Faith, Finances and F*Bombs
Manage Your Money, Find your Soul, and Cover Your Ears. A space dedicated to providing life-giving financial and spiritual information via an engaging discussion about mindfulness, intentionality, and offensive topics. Co-hosts Hartley Wright and Kevin Bartolacci hope to help you discover the benefits of enriching your life.
Episodes
After an unplanned and extended time of hiatus, Kevin and Hartley re-connect to discuss a new focus. Unfortunately, their conversation gets Trumped.
SHOW NOTES:
- What is the deal with this "we're back" conversation and Hartley's obsession with missing time on the podcast grid? Will it ever end?Hartley's familiar lamenting over their podcast silence reemerges and consumes the early segment of this episode. His comments ...
Hartley is Melancholy and Kevin is on Probation.
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The Story of The Ozark Music Festival: 3 Days of Sodom and Gomorrah in Sedalia, Missouri is a documentary—produced by Dustbin Film and directed by Jefferson Lujin—chronicling the infamous event which took place on the Missouri State Fairgrounds July 19-21, 1974. The film was screened in Sedalia earlier this week and is currently screening in Independence, ...
The 5th of July! This week on the podcast, Hartley and Kevin have fun with a fireworks theme. They reminisce over explosive experiences, discuss the rockets and dive bombs on the market, and share past and present smoke bombs.
Show Notes:
The "Talley Trilogy" of the late playwright Lanford Wilson:
- Talley and Son, Setting: Lebanon, Missouri, July 4, 1944 (Premiered: 1985)
- Talley's Folly, Setting: An old boathouse in rural ...
Hartley and Kevin—hours before the Biden-Trump Debate—seem to be pleased with the Economy and new show swag, but discouraged by the unrest in Israel and the OMF 50th Anniversary Line Up.
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Show Credits:
- Sounds by Zapspla...
Who is winning our contest, why does Hartley love a man named Easton, what is Kevin's new step on his journey, and how is it both Hartley and Kevin recently saw no-no's in the bathroom?
SHOW NOTES:
- Kevin reports the S&P 500 closed at its 29th record high for this year on June 13th. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Tuesday, June 18, 2024—one day following the recording of this episode.
- Hartley quo...
Hartley and Kevin discuss White Christian nationalism and how the United States economy reacts during Presidential elections, and the practice of school children's parental behaviors.
Show Notes:
Article referenced in this episode (link): How one evangelical leader uses the Bible to expose the ‘False White Gospel’
Book referenced in this episode: Thinking Fast, and Slow by Daniel Kahneman; Published by Farrar, Straus and Gi...
Hartley and Kevin discuss Caitlin Clark, listener feedback, the promise of a car and receiving a daily allowance versus a lump sum.
SHOW NOTES:
- On the day this episode was recorded, the Wall Street Journal reported the aforementioned Iowa star-turned-No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft has agreed to an eight-year, $28 million contract with Nike that features a signature shoe, giving Clark the most lucrative shoe deal i...
Are you a naturally curious person or do you tend to be a know-it-all? After committing a false start, Hartley shares about a favored foreigner of Jesus and Kevin expresses his frustration about the unfavored foreigner of America.
SHOW NOTES:
- The story about the Lepers can be read in the Bible, New Testament, Luke 17:11-19
- Learn more about the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
- Learn more about Target Date Funds.
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How and when and where did you first recognize God's activity in your life? Hartley discusses responding to God; Kevin questions the reasoning behind recent standard adjustments to the target inflation rate and values for basis points.
There are no SHOW NOTES for this episode.
Show Credits:
- Music Credits
- Podcast Theme: Catch It by Coma-Media from Pixabay
- Transition Theme: For Elevator Jazz Music by Music_Unlimit...
Hartley and Kevin discuss tee shirts, federal reserve districts and prayer as conversation with God.
SHOW NOTES:
- As he does in most episodes, Kevin refers to and speaks into activity of The Fed and discusses the Philadelphia Fed Index in this installment. We encourage any listener to visit this web page for an explanation and understanding of why these are elements of our Finance segments.
- For those interested, we've i...
Hartley introduces us to the breath prayer, Kevin anticipates push-back in the upcoming political season.
SHOW NOTES:
- adjacent — /ad·ja·cent/ adjective not distant: nearby; lying near, close
- tangent — /ˈtanj(ə)nt/ adjective
(of a line or pla...
Hartley is put off by a negative emoji, Kevin hints about how the market is likely to perform during this election year, and they discuss where to see tangible proof of God answering prayer.
SHOW NOTES:
- Hartley refers to Harvard University's version of a popular Implicit Association Test (IAT). Proponents of the IAT have not shown that it unequivocally measures unconscious racism and have failed to rule out alternative ...
Hartley and Kevin converse about the weather and lakes of Missouri, Kevin informs us he will never fly again, and Hartley attempts to tackle the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling.
SHOW NOTES:
- Follow the progress of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF.
- There are 211 trading days remaining on the US Stock Market and our current record-highs for 2024 on the S&P 500 is 13.
- The song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgera...
In this episode we are encouraged by Hartley to take up a new practice and Kevin tells us we can't fight the fed.
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Hartley takes a Jamaican plunge, Kevin criticizes a helpless reporter, and the pigs are left behind.
Show Notes:
- For a written report about the interview with Larry Kudlow, visit here.
- The Parable of the Prodigal Son is recorded in Luke 15:11-32. In the story, a father has two sons. The younger son asks for his portion of inheritance from his father, who grants his son's request. This son, however, is wasteful and extra...
Kevin and Hartley discuss the changes occurring in the collegiate and professional football landscape.
Show Notes:
The content of this episode was prompted by the January 6, 2024 opinion editorial, Welcome to the end of college football as we know it, written by Will Leitch and published by CNN.
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This bonus episode describes and outlines our finance-based contest for 2024. You are invited to participate in this contest.
Show Notes:
- Enter our contest and predict how many record closes (all-time highs) on the S&P 500 you believe will occur in 2024 .
- As of the date of this episode's release, 219 trading days remain. Officially, there are 252 trading days on the stock market this year (2024) in the United State...
Each suspicious about the integrity of their local recycling management, Hartley describes two world views, emphasizing God's economy, and Kevin details last month's view, summarizing the United States economy. This is part two, continuing their long conversation of the previous episode.
Show Notes:
- Municipalities and counties pay for residential and commercial recyclables to be trucked to local and regional recycling p...
Hartley and Kevin have a long conversation, never getting around to discussing faith, finances or eff bombs. We learn about some personal challenges they each experience this time of year, Hartley shares an unsatisfying childhood memory, and Kevin expresses concerns about youth sports and a lack of listener participation in our current contest.
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In this episode covering the holiday break, we are invited to participate in a new interactive contest, Hartley highlights the final two themes of Advent, and Kevin poses a threat with his left hand.
Show Notes:
- In 2024, there will be 251 trading days on the stock market in the United States.
- Enter our contest to predict how many all-time highs you believe will be recorded in 2024.
- Submit your guess (i.e., "I predict...
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