How Your Mindset Can Change Your World with David Robson
David Robson, an award-winning science writer and author of the new book The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World. He makes a strong argument supporting Bruce Lee’s message: “So you think, so shall you become.”
Growing Up Rich with Kristin Keffeler
Kristin Keffeler is the author of The Myth of the Silver Spoon and she works with ultra high net worth families and helps the rising generations create their own identities having grown up with extreme family wealth.
Why Boys and Men are Struggling with Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and he’s back on the show to talk about his new book called Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It.
The Basic Human Need that Shapes our Identity with Geoffrey L. Cohen
Geoff Cohen is a professor of Psychology and Organizational studies at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and the author of Belonging: the Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides. We explore how belongingness and identity are intermixed.
The Hedge Fund Legend Who Just Wants to be Loved with Hugh Hendry
Former hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry grew up working class in Glasgow, Scotland. His anxiety, detachment from money, and passionate observations of life led him to hypotheses and market positions others couldn’t see. As great as the money was, he says what drives him is a profound need to be loved. We spoke at the Stansberry Research conference in Boston in October.
Profits Over People: the Sacklers, OxyContin, and America's Opioid Epidemic with Barry Meier
Barry Meier is a former investigative reporter at The New York Times and the author of Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic, which explores how the Sackler family's greed catalyzed a plague of addiction and death that has destroyed families and whole communities across the country.
The Status Game: Money, Status & Social Hierarchy with Will Storr
Will Storr is the author of six critically acclaimed books, including The Status Game. In this conversation, Will and I discuss why status matters; the quest for status and its impact on politics and religion; and the thirst for it among even the most rich and famous. Watch and learn to answer the question: “Where do you sit on the social hierarchy?”
Money in College Sports: NIL, Part 2 with AJ Vaynerchuk and Laine Higgins
In this Part 2 of the Name, Image and Likeness issue, I talk to AJ Vaynerchuk, the co-founder of sports management agency, Vayner Sports, where he has been a part of several NIL deals for some of the top athletes in the country. Laine Higgins is a former college athlete and is now a sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal where she covers, among other things, college sports.
Emotions and Economic Stress with Ken Honda
Known as Japan’s Zen millionaire, Ken Honda’s book Happy Money has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. In this, his second visit to Crazy Money, we talk about what economic fear, uncertainty and doubt can do to our health and our relationships.
Robinhood, Wall Street Bets, and the GameStop Stock Frenzy with Spencer Jakab
Spencer Jakab is the editor of The Wall Street Journal's Heard on the Street column and the author of a fascinating new book called The Revolution That Wasn't: Gamestop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of the Retail Investor. Spencer and I talk about the perfect storm of market, societal, and technological factors that catalyzed the Gamestop phenomenon
Money in College Sports: NIL, Part 1 with Darren Rovell & John Staton
Up until last year, no college athlete could legally, officially accept compensation for playing a sport at his or her college. That changed last year with a Supreme Court ruling that now allows college athletes to be compensated for the use of their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL). It has already changed college sports so much in just like a year and a half. So who knows what the future might hold?
Money and Pro Golf: How LIV Golf’s Billions Threaten the PGA Tour with Rich Beem
Saudi-backed LIV Golf is throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at top pro golfers in an attempt to lure them away from the PGA Tour. The Tour is responding with massively-increased prize money and more player-friendly tournaments. Rich Beem, winner of the 2002 PGA Championship, discusses these unprecedented changes and their unsavory ramifications.
Porn, Money, and Women in Hollywood with Maitland Ward
Maitland Ward is an adult film star and author of Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood. Best known for her role as Rachel Maguire on Boy Meets World, Maitland enjoyed a successful career as a Hollywood actress before making the transition into the adult film industry. Her videos and photos on OnlyFans now earn her over $1 million per year.
Drug Cartels, Money Laundering, and HSBC with Chris Blackhurst & Everett Stern
Chris Blackhurst is the author of a book called Too Big to Jail: Inside HSBC, the Mexican drug cartels and the biggest banking scandal of the century. Everett Stern, who was an anti money laundering compliance officer at HSBC, turned whistle-blower and started sharing his story with the CIA.
The Prison Break of a Global CEO - The Story of Carlos Ghosn
Nick Kostov and Sean McLain are Wall Street Journal reporters whose new book, BOUNDLESS: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn chronicles the former globe-trotting executive’s meteoric rise up the corporate ladder, fall from grace, and stunning escape that has left him an international fugitive.
Student Loan Debts (w/ Oren Cass)
Oren is the Executive Director of American Compass. He graduated Williams College and Harvard Law School, magna cum laude. He is the author of ‘The Once and Future Worker: a Vision for the Renewal of Work in America,’
Surviving the Market Meltdown (w/ Ben Carlson)
Ben Carlson is the Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management and the author of several books about investing. He is the founder of the blog ‘A Wealth of Common Sense’.
Universal Basic Income (w/ Andrew Yang)
Andrew Yang is a former Presidential candidate and the founder of Venture for America. He's also the founder of the Forward Party where he advocates for structural reform to safeguard our democracy.
The Racial Wealth Gap (w/ Coleman Hughes)
Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcaster and opinion columnist who specializes in issues related to Race, Public Policy and Applied Ethics.
Buy This, Not That! (w/Author Sam Dogen)
Sam’s got a new book out this week called “Buy This, Not That!” how to spend your way to wealth and freedom.