Fridays are all about podcast links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at listening to podcasts at ‘chipmunk speeds.’
The biz
- Podcasts are great, but are they a business? (hunterwalk.com)
- Why Malcolm Gladwell has embraced podcasting. (poynter.org)
- Some of Ben Carlson's favorite podcasts. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Barry Ritholtz's Masters in Business is three years old. (ritholtz.com)
- Can a musical podcast change the genre? (wired.com)
Finance
- Making the argument for the index fund as a great, modern invention. (bbc.co.uk)
- Barry Ritholtz talks with Ed Thorp author of "A Man for All Markets." (ritholtz.com)
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks with Rishi Ganti, who invests in what he calls "esoteric assets." (investorfieldguide.com)
- David Perell talks with Morgan Housel about pretty much everyhting. (perell.com)
- George Pearkes talks with Herb Greenberg about financial journalism and writing financial research. (bespokepremium.com)
Personal finance
- Brett McKay talks with Jonathan Clements about how to think about money. (artofmanliness.com)
- Meb Faber talks with Ron Lieber author of "The Opposite of Spoiled" about how we should talk to our kids about money. (mebfaber.com)
- A talk with Carl Richards about what he is doing in New Zealand. (advicereinvented.com)
Economy
- Cardiff Garcia talks with Tim Harford about his new book "50 Things that Made the Modern Economy." (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- David Beckworth talks with Ryan Cooper about the ongoing hangover from the great financial crisis. (soundcloud.com)
- Russ Roberts talks with Tamar Haspel about the economics of food. (econtalk.org)
Technology
- A discussion with Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee co-authors of "Machine, Platform, Crowd." (a16z.com)
- A talk with Steven Levy about rock 'n roll and technology. (longform.org)
- A discussion with Derek Thompson author of "The Hit Makers" about addiction and virality. (a16z.com)
Episodes
- Tyler Cowen talks with physician and author Atul Gawande. (medium.com)
- Michael Covel talks with Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman authors of “A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age.” (trendfollowingradio.com)
- Brett McKay talks with Robert Moor author of the book "On Trails: An Exploration." (artofmanliness.com)
- On the emotional, geographical and musical divides between country music and rock and roll. (revisionisthistory.com)
