Listener Reviews

The humor is nice. The advice is sound. Callers’ questions are interesting and the answers straight forward. They also look up data like advisers fees on the air and give names and numbers. I don’t know anyone else that does that.

I didn’t think I would like to hear two older gentlemen talking about finance and investment, but I sure do love listening to their podcasts. They are very knowledgeable about current financial and investment issues and provide their sound advice on what you should be doing to ensure that you can retire comfortably. In fact, I even reached out to speak with one of their advisors for a second opinion on investment portfolios being managed by a current financial advisor. I always look forward to listening to Don and Tom.

Great bits of investing and retirement advice in a lively show.

Found Don and Tom while listening to another personal finance show. Enjoy the way they present their material, to the point not too much in the weeds like some shows do sometimes. I currently enjoy handling my own investing but if I were to at some point want an advisor their type of organization would be exactly what I would look for.

Love the show. Funny. Informative. Always on the side of the investor.

Always a great time listening to Tom and Don, they make the topic of market investing fun, and I continue to learn with every episode!

Absolutely love the podcast. Tom and Don are consistent in their information presented and recommendations. A great source for common sense investing.

I really enjoy listening to Don and Tom answer investing and retirement questions with knowledge and wit!

Upfront, I really enjoy this financial podcast. It is overall very entertaining and informative. I have been listening to this podcast for several years. With that said, it is also one of the most frustrating and annoying podcast that I regularly listen to. Two of the weekly podcasts are replays of a weekend radio show they broadcast in the Seattle area. They are hosting the show while they are in remote locations. As a result, there is a noticeable digital delay between their conversations and those of their callers or guests. The result is that there is frequent talking over one another. For example, callers are not able to finish their questions before the hosts start speaking over them. The delay then creates an awkward jumbled conversation that is very annoying with a loss of what could be great and useful information to listeners. What’s even worse is they often don’t listen to the real question and go off on tangent, and as a result don’t answer the questions that are being posed by the callers. Just wish that they would take the time to produce a show where people can complete their thoughts or sentences and then the host or guest respond without being interrupted.

Content is update with academic literature and helps separate the cream from the garbage. This is the stuff you need to know to be successful and not get screwed by Wall Street. Highly recommended.

Every week Tom and Don hit it out of the ballpark with their masterful blending of insightful content and humor on a topic most of us don’t like to talk about - MONEY. Few aspects can make or break our lives than this one. Failing to master it can really lead to an unpleasant life, not to mention our final years. Kudos to them for being warriors and so giving of themselves to help each of us build a better life.

Solid financial advice. No gimmicks approach to investing and love the humor which keeps a normally boring topic interesting!

Currently subscribed to a dozen or so of the top podcasts, and they are the FIRST to recommend a market-cap globally diversified portfolio for long-term investing. Really solid advice for investments and entertaining, a hard combo to find nowadays. Highly recommended.

Tom and Don tell it like it is and help you understand how to invest your money wisely. No sales pitches. They genuinely care about your well-being. The world would be better if there were more people like the two of them. I’ve been investing (on my own) in the way they recommend for over 20 years and I’m very happy with the results.

Looking for a personal finance podcast that isn’t trying to sell you something or have a get rich quick scheme, then look no further than Talking Real Money. Hosts Don and Tom bring their 100% fiduciary responsibilities to podcast and radio to help everyone get better with money while having the listener’s best interest in mind. These two have a great rapport and voices that are great to listen to. Whether or not you are a fan of their witty banter or not (I am) their advice will put you on the right path to live the financial life you deserve.

I'm really glad that I found this podcast. They must be joking that they only have a small audience. If that's true then a lot of people are missing out. It's frank, honest advice at a time when it's never been more critical.

I like this pod, but these guys get too joke-y. They think they are comedians. They have good info, but interrupt themselves consistently to say something they think is funny - yet, personal finances & investing are kinda serious. I hope they tone down the ha-ha(s). :-/

Great show and I trust your information and sage guidance. Thank you for sharing your perspective.

Don and Tom’s podcast is so informative while being so entertaining that even my husband, who was never interested in financial matters before, is listening to the shows with me. Honest investment advice from two financially knowledgeable, fun guys, but it’s way more than just finances they discuss. It’s about having a plan. The one drawback about this show is that I find it hard to stop listening!

Every day is something different and while I’m really well versed in this space, I always learn something. I never miss a podcast; great info and interesting perspectives from two guys with decades in the industry.

Great show most of the time. My biggest complaint is that they keep posting OLD shows from many years ago. Financial news from 4 years ago is of no interest to me! Most times I am listening 10 minutes or longer before realizing that this is an antique podcast. Please put those OLD shows in an archive so is someone wants to listen to them, they can. Don’t force your listeners to download ancient history lessons!

Great advice every day. They provide simple strategies you can execute on your own or how to find a good advisor. Probably two us the best guys to listen to on investing in the market.

Don and Tom give great guidance for FREE to anyone looking to learn more about personal finance management. Their bite size podcasts are a great way to learn about investing while on the go. Although these fine fellows are silver haired, they can easily connect with us younger listeners and make it funny and enjoyable without too many “dad jokes”. Keep up the great job gentleman!

Everything I get the itch to throw my money at the latest new stock, I go back to Don and Tom who are my constant reminders of why passive indexing wins out every time. They are entertaining, and honestly interested in helping ALL investors! Thanks for the endless supply of dad jokes Tom!