Rational Reminder podcast
Shares rank 33 of 42 podcasts by recommenders
People recommend it for thorough, nuanced finance discussions, often with the authors of research papers as guests.
People recommend it for thorough, nuanced finance discussions, often with the authors of research papers as guests.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Thorough, nuanced finance discussions
“a very thorough and nuanced discussion by a bunch of smart investment / finance guys in Canada”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P” “a very thorough and nuanced discussion by a bunch of smart investment / finance guys”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P”
Other podcasts people recommend
The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarkesh Podcast | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Oxide and Friends | 26 | 3 | 90% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Acquired podcast | 25 | 0 | 100% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Behind the Bastards podcast | 18 | 1 | 95% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Rational Reminder podcastThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“he often gets the authors of those papers on the podcast”
“My favorite finance podcast (actually, just favorite podcast) does a variety of episodes related to this”
“a very thorough and nuanced discussion by a bunch of smart investment / finance guys”
“a very thorough and nuanced discussion by a bunch of smart investment / finance guys in Canada”
“See this podcast for a better explanation”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.