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184 David Silverman - American Atheists Sep 08, 2016

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David Silverman talks about his Tesla, his next book and the total solar eclipse that he planned around the 2017 American Atheist convention. Also, donate to American Atheists and double your money. Special matching funds if you donate here....
https://www.atheists.org/phil
Investing Skeptically: How to look up your mutual funds. Really bad funds and Mutual fund death!

183 Dirty Atheist Money & Evil Brokers Aug 31, 2016

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Interview with Matt Wilbourn. He tried to give $100 to a childrens home. They said that they cannot accept dirty atheist money. So, he offered $250 and then started a go fund me that raised almost $30,000! Most of the money will now go to Camp Quest!
Investing Skeptically: "Mary" will tell us about here experience with an awful Broker / Dealer. She lost 2% while the market went up 14%. We will go over what happened. The also got hit with over $5,000 in fees when the asked to close their account!

182 Dan Arel: The ARK, New Book, Ken Ham & Jill Stein Aug 25, 2016

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Dan Arel is the author of the blog Danthropology. He also has two books "Parenting Without God" and "The Secular Activist". He discusses his new book, the highly successful ARK PARK protest, Ken Ham and his opinions on Jill Stein.
Investing Skeptically segment. General discussion on a Broker Dealer and Wrap Fees.

181 "Success and Luck" & Past performance Aug 17, 2016

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Interview with Robert H. Frank. His book is "Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy". We discuss the effect of luck on success and the merits of progressive consumption tax.
Investing Skeptically: SEC & Mutual fund share class, Can past performance help you buy good mutual funds?

180 SSA-Secular Student Alliance, Simple IRA & Market Predictions Aug 10, 2016

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Nicole Niebler is the President of AHA (Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics) at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She explains why the SSA (Secular Student Alliance) is so important and how it has improved her life.
Investing Skeptically: Market Predictions & Simple IRAs.
https://secularstudents.org/civicrm/pcp/info?reset=1&id=40

179 Trump's Investment Advice & Annuities Aug 03, 2016

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Trump did a 2 minute interview on Fox Business and it takes me 20 minutes to explain why it is all wrong and self conflicting. He thinks he will become President, "Make America Great" and of course the stock market will go up, up up.... However, he has pulled out of the stock market. You may never guess why.
Special Guest is John Flanagan. We discuss his time in the US Military, The effects of religion of Bosnia and Yugoslavia, and his time selling annuities. He gives us an inside perspective!
Investing Skeptically: I review a listeners annuity. Find out what was promised and what really happened.

178 Legal update on the new fiduciary rule & GOLD! Jul 27, 2016

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We are joined by an attorney that specializes in finance law. He helps us understand the new Department of Labor rule about the need for investment advisors to be fiduciary.
Investing Skeptically: GOLD! Should you own gold???

177 Everybody Is Wrong About God! Jul 21, 2016

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Our special guest is author James A. Linday. He explains why Everybody is wrong about god. His book helps us think about how we should think about god. He discusses the psychological reasons people believe in god.
Investing Skeptically - Tactical investing. How to use data to predict the future! Also, discussed the first brilliant investing idea by the Motley fools - The foolish 4!

176 Creationism, The ARK Park, MLPs and The Baby Boom Bubble Jul 12, 2016

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Special guest is Abby Hafer. Her book is "The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Design Does Not". We start with testicles, the Birth Canal and The Wedge Strategy.
I also review all of the fun I had at the "ARK Park" protest.
Investing Skeptically : Update on MLP - Master Limited Partnerships and a discussion based on a listeners question about the Baby Boom Bubble.

175 Anthony Magnabosco and Street Epistemology Jul 05, 2016

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Anthony Magnabosco explains how you can use a few simple techniques to talk to random strangers and get them to lose their faith. He uses ideas from Peter Boghossian's book "A Manual for Creating Atheists".
Investing Skeptically segment: Market returns as of 6/30/16. Learn what did well and what did not.

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