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Tom and Don are Talking Real Money

Money and funny? Yes, the two can go together. Toss in honesty and transparency, mix with true financial science, and you have the most unique investing podcast in America. Listen as two of the country's top financial broadcasters and educators show you how to stop playing with your hard-earned money and start investing it for YOUR future. Tom Cock was the host of the PBS-TV show “Serious Money” for many years, and Don McDonald hosted a nationally syndicated financial talk show since 1988. Today, Tom and Don are still dishing out simple, straightforward financial advice on one of the most popular investing podcasts in the world.

Recent Episodes

Question Feast
May 29, 2026

Question Feast

Don celebrates the continued success of the Friday Q&A format and the encouraging first week of sales for his novel The Line Uncrossed , including a strong Kirkus review, before tackling a series of listener questions centere...

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You're Right, Of Course
May 28, 2026

You're Right, Of Course

This episode of Talking Real Money examines why financial advice so often turns into emotional debate instead of productive problem-solving. Don and Tom discuss how investors routinely underestimate spending, cling emotionall...
Free Money?
May 27, 2026

Free Money?

Tom and Don dismantle the myth of “free money” from high-dividend stocks and ETFs, explaining why chasing yield often leads to poor diversification, lower total returns, and disappointing long-term performance. Using examples...
Infinite Bubbles?
May 26, 2026

Infinite Bubbles?

Tom and Don tackle the impossible task of spotting market bubbles in real time, leaning on insights from Jason Zweigand Eugene Fama to argue that if bubbles were truly predictable, they wouldn’t exist. They discuss soaring se...
Q&A and Book Day
May 22, 2026

Q&A and Book Day

Don opens the show with a deeply personal announcement: the release of his first novel, The Line Uncrossed , inspired by the life of his great-great-grandfather, a teenage Union soldier captured at Chickamauga and imprisoned ...
Indexes Gone Wild
May 21, 2026

Indexes Gone Wild

Don and Tom take on the uncomfortable reality that even supposedly “rules-based” index investing is starting to look suspiciously active, as major indexes like the S&P 500 consider bending long-standing rules to admit massive...