Animal Spirits Podcast

Animal Spirits Podcast

Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/

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Episodes (500)

The Best Bear Case on AI (EP. 478)

Aug 19, 2026

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Talk Your Book: The Most Important Thing Nobody Owns

Aug 17, 2026

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Depressed Day Traders (EP. 477)

Aug 12, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Why Momentum Investing Works

Aug 10, 2026

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When Genius Failed, Again (EP. 476)

Aug 5, 2026

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45 Million Rich Households (EP. 475)

Jul 29, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Is Crypto Dead?

Jul 27, 2026

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Say Bubble One More Time. I Dare You! (EP. 474)

Jul 22, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Private Credit’s Next Act

Jul 20, 2026

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Will the Fed Buy Stocks? (EP.473)

Jul 15, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Do We Need the Federal Reserve?

Jul 13, 2026

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10 Reasons to be Bullish (EP. 472)

Jul 8, 2026

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Talk Your Book: How SpaceX Got Into the Nasdaq 100

Jul 6, 2026

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Is Debt Fueling the Rally? (EP. 471)

Jul 1, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Investing in the Power Grid

Jun 29, 2026

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Everything is Outperforming the S&P 500 This Year (EP. 470)

Jun 24, 2026

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Talk Your Book: AI Is Not a Bubble

Jun 22, 2026

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How Much is $1 Trillion? (EP. 469)

Jun 17, 2026

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Talk Your Book: The Case for Investing in Emerging Market Bonds

Jun 15, 2026

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The Teflon Economy (EP. 468)

Jun 10, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Diversification in Private Assets

Jun 8, 2026

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The Biggest Short Squeeze of All-Time (EP. 467)

Jun 3, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Why Rising Rates Won't Hurt You Anymore

Jun 1, 2026

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A Fire Alarm For Interest Rates (EP. 466)

May 27, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Investing in the Rise of the Robots

May 25, 2026

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The Fat Pitch For Bears (EP. 465)

May 20, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Is the Nasdaq 100 in Another Bubble?

May 18, 2026

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This Won't End Well (EP. 464)

May 13, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Investing in Securitization

May 11, 2026

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The Stock Market Is Doing Something We’ve Never Seen Before (EP. 463)

May 6, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Animal Spirits Live with F/m Investments

May 4, 2026

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Paycheck-To-Paycheck on $500,000? (EP. 462)

Apr 29, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Consternation About Concentration

Apr 27, 2026

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Investing Isn't Supposed to Be Fun

Apr 22, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Juicing Your Returns

Apr 20, 2026

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Everyone Back in the Boat (EP. 460)

Apr 15, 2026

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Talk Your Book: The Biggest Active ETF

Apr 13, 2026

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$1 Million is the Worst Amount of Money (EP. 459)

Apr 8, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Income and Momentum

Apr 6, 2026

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Home Buyer's Remorse (EP. 458)

Apr 1, 2026

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Talk Your Book: Navigating Fixed Income in a Crazy World

Mar 30, 2026

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The Best Stocks in History (EP. 457)

Mar 25, 2026

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Talk Your Book: What's the Latest in Crypto?

Mar 23, 2026

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The Perfect Price of Oil (EP. 456)

Mar 18, 2026

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Talk Your Book: After-Tax Alpha

Mar 16, 2026

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Will AI Displace Financial Advisors? (EP. 455)

Mar 11, 2026

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Talk Your Book: What's Working in the Stock Market?

Mar 9, 2026

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A Wave of Redemptions (EP. 454)

Mar 4, 2026

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Talk Your Book: The Bull Market in Real Assets

Mar 2, 2026

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Everyone Hates AI (EP. 453)

Feb 25, 2026

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