Episodes
April 1, 2026
Home Buyer's Remorse (EP. 458)
On episode 458 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: recession fears, the stock mar...
March 30, 2026
Talk Your Book: Navigating Fixed Income in a Crazy World
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
March 25, 2026
The Best Stocks in History (EP. 457)
On episode 457 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: how markets are controlling the wa...
March 23, 2026
Talk Your Book: What's the Latest in Crypto?
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
March 18, 2026
The Perfect Price of Oil (EP. 456)
On episode 456 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: why oil prices aren't higher, complace...
March 16, 2026
Talk Your Book: After-Tax Alpha
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
March 11, 2026
Will AI Displace Financial Advisors? (EP. 455)
On episode 455 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are live from Future Proof Citywide in Miami talkin...
March 9, 2026
Talk Your Book: What's Working in the Stock Market?
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
March 4, 2026
A Wave of Redemptions (EP. 454)
On episode 454 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the geopolitical impact on markets, inflati...
March 2, 2026
Talk Your Book: The Bull Market in Real Assets
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
Feb. 25, 2026
Everyone Hates AI (EP. 453)
On episode 453 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the AI doom scenarios, the value of human r...
Feb. 23, 2026
Talk Your Book: Investing in Next Gen Tech Stocks
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
Feb. 18, 2026
Is AI a Mistake? (EP. 452)
On episode 452 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the software apocalypse, stock market blow-ups,...
Feb. 16, 2026
Talk Your Book: Why Commodities Are Working
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson...
Feb. 11, 2026
What Would You Do With $3 Million? (EP. 451)
On episode 451 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss how the bull market is changing shape, software sto...
Feb. 9, 2026
Talk Your Book: The 3 A's of the U.S. Economy
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson ar...
Feb. 4, 2026
Gold's 1987 Moment (EP. 450)
On episode 450 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the never-ending news cycle, the gold/silver crash, how...
Feb. 2, 2026
Talk Your Book: Investing in a Concentrated Stock Market
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson ar...
Jan. 28, 2026
Hi-Yo Silver! (EP. 449)
On episode 449 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss snow days, government debt vs. household debt, the wealth e...
Jan. 26, 2026
Talk Your Book: How to Fix the Plumbing of the Financial System
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson ...
Jan. 21, 2026
Small Caps Are Back (EP. 448)
On episode 448 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss geopolitical risk in the markets, rising bond yields, why small...
Jan. 19, 2026
Talk Your Book: Structured Notes in an ETF
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are jo...
Jan. 14, 2026
Is the Stock Market Invincible? (EP. 447)
On episode 447 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss Jerome Powell, credit card rates, the institutional ownership o...
Jan. 12, 2026
Talk Your Book: The Bull Case for China With Brendan Ahern
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are jo...