Marketplace All-in-One Why is it called a bull market or a bear market?
Oct 7, 2025
Dougie Pickles, host of the Cozy Critters sleepy-time podcast, joins Bridget and Ryan to explore the whimsical intersection of animals and finance. They discuss the meanings of bull and bear markets, using playful animal imagery, and even highlight the entrepreneurial cleaner wrasse fish. Listeners share hilarious ideas about which animal should run the economy, while a fun budgeting exercise reveals that feeding an elephant costs far more than a tiger. The night culminates in a soothing soundscape to help Ryan finally drift off to sleep.
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Kids Imagine Animal Economists
- Kids answer which animal should run the economy, naming giraffes, dolphins, crows, chipmunks, and humans.
- The segment demonstrates imaginative listener participation and diverse ideas from young listeners.
Cleaner Wrasse: A Fishy Entrepreneur
- Dougie describes cleaner wrasse fish that run a cleaning business for other sea animals and eat the parasites they remove.
- The wrasse gets fed while providing a service, which the hosts compare to a small business model.
Animals Make Finance Memorable
- People use animal metaphors to explain market behavior because physical movements create memorable mental images.
- The hosts note the metaphors aren't perfectly literal but help communicate whether markets are rising or falling.