Podcasts worth your time.
13 shows on markets, investing ideas and personal finance. Pick one that fits where you are, then explore episodes in your podcast app.
These are editorial picks, not paid placements, and the links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music are plain search links, not affiliate links. Show formats and hosts change over time. Opinions expressed on any show are the speakers’ own and are not investment advice.
Markets & Economy
What is moving markets and the economy, explained in plain language.
Weekly conversations about markets, finance and economics, often about the plumbing of the financial system and the stories behind the headlines.
Good if: You want to understand why markets and the economy behave the way they do.
Accessible, story-driven episodes on how the economy works, from prices and trade to jobs and the Fed.
Good if: You are new to economics and like storytelling.
Two investment professionals talk about markets, investing behavior, history and whatever else is on their minds.
Good if: You want relaxed, thoughtful talk about markets and investor behavior.
Market commentary, charts and guests discussing investing, the economy and culture.
Good if: You like market commentary with personality.
Weekly business and market news along with stock discussion from the Motley Fool team.
Good if: You want a weekly roundup of business news and individual stocks.
Investing Ideas & Interviews
Long conversations with investors, allocators and business builders.
Long-form interviews with investors and business builders about how they think, decide and operate.
Good if: You like deep conversations about decision-making and business.
Discussions of the strategies and books of well-known investors, plus interviews and market topics.
Good if: You want to learn from the philosophies of famous investors.
Interviews with people who allocate capital at endowments, foundations, family offices and funds.
Good if: You are curious how institutional investors build portfolios.
Conversations about asset allocation, trend following, value investing and building portfolios.
Good if: You want to explore systematic and global-allocation ideas.
Evidence-based discussions of investing research, financial planning and common behavioral mistakes.
Good if: You prefer academic research to hot takes.
Personal Finance & Independence
Everyday money decisions, saving, investing basics and financial independence.
Explains investing and personal finance concepts for everyday investors, including how to think about risk and asset classes.
Good if: You want clear explanations of investing basics.
Conversations about financial independence: saving, investing, spending intentionally and designing a life you want.
Good if: You are interested in financial independence.
Interviews and discussion rooted in the Bogleheads approach of low-cost, diversified, long-term investing.
Good if: You follow, or want to learn, the index-fund approach.