one that I have is, for all practical purposes, bulletproof, and I like the fact that the unit uses a standard AAA battery for power (I use rechargeables). It uses a standard USB cable, and so far it has worked with jsut about every media player that syncs with a portable I’ve come across (the old musicMatch, yahoo Music, rhapsody, Windows Media Player, etc.).

As for a tool to gather podcasts and manage their download, I picked up Juice as a recommendation from the DaveRamsey show’s podcast page. It works well, and it has a small footprint on the system.

By: Trent

Trent — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:16:29 +0000

I don’t consciously focus on the podcasts at all, but I find that I’ve usually retained almost all of the major points of the podcasts. My wife finds it kind of odd, too. I think my brain just works that way, perhaps trained from too many college lectures where I sat there doing crossword puzzles.

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:48:25 +0000

I use a little application called IPodder to download Podcasts overnight at the office and listen in the mornings. Thanks for giving me some new sources!

By: Kristen at The Frugal Girl

Kristen at The Frugal Girl — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:28:49 +0000

Like KJC, I’m amazed you can listen to something while you write! I can’t listen to anything that has words while I write, including music. I don’t even really like to have instrumental music on while I’m writing.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:23:09 +0000

Cory –

My Ipod is also my cell phone (Samsung A37, I think), which was free. I had to buy a USB cable to connect to my laptop and a microSD memory card, but for $25 it was well worth it. You might look into that next time. I love it, since it’s one less device I have to carry around.

By: Shareef

Shareef — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:11:26 +0000

Any gaming podcasts? My favorite was 1Up.com’s Games For Windows podcast, but the original crew has been disbanded. My new favorite is GamersWithJobs.com