This week we’re checking out:
Archive for the ‘Podcast’ category
Watch My Money Maker Weekly 2008-07-27
July 27th, 2008Watch My Money Maker Weekly – 07-20-2008
July 20th, 2008This week we’ve got three more great articles from the last week’s blog roundup:
Christian PF’s Ten Things Worth Spending More On
The Simple Dollar’s 100 Things to Do During a Money Free Weekend
Free Money Finance’s Our Real Estate Agent Has Never Met Sane People Before
You can download the MOV file here (requires Quicktime to watch)
Watch My Money Maker Weekly July 11th 2008
July 11th, 2008This week we’ll explore three more links that caught my eyes. Sorry if my eyes are tired in this one, I was up late because we’re heading out camping this weekend!
The Wiles of Walmart
The Difference Between Tax Credits and Tax Deductions
Four Benefits of not Blowing Up Your Money
Check out last week’s episode if you missed it
WatchMyMoneyMaker – Weekly (hopefully)
July 5th, 2008I’ve decided that I need to do a roundup of ‘what caught my eyes’, but I’m going to do it in video format because I need to stretch my multi-media producing skills. You’ll find the following video, hopefully, handy.
You can download the video here.
Links to the articles in this video:
Should You Debt Snowball Directly into a Savings Account?
Video Podcast: Credit Cards Are Evile (Sometimes)
April 4th, 2008There’s a slight chance that you’ll watch the video and laugh. Or be jealous that the Estes Park area is beautiful – pay cash and go visit Estes Park, CO.
This podcast is about how credit cards are not a great choice for most people most of the time.
Teens and Personal Finance: Lesson 3, Start Your Nest Egg Now
February 10th, 2008
In this third (and long delayed installment) of the Watch My Money Maker Podcast we’ll cover the issues of your nest egg. The end is a super sped up version of a song my band played in high school 
The Nest Egg File is 12 MB and requires iTunes or Quicktime.
Personal Finance Podcast Review: NPR’s The Color of Money
February 1st, 2008Name: NPR’s The Color of Money
Host(s): Michelle Singletary, various interviewers of Michelle
Podcast file type(s): MP3
Average File Size(s): 2.1MB
Average Length: 4 minutes
Format (single concept, multiple concepts, multi-format): Single Concept
Production Quality (excellent, good, acceptable, bad): Excellent
Type of Content (practical content, philosophical content): practical content
Site URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?columnId=4465062
Feed URL(s): http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=4465062
Subjective Review:
I really dig this podcast. Its long enough to feel like more than a sound bite, but short enough to not feel like a commitment of a half hour or more. Michelle’s passion for personal finance and dynamic in her voice make the podcast engaging. The content is relatively practical for many home owning people, and if you have older parents or are considering getting older (I kid), the podcasts I listened to specifically would be useful. This one is going to remain subscribed to.
Context: I listened to four podcast episodes on 1/31/2008: 1/8/2008, 1/15/2008, 1/22/2008, 1/29/2008.
Personal Finance Podcast Review: ABC Money Minute
January 31st, 2008Name: Money Minute
Host(s): Lindsay Davis, Betsy Stark, others
podcast file type(s): MP3
Average File Size(s): 460kb
Average Length: one minute, eight seconds
Format (single concept, multiple concepts, multi-format): Single Concept
Production Quality (excellent, good, acceptable, bad): good
Type of Content (practical content, philosophical content): mixed
Site URL: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/
Feed URL(s): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=85744881 [again, ABC's entire podcasting section makes no mention of this, so this link works for iTunes only]
Subjective Review:
I hate it when news sources create ‘practical advice’. It just falls short and ends up being sensationalist. What I really want is practical advice and don’t wrap it in ‘end of the world’ sound bites. I listened to these four short podcast bits and am determined to keep moving on to find other podcasts worth my time and your time. This one just lacks content quality. There is some good advice in this podcast, but you have to put on your rubber boots, rain slicker, and heavy gloves to battle the acid rain of generalizations and extreme statements that come with this little podcast. I would not recommend it for the average person.
Context: I listened to the following dated podcasts on 1/30/2008: 1/24/2008, 1/25/2008, 1/28/2008, 1/29/2008.
Personal Finance Podcast Review: David Bach’s FinishRich Minute
January 30th, 2008Note: This podcast may be defunct seeing as there have been no new episodes since September. However, David’s name is well known and there is a good chance people will respect his advice if the show comes back online.
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avid Bach’s FinishRich Minute
Host(s): David Bach
podcast file type(s): mp3
Average File Size(s): 1MB
Average Length: 1 minute
Format (single concept, multiple concepts, multi-format): single concept
Production Quality (excellent, good, acceptable, bad): excellent
Type of Content (practical content, philosophical content): practical content starting with an advertisement and then giving a short bit
Site URL: http://www.finishrich.com/db_minisite/finishrichminute.php
Feed URL(s): http://www.bigcontact.com/finishrichminute/rss
Subjective Review:
David’s material is well known, but I have somehow never really read his material. The concept behind these podcasts is to give people a short little tidbit of financial advice so that they can do something quick and hopefully accomplish something in a financially savvy way. The shortness of this material makes it hard for me to recommend. Sure, a short podcast is easier to follow than a longer podcast, but I prefer a bit more depth. Each podcast also pitches another product from David that costs money. This is more about advertising than it is about your real personal finance well being.
Context: I listened to four podcasts dated from 9/25/2007, 9/27/2007, another 9/27/2007 and 10/1/2007 on 1/29/2008
Personal Finance Podcast Review: WSJ Love and Money
January 29th, 2008Name: The Wall Street Journal Love and Money
Host(s): Jeff & Amy Opdyke
Podcast file type(s): MP4
Average File Size(s):47MB
Average Length: 4 minutes
Format (single concept, multiple concepts, multi-format): Conversational discussion between a husband and wife about their family’s personal finances
Production Quality (excellent, good, acceptable, bad): good
Type of Content (practical content, philosophical content): Practical content
Site URL: http://online.wsj.com/public/us
Feed URL(s): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=213097337 [I couldn't find a regular site feed URL, apologies non-iTunes users]
Subjective Review:
There’s nothing like a husband and wife discussing finances together to make me smile. There is a reality to this video podcast as if the two involved are not scripted, but instead honestly discussing things. The back and forth video content is somewhat visually jarring at times, but is not so distracting that I feel put off by it. I can definitely see myself watching this bi-monthly podcast in the future – I’m staying subscribed. Not all of the content applies to my life (which is probably typical of any personal finance content: its personal), but the sincerity of the hosts makes this a very watchable video podcast. Jeff ends several of the podcasts with, “Bye, Ames,” which just closes the podcast off with a familiarity after only a few watches.
My favorite episode by far was the 12/21 episode discussing school fund raisers and the parents involvement. I side with Jeff
Context: The following dated podcasts were viewed/listened to 1/25/2008, 1/18/2008, 1/4/2008, 12/21 on 1/29/2008
