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David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool, is among the most respected and trusted sources on investing. As a best-selling author, hugely successful stock picker, and financial authority, David has led The Motley Fool’s growth into a worldwide investment and financial advisory services company. Each week David shares his insights into today's most innovative and disruptive publicly traded companies -- and how to profit from them by following his signature “Rule Breaker Investing” principles.
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Apr 19, 2023

The most memorable stories are often the ones filled with... surprises! Today we begin a new storytelling series, bringing lessons on business, investing, and life. Expect the unexpected....

  • (2:51) Hail to Dorothy — the Wicked Witch is Dead! 
  • (8:58) Priceline and Me
  • (16:11) How Do We Play?
  • (21:51) Heather O'Reilly
  • (29:34) Fill Your Own Piñata

Companies Discussed: BKNG

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Apr 12, 2023

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

...And as it turns out, also a tale of 5 Stocks for the Coronavirus as we send the sampler off to Sad Foolhalla. Luckily we also get to review 5 Stocks To Teach You Rule Breakers.

  • (6:21) 5 Stocks To Teach You Rule Breakers with Jason Moser
  • (37:59) 5 Stocks for the Coronavirus with Jim Mueller

Companies Discussed: ATVI, AVAV, ABNB, AAPL, AXON, SONY, MSFT, PTON, ROKU, SE, TDOC, ZM

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Jason Moser, Jim Mueller
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Apr 5, 2023

A world traveler sleeping on the sidewalk to save a buck... A geologist working the oil fields on a 12-hour night shift... It doesn't take a fancy degree to become a Rule Breaker. It takes a student of life, of business, and of investing. Today Jeff Fischer and Kirsten Guerra share their stories of how they've become investors, analysts, and Fools.

  • (3:57) Jeff Fischer: Sometimes the stock graph of life goes up and down at the same time.
  • (53:01) Kirsten Guerra: Burnt out by the oil industry, but ever curious to find new data to analyze.

Host: David Gardner
GuestsL Jeff Fischer, Kirsten Guerra
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Mar 29, 2023

The end of the month is here again, so we're tossing you the keys and letting you drive. Sure enough, you're taking us somewhere smarter, happier, and richer!

  • (7:46) Is Gamifying Life Bad?
  • (10:42) Pushing the Limits of the GKC Score
  • (21:18) Diversification vs. Stock Concentration
  • (31:13) Education and Questioning
  • (44:06) Transparency and Scorekeeping
  • (52:54) A Blind Spot for GAAP?
  • (1:11:01) Bring Rule Breakers Together

Stocks Mentioned: AMZN, NFLX, SBUX, ATVI, NET

Host: David Gardner
Guests: David Kretzmann, Andy Cross, Tim Beyers
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Mar 22, 2023

We're talking market caps, Fool! And unlike Andy Cross and Jim Mueller, our game show contestants here in the studio, you get to play at home and out of the spotlight! But no one is off the hook as we put price tags on companies we love, companies our spouses hate, and companies we have never even heard of.

Companies Discussed: PANW, ABNB, ASML, CELH, PCOR, KYMR, MELI, ETSY, BOC, MA

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Andy Cross, Jim Mueller
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Mar 15, 2023

In 2019 Warren Berger joined us for an episode of Authors in August to discuss his groundbreaking book, "A More Beautiful Question." Today he's back for a more open-ended conversation about the whys, what-ifs, and hows of asking questions — in business, in education, and in life.

Companies Mentioned: NFLX, ABNB, SPOT, UBER

Host: David Gardner
Guest: Warren Berger
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Mar 8, 2023

Were you here before podcasts? Remember the NPR show? AM radio anyone? Today Mac Greer is back with the keys to our deep vault of audio gold. Tom Gardner joins David to revisit and discuss the conversations, predictions, and lessons from 20 years ago.

  • (7:08) Jim Sinegal on competition and growth
  • (13:09) Meg Whitman on eBay's acquisition of PayPal
  • (18:00) John Antioco on Blockbuster's bright future
  • (22:53) Roger Ebert on Blockbuster's imminent demise
  • (25:23) Loretta Lynn on Growing Up Poor
  • (30:45) Sir Bob Geldof on the futility of bribery
  • (35:07) Mike Veeck on creative marketing

Companies Discussed: COST, WMT, EBAY, PYPL, NFLX

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Tom Gardner, Mac Greer
Voices from the Vault: Jim Sinegal, Meg Whitman, John Antioco, Roger Ebert, Loretta Lynn, Sir Bob Geldof, Mike Veeck
Producers: Mac Greer & Rick Engdahl

Mar 1, 2023

We stand on the shoulders of giants, and one of the best ways to enjoy the view is to look back to the brilliant things they've said and contemplate how to apply those thoughts to our current situation. Whether from essays or military strategies or blockbuster movies, great quotes are there to help us become smarter, happier, and richer.

  • (4:25 ) "If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success."
  • (12:08) "Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."
  • (17:25) "Leadership is not about invoking rank; leadership is about seeing clearly what must be done, taking action, and inspiring others to join you in throwing their energies’ full force into the task. "
  • (21:39) "At the end of the day, it's really about results."
  • (29:59) "Win the crowd and you will win our freedom." 

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Feb 22, 2023

This month we spent some time looking back to the past in order to have a better view of the future. But our mailbag brings it all to the here and now! 

  • (6:50) Trust is the Coin of the Realm
  • (11:49) A Dismal Performance
  • (18:42) The Trouble with Hindsight
  • (34:01) Navigating the GKC
  • (49:23) Dialing in your Sleep Number

Companies Discussed: AMZN,  FVRR, LMND, CRWD, TCEHY, TDOC, FSLY, AMD, NVDA, TTD

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Jim Mueller, David Kretzmann
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Feb 18, 2023

C. Thi Nguyen is back with David to discuss some of their all time favorite board and role playing games, along with some thoughts about ranking systems, scoring mechanics, and online recipes.

Host: David Gardner
Guest: C. Thi Nguyen
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Feb 15, 2023

Games can be good or bad. Or evil. Or stupid. But what happens when we apply the artificial constraints of game design to real world discourse? Philosophy professor C. Thi Nguyen is here to deepen our understanding of games and raise a few flags about the gamification of everyday life.

  • (6:21) Definition of a game
  • (23:42) Games as art in the medium of agency
  • (37:04) Should games be fun?
  • (47:37) Gaming in the real world, from Twitter to GPAs
  • (1:05:12) The game of investing
  • (1:18:45) Buy Sell or Hold

Host: David Gardner
Guest: C. Thi Nguyen
Produceer: Rick Engdahl

Feb 8, 2023

On this podcast we never repeat ourselves. On this podcast we never repeat... Oh alright, we sometimes repeat ourselves. But only to bring back important stories and lessons from the past that might otherwise be forgotten.

  • (4:55) Establish your Sleep Number
  • (12:48) Fools on The View
  • (20:55) Buy High and Never Sell
  • (25:43) Of Killers and Kings
  • (30:20) Act Upon your Youthful Dreams

Companies discussed: SBUX, NVDA, NFLX

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Feb 1, 2023

Seems like only yesterday we were traveling back in time. Wait a minute... maybe it was yesterday. Maybe it is yesterday! In any case, we're back in our time machines again, so rev up the Delorean, close the phone booth, and adjust your sonic screwdriver — we're looking back on some essays from yesteryear and seeing what they can teach us today.

  • (4:42) A 14-Bagger's 14 Lessons
  • (13:48) Two Small Innovations
  • (20:27) Miss Chipotle Regrets?
  • (33:23) The Beating Heart of Rule Breakers

Companies Discussed: DIS, ADBE, CMG, TSLA, SSYS, PRLB

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl 

Jan 25, 2023

The market is up in 2023! Of course less than a month in, that's not very meaningful. But still, we can embrace some optimism for the year. More importantly, we can remember that what really matters are the decades ahead.

  • (8:55) Spelling out some gift ideas
  • (15:05) Pros and cons of smart hydration
  • (20:27) Dollar-cost averaging in a bear market
  • (34:34) XPEL experience
  • (46:10) Stock graphs: YTD vs All view
  • (50:48) Poem: Make it Last
  • (55:23) 5 Stocks that Spark Joy sailing to Foolhalla

Stocks Mentioned: AMZN, AAPL DIS, ETSY, XPEL, TSLA

Host: David Gardner
Guest: Auri Hughes
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Jan 18, 2023

Time to check the scoreboard again on two of our 5-stock samplers. It's been a rough market this last year, but we're in it for longer than that, Fool! Some stocks that seem to have been crushed recently look a lot better if you just step back a few years. Some of them.

  • (13:07) 5 Stocks Rolled Up at Random
  • (30:54) 5 Stocks that Spark Joy

Stocks Mentioned: AAPL, TEAM, SEDG, SBUX, TDOC, AMZN, ETSY, TSLA, DIS

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Sanmeet Deo, Asit Sharma
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Jan 11, 2023

Sit back and take a load off, let me tell you a story. Better yet, let's have some friends around to tell five stories. Stock stories. Full of ups and downs, lessons from history, hopes for the future... it's all there for the learning!

  • (5:45) You Dropped Out of Harvard For THIS? 
  • (13:58) Discover My Biggest Winning Stock!
  • (22:15) Better Late Than Never
  • (34:00) Changing the World Is Hard
  • (45:50) Listen to, and Learn from, The Market Cap Game Show

Stocks Mentioned: CPNG, XPEL, MSFT, RDFN, SAM
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Rick Munarriz, Auri Hughes, Alyce Lomax, Jim Mueller
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Jan 4, 2023

We're kicking off 2023 looking back, looking forward, looking outward, and looking past the same old blues. It's a new year, Fools — let's make it ever better!

  • (3:18) Old: Tesla beats Ford
  • (12:32) New: Cool stuff
  • (23:29) Borrowed: Completing Capitalism
  • (29:38) Blue: Reaching past peak polarization

Stocks mentioned: TSLA, F, DUO

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Dec 28, 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, we answer a few burning questions from the mailbag: How do you play competitive games with kids? Can a handful of apps work together to build your second brain? Will Artificial Intelligence replace Shakespeare and upend the music industry? Has it already happened? Foolish minds want to know!

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Dec 21, 2022

Small-cap, mid-cap, large-cap, mega-cap...? How do these companies compare? It's not enough to know the share price; you have to know the market cap! And that's why we play the game—now with the new “Throwdown Rule.” Play along with our guests, Andy Cross and Matt Argersinger to claim your fame as the market cap masters of 2022!

Stocks Mentioned:  NCNO, SJM, ULTA, HCA, LKQ, ZS, MTCH, SQ, STEM, CRI

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Andy Cross, Matt Argersinger
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Dec 14, 2022

Roll out the red carpet! It's time for the Besties – reviewing our top 10 episodes of 2022. And the carpet's not for nothing; we've got guest stars galore! Fools of all stripes who made us smarter, happier, and richer in this challenging year.

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Dan Pink, Michael Hebb, Kara Chambers, Candice Millard, Sem Verbeek, Robert Brokamp, Chris Hill
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Dec 7, 2022

We're here to make you smarter, happier, and richer, and today we're focusing on the happy. It's boardgame season once again and David is back to recommend 5 casual games (13:00) and 5 heavier strategy games (39:08) to put under a tree or break out with your friends and family when they visit for the season.

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Nov 30, 2022

In this month of gratitude, we'll check in on the Fool Foundation, review the OG of 5-stock samplers, and have fun considering tax-based investment decisions. It must be mailbag!

Stocks Mentioned: HOOD, ATVI, MSFT, CASY, GOOG, MELI, MIDD

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Rick Munarriz, Jennifer Gennaro Oxley, Robert Brokamp
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Nov 23, 2022

In a world of ups and downs, let's up the ups! It's time to take a step back and express some gratitude for the year we've experienced together.

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Nov 16, 2022

It's time to check in on some 5-stock samplers. Will 5 Stocks That Will Press On keep pressing on? Will 5 Stocks for Conscious Capitalism create some win-win-wins? Emily Flippen is here to talk us through the ups and downs.

  • (11:14) 5 Stocks That Will Press On
  • (31:05) 5 Stocks for Conscious Capitalism

Stocks Mentioned: CHWY, ECL, ZBRA, ODFL, CNI, CRUS, ETSY, CRM, NEE, ROKU

Host: David Gardner
Guest: Emily Flippen
Producer: Rick Engdahl

Nov 9, 2022

Longtime listeners will know that when Lee Burbage and Kara Chambers are on the show, it's time to take some notes. Over the years they've shared the best practices, tools, and philosophies that make The Motley Fool an award-winning and wonderful place to work. Today they're back to sort through years of practical advice to pick their top 10 tips for making your workplace culture thrive.

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Kara Chambers, Lee Burbage
Producer: Rick Engdahl

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