The Bond Buyer Podcast

About The Bond Buyer Podcast

The Bond Buyer reporters cover and discuss public finance with industry leaders.

Publisher

The Bond Buyer

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jul 2021

Latest episode

6 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 141 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What drove 2025's record-setting muni issuance — and what's next

   Siebert Williams Shank's Giles Nicholson breaks down the year's biggest trends in the muni market, from tax exemption fears to technological transformation, and what to expect in 2026.

2. 

   3 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Mentorship, mission, and the muni market's next chapter

   2025 Freda Johnson Award honorees Jeanette Weldon and Elaine Brennan share lessons from their careers and their vision for a more inclusive, resilient public finance sector.

3. 

   21 Oct 2025

   Surging energy demand, federal headwinds, and the $140B public power buildout

   Tom Falcone of the Large Public Power Council unpacks the massive infrastructure push driven by AI and manufacturing, and the policy hurdles standing in the way.

Inside a recent episode

What drove 2025's record-setting muni issuance — and what's next

Published 6 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So that's when market participants that really caught their attention to see that as potentially on the table. However, these were staff level documents designed to provide information to lawmakers on a variety of policy options, rather than top -down political wish lists. And that was just a responsible thing for any kind of planning entity to do on behalf of politicians, just so they know the broadest range of options and what the cost or benefit would be of them. Most market participants discounted the political viability of complete elimination of the exemption given bipartisan support for it. […]

Who has been a guest on The Bond Buyer Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• officials from Atlanta
• officials from Charlotte
• officials from Nashville
• officials from Alabama
• officials from Florida

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

30 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

50

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