Discussion of the Wash Sale rule.  Selling stock at a loss can reduce your tax bill if you do not violate the Wash Sale Rule.

Passive Investing:  I review and provide commentary on a report that warns of potential problems with the increasing use of Passive / index investing.

Personal rant about T-Mobile and getting an eSIM for travel.

Interview with Fish Stark. He is the executive director of AHA (American Humanist Association).

Church Money - review of a church budget and discussion on how little money (if any) goes to helping those in need.

Interview with:Alicia Johnson

National Organizer and Student Network Manager

We discuss AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

Investing Skeptically:
The FED, Bond rates, Mortgage rates and bond markets
Vanguard index funds and the overlap between Large Cap and Mid Cap index funds.

Discussion on:

• Private Equity
• Super Shitty monopoly fund
• Trip to Tennessee 

Interview with Ben Pauluhn of Optimus Energy Solutions

They install home / business solar, floating solar, EV charging equipment.

https://optimusenergysolutions.com/

Discussion on my process of shopping for an additional EV.  Did I buy used or new?  How about a lease!

BaHaCon - Interview with Jeff Brooks and Robert Barnes.  We discuss the date and many of the cool parts of this years convention.

https://bahacon.com/

Some spaces are still available.

Correction on the Tesla charging network.

Can atheism hurt your business?

Some of today's topics...

• Snarky review of 5 Broadway shows
• Fuckery
• Super shitty alternatives fund
• EV charging locations update.

Interview with David Gerard.  We discuss Crypto/Bitcoin and Ai.

I also briefly discuss our recent trip to Italy.

Life Ins (return of premium) - Pay extra but, you get everything you paid back - or do you?

4 books you should read to learn more about investing

Interval fund - a mutual fund that only allows you to get your money out 4 times per year.

REIT losses - another example of big losses with reits.