There’s never a dull moment in investing, and right now, gold and rare earths are in the spotlight. Then there’s the longer-term trend towards ETFs and overseas investing, too. Scott is joined by Gemma Dale, nabtrade’s Director of SMSF and Investor Behaviour to unpack just what’s happening, and why.

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How should we make decisions? What frameworks should guide us? And can organisations truly be ethical? The study and application of ethics is at the core of what it means to be human, as Dr Simon Longstaff of The Ethics Centre tells host Scott Phillips.

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In this special episode Scott speaks with Motley Fool co-founder, co-Chairman and Chief Rule Breaker, David Gardner, about his long term investing success, achieved by breaking many of the accepted investing ‘rules’, a process he’s laid down in his new book Rule Breaker Investing.

(You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Rule-Breaker-Investing-Stocks-Lasting/dp/1804091820/)

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What do you get when you have the fourth generation of a family running a business that dates back the the 1870s, is the second-oldest company on the ASX, and believes in doing the right things the right way?

Long term outperformance and 122 consecutive years of dividends, the last 27 increasing each year.

The company is Washington H. Soul Pattinson, and that fourth generation is the man who’s been there for more than 40 years, executive chairman Robert Millner.

Take a listen… you’ll come away a better investor.

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There are some trends (disruptions?) impacting our society, and they’re doing us harm. The good news is that we can all be part of the solution. Host Scott Phillips talks to social psychologist and researcher Hugh Mackay AO to understand what’s going wrong and what we can do to improve our lives – and those of others. The good news? It starts in our street.

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It’s the buzzword (acronym?) of the day, and with good reason. AI is going to revolutionise the way we all work, in both expected and unexpected ways. But how? And what can we do to prepare for it? Host Scott Phillips talks to Professor Toby Walsh of UNSW to unpack just what we can expect, what governments should be looking at, and how to prepare ourselves for AI success.

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With interest rates coming down, it’s no surprise that house prices are rising. Great news if you’re a seller, but it means worsening affordability for buyers. Cotality's Head of Research, Eliza Owen, talks to host Scott Phillips about what’s happening in the property market across the country, and what we might be able to expect next.

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Having been the scribe behind AFR's Rear Window for 12 years, then writing a best-selling book about the travails of Qantas, Joe Aston is no stranger to the comings and goings (and rights and wrongs) of corporate Australia. And he doesn't hold back in this interview! Host Scott Phillips sits down with Joe to discuss his career, some of his biggest scalps and his brand new journalism venture, Rampart.

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Continuing with the aim of this podcast, conversations with entrepreneurs, executives and experts, the people who know what’s going on, and the people who make things happen.....today’s guests - plural – are two people who really know what’s going on and are making things happen, by making things themselves, here in Australia.

Murchison River Swags is a manufacturing business based just North of Geraldton, WA and, if you trust the reviews, make some of the very best camping swags in the country, if not the world.

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Author, journalist and broadcaster Richard Glover retired from ABC Radio Sydney's Drive program at the end of 2024 after 26 years behind the microphone.  He describes it as the best job in media.  So what do you do when you leave the best job in media?

In this episode of The Good Oil Scott Phillips interviews the interviewer, and we learn how Richard shaped his incredible career with a determination to try to make the world a better place....and even making the most of the chance to one-up the Brits!

You can find Richard's books here

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