Show overview
Animal Spirits Podcast has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 799 episodes, alongside 28 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 590 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 33 min and 54 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 49 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 117 episodes published. Published by The Compound.
From the publisher
Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/