{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Real Money - Investing Talk","slug":"talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087","podcast_index_feed_id":201087,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2607021.rss","website_url":"http://talkingrealmoney.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/qjhkkli7p2h0daojrwso761mj5cs?.jpg","author":"Don McDonald","episode_count":1942,"summary":"Financial talk radio veteran, Don McDonald and former host of Serious Money on PBS, Tom Cock, join forces to talk about real money issues. In each episode, they solve real money problems, dole out real investing (not speculating) advice, and really explain the financial issues that effect all of us. Plus, it's actually fun! Talking Real Money is a podcast designed to provide the real help we all need to enjoy a really great future. Call in with your questions anytime at 855-935-TALK (8255).","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T02:20:18.521954+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087"},"episode":{"title":"Advice Evolution","slug":"advice-evolution","published_at":"2026-06-15T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087/advice-evolution","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2607021/episodes/19348906-advice-evolution.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2607021/episodes/19348906-advice-evolution.mp3","summary":"Don takes listeners on a journey through nearly four decades of investment advice, explaining how his thinking evolved from recommending active mutual funds in the 1980s to embracing index funds, factor investing, and eventually ETFs. Along the way, he and Tom discuss Vanguard’s rise, Don’s early relationship with Paul Merriman, the emergence of Dimensional Fund Advisors and Avantis, and why their recommendations have changed over time. They also address listener skepticism about fund recomme...","meta_description":"Don takes listeners on a journey through nearly four decades of investment advice, explaining how his thinking evolved from recommending active mutual fun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2231,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087/episodes/advice-evolution/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087/advice-evolution.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}