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34-year financial talk radio veteran, Don McDonald and former host of Serious Money on PBS, Tom Cock, join forces to talk about real money issues. In each episode, they solve real money prob...
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Don and Tom react to the gold-pushing radio show that replaced Talking Real Money , breaking down misleading claims about gold investing, TS...
This episode features an in-depth conversation with Justin Baer about his book House of Fidelity , exploring how Fidelity Investments helped...
A graduation-season episode turns into a surprisingly deep conversation about careers in the age of AI, anchored by a New York Times article...
Don flies solo for a Friday Q&A, fielding questions on switching into financial services careers, the risks and reality of “enhanced” direct...
This podcast audio was accidentally posted yesterday, so you might want to listen to our 4/29 episode, if you’ve already heard this one. A l...
Private equity gets sold as exclusive, sophisticated, and “what the smart money does,” but the reality is far less compelling. Don and Tom b...
This episode shifts from investing to protection, starting with increasingly sophisticated scams—from fake Microsoft emails to deceptive hot...
Boomers take the blame (with a grin) while unpacking the real retirement mistakes that still trip people up today—failing to plan, claiming...
A rapid-fire Friday Q&A dives into one of retirement’s biggest debates—flexible withdrawals versus the traditional 4% rule—with Don explaini...
AI-powered trading is the latest shiny object designed to make investors feel smarter while quietly encouraging more trading (and more profi...
War headlines dominate attention, but history shows they rarely have lasting impacts on stock markets. Don and Tom break down why geopolitic...
Roxy Butner joins the show to break down practical retirement saving strategies—especially for entrepreneurs who struggle to pay themselves...
Don and Tom tackle the idea that retirement isn’t what it used to be—and maybe shouldn’t be at all. From historical retirement ages (when mo...
A wide-ranging Q&A episode tackles the real-world tradeoffs investors actually face: whether Paul Merriman’s aggressive small/value “ultimat...
Annuities promise peace of mind—but often at a steep and poorly understood cost. Don and Tom break down when (rarely) annuities might make s...
Starting early beats almost everything else in investing—and this episode drives that home with eye-opening math and a brand-new tool for ju...
This episode exposes the misleading language behind “best interest” financial sales practices, using the insurance-backed fight against the...
A century-long study by Hendrik Bessembinder reveals a stunning truth about investing: while the U.S. stock market produced enormous overall...
This Friday Q&A episode of Talking Real Money features a surge in listener questions, covering key retirement and investing topics including...
Don and Tom tear into Kiplinger’s roundup of “best money advice,” separating the genuinely useful from the obvious, the flawed, and the down...
This episode cuts through the marketing fog around “financial advisors,” breaking them into three real categories—brokers, insurance agents,...
Don and Tom kick things off with a colorful history lesson on 19th-century “bucket shops,” drawing a sharp parallel to today’s emerging worl...
This episode shifts from investing to the growing threat of scams—especially targeting older adults—breaking down how common fraud tactics w...
This Q&A episode tackles a mix of practical retirement and investing questions, starting with why spousal Social Security benefits rarely ch...
This episode opens with a blistering takedown of sensationalized financial media, using a Kiplinger income piece as the latest example of ho...
In the final hour of the radio show, Don and Tom blend nostalgia with a blunt reality check—highlighting the looming Social Security shortfa...
The final live radio episode of Talking Real Money blends nostalgia, listener appreciation, and core investing philosophy. Don and Tom refle...
This episode mixes studio banter with a surprisingly substantive look at education and investing trade-offs. Don and Tom walk through data o...
A lively Friday Q&A kicks off with some unintended voice effects courtesy of Don’s grandkids before diving into listener questions on money...
The idea of a universal “retirement number” gets dismantled as misleading and overly simplistic, with Don and Tom arguing that retirement pl...
As Talking Real Money moves into its final week on terrestrial radio, Don and Tom mix transition talk with a practical rundown of common ret...
With geopolitical tension rattling markets and investors stampeding into cash, gold, and energy, Don and Tom step back to deliver a familiar...
The housing market is stuck in an unusual freeze, driven by the lingering effects of ultra-low COVID-era mortgage rates, reduced housing inv...
Don fields listener questions on asset allocation, advisor timing, and investing complexity with his usual bias toward simplicity and self-a...
Morningstar’s latest research nudges the “safe” withdrawal rate down to 3.9%, but Don and Tom make it clear there’s no magic number—just tra...
The show opens with a major announcement: Talking Real Money is leaving terrestrial radio and going fully podcast-only, marking the end of a...
As Talking Real Money prepares to leave terrestrial radio and become a podcast-only show, Tom and Don pivot from logistics to a deeper issue...
This Friday Q&A episode tackles several thoughtful listener questions covering 401(k) investment choices, Roth conversion strategies, bond m...
Exchange-traded funds began as simple, low-cost index vehicles, but their popularity has sparked a flood of increasingly speculative product...
In this Friday Q&A episode, Don answers four listener questions covering fund recommendations, special-needs financial planning, retirement...
A debate over jelly bean flavors quickly pivots into a takedown of a flashy Inc. Magazine article claiming people shouldn’t save for retirem...
Broadcast from RetireMeet 2026 in Bellevue, Don and Tom reflect on the evolution of retirement planning—from a narrow focus on investments t...
Broadcast live from RetireMeet in Bellevue, Don announces that after nearly four decades of Saturday radio shows, Talking Real Money will en...
Don and Tom start with the classic “jelly beans in a jar” experiment to explain the wisdom of crowds and why large groups often produce surp...
AI hype is colliding with financial reality. Don and Tom examine Elon Musk’s suggestion that artificial intelligence could create such abund...
Financial education is expanding nationwide—but much of it is still teaching speculation instead of investing. Don and Tom critique stock-pi...
Don and Tom revisit the eternal temptation to beat the market, dismantling the appeal of equal-weight indexes and active management claims b...
This episode dives into the surprisingly emotional world of fixed income investing, exploring whether traditional bond funds like BND still...
On this Friday Q&A episode, Don answers listener questions on international stock overweighting inside a Seattle city retirement plan, wheth...
Vanguard slashes fees again, pushing its average expense ratio down to six basis points. Don and Tom contrast that with outrageously expensi...
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