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While focused on financial independence and retirement planning, the Boldin Podcast probes guests for insights on additional important topics like money, investing, purpose, meaning, lifestyle, and health.
Hear from financial freedom bloggers, personal finance professionals, gurus of financial planning, noted authors, Nobel laureates, top notch professors, captains of big banking, and more. Past guests have included Morgan Housel (he’s such a good guest, he was on twice), J.L. Collins, J. David Stein, Jack Brennan (the former CEO of Vanguard), and Annie Duke.
You’ll get valuable insights to help you make the most of your money and time.
Episode 36 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with David Stein — a former institutional money manager and current world-class podcaster with 12 million downloads, author and speaker — and they discuss his new book Money for the Rest of Us: 10 Questions to Master Successful Investing. Listen Now: Don’t miss out on future […]
Episode 35 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Larry Swedroe — director of research for Buckingham Strategic Wealth. They discuss his new book, Your Complete Guide to a Successful & Secure Retirement, and what he’s learned helping people plan for their future over his 20+ year career in financial services and wealth management. […]
Episode 34 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Scott Rieckens — two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker and F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retire Early) enthusiast. Steve and Scott discuss Riecken’s new documentary: Playing with FIRE. Scott and his family have made huge changes in their lives in order to get on track for FIRE. This is their […]
Episode 33 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Rob Berger — author of Retire Before Mom and Dad: The Simple Numbers Behind A Lifetime of Financial Freedom — and discusses key aspects of retirement finance, especially fee ratios and financial literacy. Rob Berger is a lawyer by trade and personal finance expert who […]
Episode 32 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with former guests Karsten Jeske, Chris Mamula, and Fritz Gilbert — F.I.R.E. experts — and discusses insights and epiphanies from the first year after retiring early. This is the first time The Boldin Podcast has had a reunion episode, and as such, listeners are advised to […]
Episode 31 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Joe Casey — founder of Retirement Wisdom. We discuss shaping your life after retirement, and what reflection needs to be put in to be successful. Listen Now: Don’t miss out on future episodes: subscribe on iTunes subscribe on Stitcher And, join our private Facebook Group […]
Episode 30 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Doug Nordman — author and founder of The Military Guide — and discusses what life is like being financially independent and how Doug got there by being smart on military retirement benefits. Listen Now: Don’t miss out on future episodes: subscribe on iTunes subscribe on […]
Episode 29 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Brian Bollinger, an entrepreneur and founder of Simply Safe Dividends — a company dedicated to dividend investing and generating passive income. Brian is a former equity research analyst and registered CPA who quit his investment job to start his own company at 26. Listen Now: […]
Steve and Gary dive into the importance of financial literacy and how AI may impact society, especially the well being of young people.
Episode 28 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Cameron Huddleston, an award winning personal finance journalist and author, about her experience planning for and caring for aging parents. Her work has appeared in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, Huffington Post, Money, MSN, USA Today and many other publications. A mom […]
Hear Tim Ranzetta, discuss the importance of financial education starting in high school and how it is becoming part of the standard curriculum.
Get valuable insights on retirement, purpose, and investing from Robert Brokamp, CFP, author, and a senior advisor at Motley Fool.
Episode 27 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Jim McCarthy who’s a TEDx speaker, Stanford MBA and best-selling author. Jim had a complete life reset after getting a cancer diagnosis and we discuss his story, best practices from his new book Live Each Day and what’s next. Listen Now: Don’t miss out on […]
Episode 26 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Todd Tresidder who is an author, former hedge fund manager and founder of FinancialMentor through which he provides tools, courses and coaching. We discuss his new book The Leverage Equation and ideas about how to lever up your time, money, technology, network and experience. Listen […]
Episode 25 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Mark Miller, a long time journalist, editor and founder of Retirement Revised. Mark is the former editor of the Sunday edition of the Chicago Sun Times and he’s a nationally-recognized expert on trends in retirement and aging. We cover some of the key considerations people […]
Episode 24 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Jonathan Mendonsa where we cover the past, present, and future of the Financial Independence & FIRE movement. We discuss Jonathan’s personal journey to FIRE and some of the big lessons he has learned on his own and with the rapidly growing ChooseFI community. He joined […]
Episode 23 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Michela Abrams, the former CEO of Dwell Magazine. They discuss dealing with sudden life changes, planning for the unexpected, design and re-invention. Michela lives here in Mill Valley California and joined us live in studio. We cover her evolution as a silicon valley executive to […]
Episode 22 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Ken Goldberg, a Robotics Professor from Berkeley, and Eric Brewer, a VP at Google and a Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley. We discuss Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Automation and the Future of Work. We’re live in studio in Mill Valley CA and we cover the […]
Episode 21 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Dr. Jim Dahle — a hockey playing emergency room doctor based in Salt Lake City Utah who runs White Coat Investor in his spare time. We dive into personal finance and retirement issues like how do you know if you’ve saved enough, what’s a safe […]
Episode 20 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Rick Ferri — CFA, author, and founder of Core-4 — and discusses Ferri’s perspective on investing and the future of financial advice after being in the industry for three decades. They address the difference between investing strategy and investing philosophy, advisors as legal fiduciaries and […]
Episode 19 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Jesse Mecham — the founder of You Need a Budget, a CrossFit/PowerLifter and generally strong guy. We discuss why budgeting is a powerful life altering tool for him and their users, how they got started and what’s unique about how they educate people and build […]
Episode 18 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Annie Duke — a best selling author, public speaker and former world champion poker professional. We discuss her new book Thinking in Bets which focuses on decision making, beliefs and learning when you have imperfect information through the lens of what she has learned at […]
Nate Lawrie was an All American at Yale and then played professional football for 8 years. After retirement from the NFL, he reinvented himself as an entrepreneur. Find out what Nate learned from football and how he applies those lessons to his transition from professional sports to his new business. Listen Now: Don’t miss out […]
Episode 16 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Michael Batnick — Director of Research at Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC and author of Big Mistakes. We discuss what we can learn from the biggest mistakes of legendary investors, his long and winding path to his calling and what he’s learned along the way building […]
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