Spending Scolds will tell you that a sailboat, a sports car, even a latte will be your financial ruin. Is this accurate? Focusing on the cost without considering whether you can afford the items and what memories they create is the wrong calculus. The ethos of delayed gratification can lead to missed opportunities and fear. 

Why does this happen, and what can we do to avoid these poor outcomes? Carl Richards, author “The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money” speaks with Barry Ritholtz about how to spend smarter in a way that brings more joy into a lives.

Each week, "At the Money" discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the best ways to put your money to work.

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Erika Ayers Badan, CEO of Food52. She previously served as the CEO of Barstool Sports. Before joining Barstool in 2016, Ayers held leadership positions at Microsoft, AOL, Demand Media and Yahoo. She was previously named one of Forbes’ Most Powerful Women in Sports. Her new book is "Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure Is Good, the Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths." 

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How should you think about thematic investing? What place does Gold or Bitcoin, or countries like India and Japan have in your portfolio? Jan van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Funds, which oversees $75 billion in ETFs, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about how to add an additional thematic investment to your core holdings. 

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Foundering: The OpenAI Story is a narrative podcast that examines the rise of Sam Altman, from the time he was a 19-year-old startup founder, then the head of Y Combinator, and now the billionaire king of this AI boom.

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Peter Mallouk, president and CEO of Creative Planning LLC, which provides wealth-management and investment-advisory services. He is the author of several books, including The 5 Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them and Money, Simplified. Mallouk is the co-host of the podcast Down the Middle, and he has appeared on Marketwatch.com, CNBC and Fox Business. 

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A constant stream of noise distracts investors: earnings reports, news releases, upgrades, downgrades, economic data, geopolitics. How should we best manage this firehose of distractions? Larry Swedrow, head of financial and economic research at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about managing through the noise. His firm manages or advises on over 70 billion dollars in client assets. Swedrow has co-written 20 books on investing.

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Jeffrey Sherman, deputy chief investment officer at DoubleLine Capital LP. Sherman oversees and administers DoubleLine’s investment management subcommittee; serves as lead portfolio manager for multisector and derivative-based strategies; and is a member of the firm's executive management and fixed income asset allocation committees. Prior to joining DoubleLine in 2009, Sherman was a senior vice president at TCW Group Inc. He is host of the podcast The Sherman Show and a CFA charterholder. 

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Who's in charge of all of the details of your financial life? Not just the stocks and bonds, but your taxes, your will, your estate, any trusts, insurance, credit line, your real estate, anything that affects your financial health. Peter Mallouk, CEO of Creative Planning (300B in client assets), speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the advantages of having a financial 'captain' in charge of all of your affairs.  

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All, The True American and India Calling. A former foreign correspondent and columnist for the New York Times, he has also written for the New Yorker, the Atlantic and Time, and is the publisher of the newsletter The.Ink. He is also a political analyst for MSNBC. He has received the Radcliffe Fellowship, the Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award, Harvard University’s Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanism in Culture and the New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. 

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Is cryptocurrency the next logical evolution of the monetary system? To explore whether we’re at an inflection point, we’ll look back at moments in the history of money when how we paid for things and stored value long-term changed for the better.  

This episode is sponsored by Coinbase.

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