{"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":"Q&A Overload","slug":"q-a-overload","published_at":"2026-07-17T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087/q-a-overload","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2607021/episodes/19508818-q-a-overload.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2607021/episodes/19508818-q-a-overload.mp3","summary":"This week Don tackles seven excellent listener questions covering everything from credit cards and emerging markets to covered-call ETFs, annuities, retirement buckets, and whether investors should worry about new additions to stock indexes. 00:51 Summer surge in listener questions 01:15 LitReading success and thanks 02:01 Are credit cards really evil? 05:09 Emerging markets inside international funds 07:44 Paying kids for chores to fund Roth IRAs 10:58 Covered-call ETFs (JEPI and others) 15...","meta_description":"This week Don tackles seven excellent listener questions covering everything from credit cards and emerging markets to covered-call ETFs, annuities, retir…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1763,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-real-money-investing-talk-201087/episodes/q-a-overload/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/q-a-overload.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}