Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart

The latest melody wright episode contained her usual dozens of incomplete thoughts and vague trailing off sentences but no new info or insights that were not already common knowledge. Adam had all his usual verbal tics and the same exact questions and comments as every episode, having obviously done zero interview prep. Topping it off was the habitual slide into a 15 minute one sided political discourse that we get on almost every edition. Three stars because most episodes do contain 1-2 minutes of useful information which puts this pod above the vast majority of its competitors.

As an institutional macro PM, I was expecting a balanced discussion - after all, that’s why they called it Thoughtful Money. The actual content is nothing of sort.

Honestly Adam, if you must talk politics (which I’d prefer you didn’t), at least bring on a guest who might disagree with you every once in a while. You’re in an echo chamber bro! I came here years ago for a brave space and have been a loyal listener ever since, but this has become a safe space. Show some confidence in your own ideas by having on a capable investor guest who can articulate a genuine and effective counter argument to your right wing political takes. Honestly if you can’t ever find guests like that, it’s because you’re not looking, and don’t want to have those challenging, dare I say thoughtful conversations. Your show is poorer for it. I would say just stay out of politics, but I think you need to express your thoughts, so if you really must, then just do it better. Get out of the echo chamber of mutual back patters who you know agree with you politically, and engage in genuine, good faith debate. What I heard today was just lazy. You Strawmanned the constitution and whipped it with your teammate. Honestly I expect a lot better than that, I’m a little shocked and depressed at how this went down today.

I don’t typically listen to finance podcasts because of my lack of bandwidth and the fact that I’m already plugged into the market-moving research processes of many top institutional investors around the world. When I do, however, find time to review finance podcasts, I always start with Thoughtful Money. Adam Taggart has put together the best collection of guests and discussions that I've seen anywhere in the finance podcast ecosystem. The only shows that I think rival what Adam has built are the Pomp Podcast and Macro Voices. If you're a DIY investor, Thoughtful Money is an indispensable resource for you. Enjoy! —Darius Dale aka “Skipper”

While I enjoy some of the guests and opinions expressed, I often have to quit shows early because the ads are two to three times as loud as to content.