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233 Bernie Madoff, Black Monday 1987, GOP taxes Oct 24, 2017

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Interview with Diana B. Henriques. Her recent book is "A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History" and in 2011 she wrote "The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust".
Investing Skeptically: Consolidating accounts, Seniors and moving money, Where to keep cash, GOP tax proposals.

232 GOP Tax Plan, TSP Oct 17, 2017

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Interview with Real estate and tax expert Brian Bernardoni! We discuss the horrible effects from the GOP proposed "tax simplification" plan. Strap in and listen.
Investing Skeptically: TSP - Thrift Savings Plan.

231 Dr. Sian Proctor Oct 06, 2017

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Our guest is Dr. Sian Proctor. She is a STEM communicator and professor of geology, sustainability and planetary science at South Mountain Community College.
Investing Skeptically: Market returns since 2000

230.5 Puerto Rico, David Tamayo Oct 02, 2017

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How you can help Puerto Rico - NOW! Interview with David Tamayo of Hispanic American Freethinkers. They have set up a page to collect donations and life saving supplies. These items will be sent to Puerto Rico. No overhead! 100% of your money will help people in need.

230 FFRF attorney Ryan Jayne Sep 27, 2017

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Interview with Ryan Jayne. We discuss all of the wonderful work that the FFRF (Freedom from Religion Foundation) attorneys are doing.
Investing Skeptically - Most of the stock market performance above 30 US t-Bill is from 4% of all stocks! This is one of the reasons that stock picking is so hard and why you should use index funds.

229 MythCon, Pennsylvania state atheist conference Sep 20, 2017

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My discussion of why I will not be attending Mythcon 2017 as hosted by Mythicist Milwaukee.
Interview with Karen Sloane. She tells us about "Atheists Fight Hunger" and the "PA State Atheist / Humanist Conference."
Investing Skeptically: Discussion of Warren Buffett's 10 year bet against Hedge Funds (fyi.... He won).

228 - Ian Harris, Saving for college Sep 14, 2017

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Interview with skeptical comedian Ian Harris. We talk about his performance at The Reason Rally, American Atheist Convention and his new comedy show.
Investing Skeptically: Don't Save for College

227 Margee Kerr "Scream" Sep 06, 2017

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Interview with the Author of "Scream" Margee Kerr. We discuss human fear.
Investing Skeptically: NSO (non-qualified Stock Options), Binary options, Will Congress tax 401(k)s?

226 Houston Texas, Hurricane Harvey & Alix Jules Aug 30, 2017

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Double interview show.
1) Benita lives west of Huston and talks about her home being surrounded by water. You can help by donating to Humanists of Houston. http://humanistsofhouston.org/ways-to-donate/
2) Alix Jules tells us how he broke free from religion and why his now an activist for secularism.
Investing Skeptically: No topic this week - go donate some money.

225 Opioid Addiction Aug 25, 2017

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Interview with Brian Hazard. We discuss opioid addiction. Why is it such a big problem and what do we do about it.
Investing skeptically: The problem with Proprietary mutual funds.

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