Sources
Hand-picked for explaining why, not just what: hosts with real credentials or newsroom standards, and no stock-tip hype. Stocksplain is not affiliated with any of them, so if you like a show, go and listen to it.
Daily news What happened today in markets and business.
WSJ What's News
Podcast · twice daily (~15 min)
The Wall Street Journal's newsroom on the day's top business and world stories.
Bloomberg Surveillance
Podcast · daily
Bloomberg's flagship markets show, with interviews with economists, strategists and CEOs.
Squawk Pod (CNBC)
Podcast · weekdays (~25 min)
CNBC's Squawk Box team on the day's market-moving stories and CEO interviews.
Marketplace
Podcast · weekdays (~30 min)
American Public Media's daily show on the economy, explained for everyone.
Prof G Markets
Podcast · daily (~30 min)
NYU professor Scott Galloway and Ed Elson on the week's biggest companies and deals. Opinionated, so read the opinions section.
Learn the basics Explainers that make the economy and investing click.
The Indicator from Planet Money
Podcast · daily (~10 min)
NPR's short daily episode on one economic idea, explained from scratch. Ideal for beginners.
Planet Money
Podcast · 2x weekly (~25 min)
Long-form NPR stories that make how the economy works stick, with fact-checked reporting.
The Plain Bagel
Podcast · weekly (~15 min)
Richard Coffin, a CFA charterholder, explains valuation, market news and financial scams with no hype.
Animal Spirits
Podcast · 2x weekly (~60 min)
Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson talk markets and personal finance for regular investors, grounded in data.
WSJ Your Money Briefing
Podcast · weekly (~20 min)
The Wall Street Journal on personal finance: saving, taxes, retirement and money decisions.
Freakonomics Radio
Podcast · weekly (~45 min)
Stephen Dubner on the hidden economics behind everyday life, with leading researchers.
Go deeper Expert long-form for when you want more.
Odd Lots (Bloomberg)
Podcast · 2-3x weekly (~45 min)
Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway interview practitioners about markets and the plumbing behind them.
Rational Reminder (Ben Felix)
Podcast · weekly (~60 min)
Portfolio managers Ben Felix and Cameron Passmore on evidence-based investing, often with leading finance academics.
Patrick Boyle On Finance
Podcast · weekly (~20 min)
An ex-hedge fund manager and finance professor. Dry-humoured breakdowns of companies, markets and financial news.
Exchanges (Goldman Sachs)
Podcast · weekly (~25 min)
Goldman Sachs analysts and executives on markets, the economy and big industry shifts. A bank's own view, so read critically.
Newsrooms Headlines used for “Top stories”
Only the headline and each feed’s own short summary are used, never the full article. Every topic links to the original reporting.