Farming Without the Bank Podcast
Hosted by Mary Jo Irmen and Mary Jo and John · Mary Jo Irmen
4.8from 353 ratings
- 375
- Episodes
- 138
- Transcribed
- 353
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 265M
- YouTube views
About Farming Without the Bank Podcast
Welcome to the Farming Without the Bank podcast, the show with a no-B.S. approach to money, hosted by a farm strategy expert and authorized IBC practitioner. Join us as we get real and expose the flaws of traditional financial institutions in order to help farmers take control of their finances, create peace of mind, grow their wealth, and leave a legacy. https://www.farmingwithoutthebank.com/
- Publisher
- Mary Jo Irmen
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
138 of 375 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Local Agent vs Expert: Why Face-to-Face is Costing Farmers Money (Ep. 375)
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Real Client Meetings Can Teach Us About Farm Estate Planning (Ep. 374)
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
When It Actually Makes Sense to MEC Your Life Insurance (Ep. 373)
Inside a recent episode
Local Agent vs Expert: Why Face-to-Face is Costing Farmers Money (Ep. 375)
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Nobody cares. And there's not a loophole to that. That's not something crazy. The reason the insurance company doesn't care is because if you die, the death benefit is going to pay off that loan. They're using your death benefit as collateral to that cash value loan. And there is one thing certain in life. death. You are getting out alive. And so they know they're going to get their loan paid off because when you die, which you will, it's going to get paid off. So a lot of people think, well, oh, why am I paying interest to the insurance company to use my money? You're not paying interest to use your money. […]
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- John Hasche
- Michelle Prather
- Amber Haugland
- Meg Greske
- Tyson Coles
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 265,275,644
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 255 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 98 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts Farming Without the Bank Podcast?
Mary Jo Irmen and Mary Jo and John host the show. Published by Mary Jo Irmen.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Farming Without the Bank Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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