Masters in Business - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Interviews are intelligent and thought-provoking, but recent trend of lots more ads intrusively and recklessly placed has REALLY lowered the pleasure of listening. Most recent episode (equity strategist Adam Parker), with very interesting opinions about the stock market, was delivered OVER A MONTH after recording, rendering the opinions outdated and less useful. Bloomberg should use the money from all these jarring ads for better audio production (more careful ad placement with transitions in and out; faster program delivery).

I’ve been a fan for a long time. This is probably the first podcast I’ve subscribed to over the years. However, most of the podcasts are getting longer with either too many commercials or too much fluff. The number of commercials interrupting interesting conversations is getting irritating. I never minded the biographical information at the beginning and the shtick at the end but combined with the number of commercials, I find myself fast forwarding all too often.

Very high-quality guest roster. I have particularly enjoyed the female guests (just finished Ilana Weinstein). These are the best of the best business minds and it's educational to hear how eloquently they are able to express complex ideas. Sure, Barry is a bit self-assured, but I like him and he's very knowledgeable. He's "likable enough," to borrow Obama's ol' zinger.

I’ve been listening to Barry on CNBC and Bloomberg in the past decades. He is an entertaining and knowledgeable speaker, and interviewer. I have a degree in Finance and have worked in the financial field for 3 decades. I trust Barry as a credible source who finds other good sources to interview.

I tried this podcast and made it through an episode and a half. The host comes across as a know it all and constantly interrupts. The worst was listening to Bethany McLean start desperately trying to talk over him, raise her voice, and talk faster to try to make her points. It’s clearly more than just a problem with women guests, but it certainly reads as familiarly sexist to women used to fighting to be heard. I can’t listen to this.

Great content but very poor control with sound control. The main radio podcast is always recorded at a higher volume level. The podcast only Portion at a lower volume. Impossible to listen to part 2 with background noise even with the volume on high. In addition, the volume goes up and down within each segment. I subscribe to 8 podcasts. This is the only one with this problem. It’s not my device or my hearing! Also - the advertisements come on VERY LOUD.