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Animal Spirits Podcast

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Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/

Animal Spirits Podcast

When Genius Failed, Again (EP. 476)

45 Million Rich Households (EP. 475)

Talk Your Book: Is Crypto Dead?

Say Bubble One More Time. I Dare You! (EP. 474)

Talk Your Book: Private Credit’s Next Act

Will the Fed Buy Stocks? (EP.473)

Talk Your Book: Do We Need the Federal Reserve?

10 Reasons to be Bullish (EP. 472)

Talk Your Book: How SpaceX Got Into the Nasdaq 100

Is Debt Fueling the Rally? (EP. 471)

Talk Your Book: Investing in the Power Grid

Everything is Outperforming the S&P 500 This Year (EP. 470)

Talk Your Book: AI Is Not a Bubble

How Much is $1 Trillion? (EP. 469)

Talk Your Book: The Case for Investing in Emerging Market Bonds

The Teflon Economy (EP. 468)

Talk Your Book: Diversification in Private Assets

The Biggest Short Squeeze of All-Time (EP. 467)

Talk Your Book: Why Rising Rates Won't Hurt You Anymore

A Fire Alarm For Interest Rates (EP. 466)

Talk Your Book: Investing in the Rise of the Robots

The Fat Pitch For Bears (EP. 465)

Talk Your Book: Is the Nasdaq 100 in Another Bubble?

This Won't End Well (EP. 464)

The Stock Market Is Doing Something We’ve Never Seen Before (EP. 463)

Talk Your Book: Animal Spirits Live with F/m Investments

Paycheck-To-Paycheck on $500,000? (EP. 462)

Talk Your Book: Consternation About Concentration

Investing Isn't Supposed to Be Fun

Talk Your Book: Juicing Your Returns

Everyone Back in the Boat (EP. 460)

Talk Your Book: The Biggest Active ETF

$1 Million is the Worst Amount of Money (EP. 459)

Talk Your Book: Income and Momentum

Home Buyer's Remorse (EP. 458)

Talk Your Book: Navigating Fixed Income in a Crazy World

The Best Stocks in History (EP. 457)

Talk Your Book: What's the Latest in Crypto?

The Perfect Price of Oil (EP. 456)

Talk Your Book: After-Tax Alpha

Will AI Displace Financial Advisors? (EP. 455)

Talk Your Book: What's Working in the Stock Market?

A Wave of Redemptions (EP. 454)

Talk Your Book: The Bull Market in Real Assets

Everyone Hates AI (EP. 453)

Talk Your Book: Investing in Next Gen Tech Stocks

Is AI a Mistake? (EP. 452)

Talk Your Book: Why Commodities Are Working

What Would You Do With $3 Million? (EP. 451)

Talk Your Book: The 3 A's of the U.S. Economy

Gold's 1987 Moment (EP. 450)

Talk Your Book: Investing in a Concentrated Stock Market

Hi-Yo Silver! (EP. 449)

Talk Your Book: How to Fix the Plumbing of the Financial System

Small Caps Are Back (EP. 448)

Talk Your Book: Structured Notes in an ETF

Is the Stock Market Invincible? (EP. 447)

Talk Your Book: The Bull Case for China With Brendan Ahern

Tax the Billionaires (EP. 446)

The Best Performing Stocks of 2025 (EP. 445)

Talk Your Book: Teucrium's Sal Gilbertie on Commodities & Crypto

The Biggest Risk in 2026 (EP. 444)

Talk Your Book: A Tactical Strategy That Actually Works

All-Time Highs Should Feel Better Than This

Talk Your Book: The Anti-AI Portfolio

Netflix vs. Paramount (EP. 442)

Talk Your Book: Investing in Real Estate Credit

The Age of Discontentment (EP. 441)

Talk Your Book: The Psychology of Income

Talk Your Book: The State of the Housing Market

Wait, Are We in a Recession??? (EP. 440)

Talk Your Book: Staking Your Crypto For Yield

Is the AI Trade Over? (EP. 439)

Talk Your Book: Will the Bubble Get Bigger?

Animal Spirits Take Las Vegas

Is a 50 Year Mortgage a Good Idea? (EP. 438)

Talk Your Book: Public & Private Opportunities in AI

Talk Your Book: The Two Biggest Stories of the Year: AI & Tariffs

Never Go All in on Stocks (EP. 437)