Animal Spirits Podcast
Episodes
The Perfect Price of Oil (EP. 456)
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 456 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: After-Tax Alpha
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
Will AI Displace Financial Advisors? (EP. 455)
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 455 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: What's Working in the Stock Market?
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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A Wave of Redemptions (EP. 454)
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 454 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: The Bull Market in Real Assets
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Everyone Hates AI (EP. 453)
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 453 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Investing in Next Gen Tech Stocks
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
Is AI a Mistake? (EP. 452)
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 452 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Why Commodities Are Working
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
What Would You Do With $3 Million? (EP. 451)
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 451 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: The 3 A's of the U.S. Economy
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
Gold's 1987 Moment (EP. 450)
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 450 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Investing in a Concentrated Stock Market
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
Hi-Yo Silver! (EP. 449)
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 449 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk You Book: How to Fix the Plumbing of the Financial System
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
Small Caps Are Back (EP. 448)
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 448 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Structured Notes in an ETF
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
Is the Stock Market Invincible? (EP. 447)
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 447 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: The Bull Case for China With Brendan Ahern
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
Tax the Billionaires (EP. 446)
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 446 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
The Best Performing Stocks of 2025 (EP. 445)
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 445 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Teucrium's Sal Gilbertie on Commodities & Crypto
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ...
The Biggest Risk in 2026 (EP. 444)
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 444 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: A Tactical Strategy That Actually Works
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Mic...
All-Time Highs Should Feel Better Than This
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 443 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Title: Talk Your Book: The Anti-AI Portfolio
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michae...
Netflix vs. Paramount (EP. 442)
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 442 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Investing in Real Estate Credit
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael B...
The Age of Discontentment (EP. 441)
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 441 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: The Psychology of Income
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batn...
Talk Your Book: The State of the Housing Market
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batn...
Wait, Are We in a Recession??? (EP. 440)
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 440 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Staking Your Crypto For Yield
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Is the AI Trade Over? (EP. 439)
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 439 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Will the Bubble Get Bigger?
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnic...
Animal Spirits Take Las Vegas
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Is a 50 Year Mortgage a Good Idea? (EP. 438)
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 438 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Public & Private Opportunities in AI
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: The Two Biggest Stories of the Year: AI & Tariffs
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Never Go All in on Stocks (EP. 437)
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 437 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Emerging Markets Are Back
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Money and Marriage
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Never Pay Off Your Mortgage (EP. 436)
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 436 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: JP Morgan's Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: How to Spend With Morgan Housel
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
The Zero Dollar Club (EP. 435)
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 435 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: Value + Momentum: The Best of Both Factors
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Talk Your Book: Investing in Start-Up Equity
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Did the Market Just Top? (EP. 434)
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 434 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: How Infrastructure Funds Work
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
It Feels Like 1999 (EP. 433)
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 433 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: Investing in Public and Private Credit
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Why Retail is Outperforming (EP. 432)
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 432 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: Investing in the All Weather Strategy
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
A Mania Is Brewing (EP. 431)
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 431 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: Making Money When Stocks Are Up or Down
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
How Many People Make $100,000? (EP. 430)
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 430 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: Investing in Private Credit ETFs and All-Time Highs
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Live from Future Proof 2025 (EP. 429)
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 429 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: How Custom Indexing Works
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
A National Housing Emergency (EP. 428)
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 428 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: How to Invest in Commodities
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
State of the American Investor (EP. 427)
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 427 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: Creating Monthly Income From Your Portfolio
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Buy the Porsche (EP. 426)
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 426 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: How to Invest in Futures
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Measuring the Wealth Effect (EP. 425)
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 425 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: The People's Index
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
Wall Street Strikes Back (EP. 424)
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 424 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: Finding Tax Alpha in Fixed Income
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick...
This Is the Dumb Money (EP. 423)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 423 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Ca...
Talk Your Book: How to Hold the Biggest Winners
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and ...
What is Upper Middle Class? (EP. 422)
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 422 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Ca...
Talk Your Book: How We Got a Bitcoin ETF
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and ...
There Are Too Many Rich People (EP. 421)
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 421 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
Talk Your Book: Option Income Is So Hot Right Now
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and ...
I Want To Be An Advisor, What Do I Do?
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of Animal Spirits at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, Michael Batnick...
A 25 Year Bull Market (EP. 420)
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 420 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
Talk Your Book: Autocallable Income
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and ...
Talk Your Book: How Public’s Winning the Great Wealth Transfer
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and ...
The Top 10 Risks to the Stock Market (EP. 419)
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 419 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson ...
Talk Your Book: What Even Is Infrastructure?
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and ...
The Nothing Ever Happens Market (EP. 418)
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 418 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson ...
Talk Your Book: Turning Capex Into Cashflow
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Car...
We Have to Talk About Sports Betting (EP. 417)
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 417 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss valu...
Talk Your Book: Investing in High Yield Munis
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
A Bubble is Coming (EP. 416)
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 416 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the stock market...
Talk Your Book: Where to Find Higher Dividend Yields
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
Talk Your Book: The Joneses Aren't That Happy
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson speak w...
Will AI Take All Our Jobs? (EP.415)
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 415 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss why technical an...
Talk Your Book: Valuation Still Matters
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joi...
Most Stocks Suck (EP.414)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 414 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss long-term bond yields rising...
Talk Your Book: Investing in Goldminers
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Imaru...
Talk Your Book: The Nasdaq 100 of Crypto
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Samir...
Is Financial Education Working? (EP.413)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 413 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: how retail became the smart money, why ...
Winners and Losers From the Stock Market Rally (EP.412)
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 412 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the China trade deal, retail was right, Wall Street ...
Talk Your Book: Will China Win the Trade War?
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Brendan Ahern, CI...
There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett (EP.411)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 411 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss Warren Buffett's legacy, no one can guess where the market is go...
Talk Your Book: The CLO Playbook
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Shiloh Bates, Partner and CIO...