Month: January 2024

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The Best One Yet - BONUS 💰 “The Money Pod” — Our Best of the Best money stories for 2024

To kick off 2024, we’re presenting our top 3 money stories of 2023. So whip out your wallet, Venmo your Cash App, and DM your broker, let’s hit our first ever money pod…


1) Rent or Buy, a story from September 21st: To Rent or To Buy - that is the question — If Shakespeare was alive today, should he rent a house or buy a house?

2) Aretha Franklin’s Will, from July 13th : When singer Aretha Franklin passed away, we learned something big — That the greatest gift you can give your family is a will

3) The Year of High Yield from April 26: This was the year your money could make 5% by doing nothing — It’s time to be interested in interest.

Tomorrow, we’ll be back with the news of the day — But today is the best one yet. 

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Murder of Wadee Alfayoumi

On Oct. 14, 2023, Wadee Alfayoumi, a six-year-old Arab-American boy, was stabbed to death by his landlord, Joseph Czuba. Months later, his parents are struggling to make sense of it.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Anne Enright’s ‘The Wren, The Wren’ is a family story about poetry and betrayal

Phil McDaragh is a great Irish poet; he was also a lousy husband and father, abandoning his family to pursue his writing. In Anne Enright's new novel, The Wren, The Wren, three generations of women in the McDaragh family contend with the absent patriarch's complicated legacy. Enright spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about writing fiction about a great writer, and how the poet's bad behavior in his personal life impacts the McDaragh women's own passions, years down the road.

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Read Me a Poem - “Stages” by Hermann Hesse

Amanda Holmes reads Hermann Hesse’s “Stages,” translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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It Could Happen Here - 2024 Predictions

We channel our inner Nate Silver to give predictions for the coming year, plus the long-awaited the return of our "death" segment!

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CBS News Roundup - 01/01/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

A powerful earthquake in Japan has left several people dead. Israel's Supreme Court has struck down a law intended to limit the judiciary's power. The jackpot in tonight's Powerball drawing is about 810-million-dollars.

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The Phil Ferguson Show - 478 American Atheists – Sam McGrire – Duh! stock vs. bonds – SEC examination update

Interview with Samantha McGuire
https://www.atheists.org/2019/07/mcguire-field-director-announcement/
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“Sam is an absolute force of nature within the atheist community,” said Nick Fish, president of American Atheists. “From leading the Washington Area Secular Humanists (WASH) and organizing with allies to promote sound policymaking in Maryland, to her work with volunteers, group leaders, and other national partners, she is the perfect person to lead our field program as we invest in local groups and activism in all 50 states.”
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Investing Skeptically:
  • Duh follow up. Yes, Stocks to better than bonds - in the long run.
  • SEC exam update
  • s&p 500 for 2023

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Consider This from NPR - How To Make New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep

The tradition of the New Year's resolution can be alluring. What better moment in time to resolve to accomplish important goals ? New year, new you, right?

But research and polling show that a lot of people who set out make resolutions give up on them. If the temptation of an extra hour of sleep is likely to crush your dream to attend that 6am spin class, maybe you need to rethink your resolution.

Host Juana Summers talks with Marielle Segarra, host of NPR's Life Kit, about why focusing more on smaller goals and intentions can help you succeed

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Consider This from NPR - How To Make New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep

The tradition of the New Year's resolution can be alluring. What better moment in time to resolve to accomplish important goals ? New year, new you, right?

But research and polling show that a lot of people who set out make resolutions give up on them. If the temptation of an extra hour of sleep is likely to crush your dream to attend that 6am spin class, maybe you need to rethink your resolution.

Host Juana Summers talks with Marielle Segarra, host of NPR's Life Kit, about why focusing more on smaller goals and intentions can help you succeed

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Consider This from NPR - How To Make New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep

The tradition of the New Year's resolution can be alluring. What better moment in time to resolve to accomplish important goals ? New year, new you, right?

But research and polling show that a lot of people who set out make resolutions give up on them. If the temptation of an extra hour of sleep is likely to crush your dream to attend that 6am spin class, maybe you need to rethink your resolution.

Host Juana Summers talks with Marielle Segarra, host of NPR's Life Kit, about why focusing more on smaller goals and intentions can help you succeed

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