Animal Spirits Podcast
Hosted by Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick · The Compound
4.7from 3,239 ratings
- 830
- Episodes
- 326
- Transcribed
- 3,239
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 2K
- YouTube views
About Animal Spirits Podcast
Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/
- Publisher
- The Compound
- Category
- business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Nov 2017
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
326 of 830 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Drowning Financially (EP. 489)
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Talk Your Book: Diversifying the AI Trade
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Baby Boomers Have All the Money (EP. 488)
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Drowning Financially (EP. 489)
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They estimated it's one third of total demand. And where they go with this is they say, it's obviously mostly people at the top, right? The top 10%, the top 20% or so is doing most of the buying. And the leap they make here is that AI can have the biggest disruption on these white-collar workers. […]
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- Brian Griggs
- Matt Kaufman
- Tim McCourt
- Lance Humphrey
- Bill Eigen
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,723
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 2,006 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,233 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 91 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 99
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Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick host the show. Published by The Compound.
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