Rule Breaker Investing Transcripts

It’s time to crown a winner: defending champion Emily Flippen faces off against Cinderella challenger Loren Horst in the Market Cap Madness World Championship.

Motley Fool Co-Founder David Gardner is joined by superstar guests Bill Burke and Mahan Tavakoli as they each share three stories—one to educate, one to amuse, and one to enrich.

Some financial terms sound scarier than they are. Others sound familiar… right up until you realize you don’t actually know what they mean. If you’ve ever nodded along to financial jargon, hoping nobody would ask a follow-up, this episode is for you.

Can you quickly decide which AI companies deserve your attention—and which to skip? And is there a simple trick that can delight for a lifetime?

David shares five timelessly powerful ideas—about identity, investing, serenity, frameworks, and questioning—and brings them together in a fresh 2026 mix.

We hear from listeners who tracked the data on our Market Cap Game Show strategies, revisit a thoughtful challenge from Professor Jason Corso, pick up a clever Google News hack, and much more.

In this semifinal match, defending world champion Emily Flippen faces longtime Motley Fool advisor Bill Barker in a rematch of the epic Final Four game they played one year ago.

It's been 27 months since this series's last installment, which means Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner has had time to quietly bottle up a fresh batch of entirely new irritations.

What wording drives you bonkers?

It's about accountability and perspective.

Kevin Kelly, founding editor of "Wired" magazine and a lifelong observer of technology in motion, returns to Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner's "Rule Breaker Investing" for a conversation about how the future actually shows up.

This "Rule Breaker Investing" mailbag brings together beautiful questions and stories to start the new year.

Risk gets talked about a lot in investing -- and often defined poorly.

This week on Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is joined by Raj Sisodia and Nilima Bhat, co-authors of "Healing Leaders," for a conversation about leadership burnout, meaning, and why wholeness may be a strategic advantage.

This lesson-filled episode makes the case for capital "H" History as an investor's secret weapon -- and for why perspective, patience, and precise thinking continue year after year to help investors crush stock market averages.

It's the final "Rule Breaker Investing" podcast of 2025.

It's time once again for the Market Cap Game Show Holiday Edition, where intuition meets valuation and everyday life meets market caps.

It's time for a celebration of the episodes that educated, amused, and enriched in 2025.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

It's that time of year again -- our annual tabletop gift guide returns with Games, Games, Games, Vol. 7. From family-friendly favorites to rich, strategic adventures.