In my interview with Mark Goldman, we discuss:
- Mark's career path
- The value of obtaining the CPA title
- Tips for candidates looking for jobs
- Getting published
- The value of the accountant with automation

In my interview with Christie Tsartolias of Doctor Payroll, we discuss:
- What was her motivation to become an entrepreneur
- Her background in payroll
- Most difficult parts of being an entrepreneur
- Canadian and Quebec payroll deductions
- Important things business owners should know about payroll
- 3rd party vs inhouse payroll processing
- Interprovincial payroll
- Shyness and how to get over it

In my interview with Sammie Johannes, we discuss:
- Sammie's career path
- Her transition from accounting to sales
- Transferrable skills from accounting
- Hard sale vs soft sale
- Body language tips
- Sammie's challenges with anorexia and how she dealt with it
- New fintech product development
- The future of the accounting profession
- Sammie's recommendations for young accountants
- Networking tips
- Sammie's book recommendations


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In my interview with Reuben Abitbol, we discuss among other things:
- How and why Reuben became a CPA and tax lawyer
- Reuben's experience in audit working at a Big 4 firm
- Reuben's experience in law school
- Reuben's experience working at a law firm
- The kinds of issues in tax law that Reuben deals with
- The major value that clients see in professionals such as lawyers and accountants
- Does Reuben recommend a CPA go to law school and why
- Skills and personality traits that would help a CPA succeed in law school
- Educational requirements to get into law school
- Audit red flags to be aware of

In my interview with Professor Kadous, we discuss among other things:
- Why she chose to go into accounting
- Her experience as an auditor
- Her experience as a controller
- Her research into intrinsic motivation and its impact on work performance of auditors
- Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation
- The method which she used on auditors to increase their intrinsic motivation
- Can anyone increase their intrinsic motivation for anything

In my interview with the ultimate tax professional, CPA and tax lawyer Mike Skoczylas, we discuss among other things:
- How did Mike become a CPA and tax lawyer and which one came first
- Some of the major tax issues such as real estate that Mike deals with
- Important skills and personality traits for being a CPA and lawyer
- Difference between tax law and other law fields
- Advantages of going to law school with an accounting background
- Mike's opinion of audit vs tax
- Mike's take on the Trump administration's new tax law
- Recommendations to people who may be interested in the CPA and law career path

In my interview with Jonathan Schacter, we discuss:
- How Jonathan got into accounting
- Switching from public accounting to industry
- The role of controller
- The role of CFO
- Useful transferable skills from public accounting
- How Jonathan got into teaching
- The value that accountants bring
- Artificial intelligence

In my interview with Doug Hoyes, we discuss:
- How he went from accounting to insolvency
- Transferable skills from accounting
- What it's like to work in insolvency
- The difference between bankruptcy and consumer proposal
- Debt vs equity financing for companies
- Student debt
- Canadian vs American health care systems

In episode 3, find out about:
- The function of money and cash in society
- The function of credit and accrual accounting
- The major Canadian banks and the banking system
- The different bank accounts you could have
- The cash flow statement
- The pros and cons of having excess cash
- Liquidity ratios
- What are bank reconciliations

What is the history of the accounting profession? How did it evolve into what it is today?
In this interview with Professor Thomas King, author of the book 'More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting', we discuss among other things:
- How Professor King got into the accounting profession
- His role as an auditor for the Arthur Andersen accounting firm
- His role as controller and then treasurer for Progressive Insurance
- The Enron scandal and Arthur Andersen's role in it
- The earliest history and origins of accounting
- British investment in American railroads and how that led to the beginning of audit firms
- The development of the accounting profession through the 20th century, alongside with world events