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Today
How to Feel More Creative, Focused, and Free
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5m 54s
Yesterday
Stuck in a Dopamine Loop? How to Break Free from Overstimulation
That quick scroll that turns into hours? It’s not just a bad habit — it’s a dopamine trap. In this episode, Rosie shares insights from Dr. Anna Lembke on how overstimulation rewires the brain, why it leaves us anxious and depleted, and how small mindful resets can help you feel a ... Show More
7m 35s
Oct 9
When You Feel Stuck in Life, Listen to This
When life feels stalled, it doesn’t mean you’re broken — it means you’re in the cocoon. In this episode, Rosie explores why growth often feels like stillness, the science of real change, and how to trust that transformation is happening even when you can’t see it yet. Learn more ... Show More
6m 55s
Apr 2024
Talk Your Book: Hedging Your Portfolio with Options
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Eric Metz, President, and Chief Investment Officer of SpiderRock Advisors to discuss, the pending acquisition by BlackRock, covered call performance in a bull market, tax benefits when utilizing options, what's drivin ... Show More
31m 56s
May 2024
Talk Your Book: Growth Stage Debt Investing
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Kyle Brown, CEO, President, and CIO of Trinity Capital to discuss how the Trinity Capital structure works, how venture debt investing works, understanding execution risk vs technology risk, Trinity's 5 income-generati ... Show More
32m 49s
Jan 2025
Talk Your Book: 3 Reasons to Buy Bonds
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Dave Braun, Managing Director and Generalist Portfolio Manager at PIMCO to discuss why rates have been moving higher, if the Fed will get us a soft landing, why mortgage bonds look at ... Show More
31m 38s
Feb 2024
Talk Your Book: Investing for Income
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Josh Greco, Senior VP and Senior Institutional Portfolio Manager for Franklin Income Investors to discuss: asset allocation decisions within multi-asset funds, how rate changes affect portfolio yield, investors overal ... Show More
39m 28s
Feb 2024
Talk Your Book: Putting a Floor on the Nasdaq 100
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Bruce Bond, Co-Founder and CEO of Innovator Capital Management to discuss: behavioral finance, and the popularity of defined outcome products during bull markets, how equity floor ETFs work, Innovator's latest defined ... Show More
37m 46s
Mar 2025
Talk Your Book: A Better 60/40 Portfolio
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by JD Gardner, CIO and Founder of Aptus Capital Advisors to discuss who Aptus is, shifting to riskier portfolios using options, using single stock options to hedge risk, misconceptions a ... Show More
36m 30s
Nov 2024
Talk Your Book: Animal Spirits Live
On today's show, we are live from Chicago with Alex Morris, Chief Investment Officer of F/m Investments to discuss why investors are still crowded on the short end of the curve, thoughts on why rates went up following a Fed cut, why credit spreads have remained so tight, not taki ... Show More
32m 26s
Sep 2023
Talk Your Book: Customizing Alternatives
On today's show, we are joined again by Brett Hillard, CIO of GLASfunds to discuss: wealth managers vs. institutions investing in alternatives, how advisors are utilizing GLASfunds, investing in alts in a rising-rate environment, how private investments could be improved, and muc ... Show More
31m 17s
Nov 2024
Talk Your Book: Infrastructure Investing
On today's show, we are joined by Jon Levin, CEO of GCM Grosvenor and Mark Gatto, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of CION Investments to discuss the basics around the infrastructure asset class, BDC's vs interval fund products, risk and return expectations for infrastru ... Show More
40m 27s