On this month's mailbag episode we have more financial freedom tips, a shout-out to North Dakota, and a deeper dive into your sleep numbers.   (00:06:50) AI Scoring for a Better World (00:10:55) Budgeting In Buckets (00:15:37) Helping Grandkids Towards Financial Freedom (00:18:45) 4 Reasons to Visit North Dakota (00:21:45) Going Deeper on Sleep Numbers and RBI Principles (00:32:00) Setting Separate Sleep Numbers for Each Stock (00:39:50) Setting Good Habits for Financial Freedom (00:43:30) Benefits of Micro-Journaling   Host: David Gardner Producer: Heather Horton

Early on, Bitcoin was supposed to be a currency. Is it? Does it matter? James Surowiecki returns to our podcast to review previous predictions of a cryptocurrancy bubble, look at the future of meme stocks, and play a round of the time-honored Foolish game of buy, sell, or hold. Companies mentioned: BBBYQ, GME, COIN, UBER, ABNB, BTC, ETHER, BNB, NYT, MSTR Host: David Gardner Guest: James Surowiecki Producer: Rick Engdahl

Are you a business leader looking to persuade your CFO to change course? Are you an entrepreneur looking for an edge? A parent looking for meaningful family connections? Whoever you are, we got ya covered! (08:04) Reallocate (12:30) Micro-journaling (16:14) "Dear Me" (19:50) Time-stamp your thoughts (23:03) Avert your gaze (27:53) Compete in unionized industries as a Conscious Capitalist (35:18) Intentional family traditions Host: David Gardner Producer: Rick Engdahl

11 Tales from fellow Fools about what you all have done in the past year to create financial freedom for yourself, and for others. Our five sub-themes of financial freedom this week are frugality, extra effort, starting the journey, Foolish moves, and educating others. (00:03:54) Frugality (00: 11: 14) Extra Effort (00:14:19) Starting the Journey (00:18:26 ) Foolish Moves (00:30:06) Educating Others Host: David Gardner Producer: Heather Horton

After David recommended Royal Caribbean Cruises as a stock in 2007, he told members to sell it one year later. Should he have? What can we learn? Later, he’s joined by Emily Flippen to help investors get started investing, and then by Robert Brokamp as well to help investors get finished investing. That, and a preview of RBI’s Authors in August at the end! (00:09:18) Selling Royal Caribbean Cruises…. (00:12:42) Sports History of the Southern Conference (00:16:15) Power of Regular Investing (00:23:11) “Make Your Portfolio Reflect” …Your Own Changing Views? (00:34:49) Where New Investors Should Put Their Money (00:45:50) Dividend Reinvestment Plan Management for The Retired Host: David Gardner Guests: Emily Flippen, Robert Brokamp Producer: Heather Horton Companies Discussed: PTON, RCL, META, GOOG, AMZN, DIS, MSFT, TSLA, NKE, SPDR 500, VOO, WFC

Sometimes you know the market cap, sometimes you're just guessing. And sometimes you're gaming the game! Just remember, "never get involved in a land war in Asia," and "never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" Companies Discussed: BABA, BOC, CAVA, CME, CMG, FCX, MKTX, SG, SGEN, STZ, TASK, TSLA, WMT Host: David Gardner Guests: Jim Mueller, Bill Mann Producer: Rick Engdahl

Did you hear? We're back in a bull market! Not soon enough for these 5-stock samplers to recover, perhaps, but at least they're headed in the right direction. Today we're sending 5 Stocks for America off to Sad Foolhalla, but 5 Stocks, Pursued by a Bear has one more year to pull out a win. It's scorekeeping time, Fools! (06:39) 5 Stocks, Pursued by a Bear with Asit Sharma (37:02) 5 Stocks for America with Nick Sciple Companies Discussed: PTON, TTD, AXON, U, Z, SAM, ETSY, SBUX, TTWO Host: David Gardner Guests: Asit Sharma, Nick Sciple Producer: Rick Engdahl

The AIs are here, the AIs are here! Is it the end of the world? Nah. The end of the World Wide Web? Maybe... Today we discuss the opportunities, the ethics, and the inevitabilities of Artificial Intelligences (there are many) as they reach hockey-stick growth in our tech-driven society. Companies Mentioned: UBER, GOOG, MSFT, AMZN Host: David Gardner Guest: Mahan Tavakoli Producer: Rick Engdahl

What the heck is a Debt Ceiling anyway? Are we learning the wrong lessons from our government's fiscal policies? Maybe we should just focus on other stuff, like braving the stock market, simplifying life, and polishing up our digital brains. All that and a couple of Hills on this month's mailbag. (00:08:53) Daring to Invest (00:13:37) Cognitive Drag and your Digital Brain (00:17:39) Investing Early and the Value of a College Degree (00:31:24) Debt Ceiling and Leverage (00:39:01) Government Debt vs. Personal Debt (00:58:00) The First Hill: A Fond Farewell (01:09:30) The Second Hill: A Long and Foolish Life Host: David Gardner Guests: Jeff Fischer, Tom King, Jason Moser, Chris Hill Producer: Rick Engdahl

Once again it's an old format, a new show, borrowed wisdom and a taste of the Faker-Breaker Blues. Drop a six-pence in your shoe and let's get Motley! (04:13) Aim for 60% accuracy (12:19) Managing the second-order effects of your business (25:18) Building a second brain (33:33) Spotting the Faker-Breaker Companies Mentioned: APRN, KR, HELFY Host: David Gardner Producer: Rick Engdahl