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The Rational Reminder Podcast
The Rational Reminder Podcast
446 episodes · by Benjamin Felix, Cameron Passmore, and Dan Bortolotti
About The Rational Reminder Podcast
The Rational Reminder Podcast is a podcast with 446 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. A weekly reality check on sensible investing and financial decision-making, from three Canadians. Hosted by Benjamin Felix, Cameron Passmore, and Dan Bortolotti, Portfolio Managers at PWL Capital. PodLexicon indexes every episode of The Rational Reminder Podcast and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on The Rational Reminder Podcast
Investing Through Crises Book and Media Recommendations
Notable Guests on The Rational Reminder Podcast
Recent Episodes
The Future of AI in the Workplace | Special Episode (Mike Sullivan and Vinay Gidwaney) — August 25, 2026
The Biggest Myths in Personal Finance — August 20, 2026
80 Years of Financial Knowledge in 53 Minutes | #422 (Bill Bernstein) — August 13, 2026
Barry Ritholtz: "90% of financial products are crap" | #421 — August 06, 2026
Answering Your Financial Questions | #420 — July 30, 2026
The State of Retirement Research | #419 (Jean-Pierre Aubry) — July 23, 2026
"I Sold 50% of My Portfolio. What Now?" | #418 (AMA) — July 16, 2026
A Financial Plan For Your Entire Life | #417 (Dr. Paul Kaplan) — July 09, 2026
Is VEQT Costing You? (& Other Questions) | #416 — July 02, 2026
Shannon Lee Simmons: How To Stop Feeling Broke | #415 — June 25, 2026
Answering Your Financial Questions | #414 — June 18, 2026
How Canadian ETFs Actually Work | #413 (Morley Conn) — June 11, 2026
Ben Carlson: Investing at All-Time Highs | #412 — June 04, 2026
Market Simulations & Financial Planning | #411 (John Yang) — May 28, 2026
Episode 410: The State of Investing in 2026 — May 21, 2026
Episode 409: Investment Banker - What Private Equity Doesn't Tell You — May 14, 2026
Episode 408: Elroy Dimson – Investing & Optimism — May 07, 2026
Episode 407: Michael Kothakota - The Shape of Financial Planning — April 30, 2026
Episode 406: When Massive Private Companies Go Public — April 23, 2026
Episode 405: Timothy Edwards - Inside S&P DJ Indices — April 16, 2026
Episode 404: The Finance Paper that Changed Everything — April 09, 2026
Episode 403: Patrick Adams - When Stock Crashes Matter for Long-Term Investors — April 02, 2026
Episode 402: The Problem with Private Markets — March 26, 2026
Episode 401: Eduardo Repetto & Caitlin Ebanks - Opening the Avantis CAGE — March 19, 2026
Episode 400: The Evolution of Index Fund Investing — March 12, 2026
Episode 399: James Choi - Portfolio Theory in a Spreadsheet — March 05, 2026
Episode 398: Tom Hardin - Ethics, Financial Crime, and Redemption — February 26, 2026
Episode 397: Hendrik Bessembinder - Constant Leverage & Measuring Investor Outcomes — February 19, 2026
Episode 396: Theresa Ebden - Protecting Investors at the OSC — February 12, 2026
Episode 395: Charles Chaffin - The Psychology of Financial Planning — February 05, 2026
Episode 394: Equal Weight vs. Market Cap Weight Index Funds — January 29, 2026
Episode 393: Engineering Financial Outcomes — January 22, 2026
Episode 392: The Rise of ETF Slop — January 15, 2026
Episode 391: How Assumptions Shape Financial Planning Outcomes — January 08, 2026
Episode 390: The "AI Bubble" and Stock Market Concentration — January 01, 2026
Episode 389: How the Rational Reminder Podcast is Made — December 25, 2025
Episode 388: AMA #11 - Your Parents' Advisor, 100% Equity Portfolios, and Investing $10 Billion — December 18, 2025
Episode 387: Lessons from The Wealthy Barber (2025) — December 11, 2025
Episode 386: Is anyone doing dd? with Aravind Sithamparapillai — December 04, 2025
Episode 385: A Case Study on Pension Benefits vs. Commuted Values — November 27, 2025
Episode 384: Mamdouh Medhat - A Profitability Retrospective, and Private Fund Performance — November 20, 2025
Episode 383: AMA #10 - Dollar cost averaging & mutual funds vs. ETFs — November 13, 2025
Episode 382: Ted Cadsby - The Power of Index Funds, and Being Human — November 06, 2025
Episode 381: Investing 101 — October 30, 2025
Episode 380: John Y. Campbell - Fixing Personal Finance — October 23, 2025
Episode 379: AMA #9: Covered Call ETFs, Currency Hedging, and Bond Misconceptions — October 16, 2025
Episode 378: Learning from Market History — October 09, 2025
Episode 377: Investing in Your Health — October 02, 2025
Episode 376: Climbing The Wealth Ladder — September 25, 2025
Episode 375: Covered Calls: A Devil's Bargain — September 18, 2025
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