Financial BS Podcast
Jason and Chael discuss various topics in Canadian financial services. In most episodes, Jason sends Chael a recent media item. Jason and Chael unpack the item in question, to decide what is BS and what is valid.
Episodes

Apr 2, 2026
Apr 2, 2026
17 min
Jason continues to pick on active management and dividend investing and Chael demonstrates why he failed Aeronautics Engineering 232.
https://www.manulifeim.com/retail/ca/en/investments/etf/manulife-smart-international-dividend-etf-u-idiv.b

Mar 27, 2026
Mar 27, 2026
19 min
Jason gets to pick on one of his favourite pieces of financial BS, and saves Chael the trouble of hawking ice cream.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fc61fb9e3ac95b7c9416a9fde8526e13dff1d8a856a603842cd938e68ad19374/DX54VHO5IBCCXEMDZ44ZGCU6YI/

Mar 19, 2026
Mar 19, 2026
21 min
Jason is unreasonably angry about bus stop advertising. Chael wishes he could have his old podcast co-host back.

Mar 13, 2026
Mar 13, 2026
18 min
Jason takes issue with holding out. Chael endorses 15-minute cities.
https://www.abcouncil.ab.ca/councils-directories/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishal-zaveri-156b04325/
https://therealhowmoneyworks.ca/ca/zaverivishal
https://www.abcouncil.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Life-Insurance-Council.pdf

Mar 6, 2026
Mar 6, 2026
15 min
Jason somehow thinks people will be better off for understanding Additional Deposit Options. Chael is mystified by insurance marketing.
https://advisor.equitable.ca/advisor/getattachment/60fea57e-a7cf-44c1-b9e3-b029a7463e7f/EDO-QA.pdf

Feb 27, 2026
Feb 27, 2026
17 min
Jason accidentally gives a lesson in life insurance, and Chael (horror of horrors!) is uninsured.
https://equitable.ca/products/insurance/whole-life

Feb 20, 2026
Feb 20, 2026
24 min
Jason explains the various aspects of insurance commissions and Chael learns why the Calgary airport is a popular spot for some BC insurance agents.
https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/sun-life-introduces-more-level-whole-life-policy-compensation/
https://suncentral.sunlife.ca/en/news/we-re-maintaining-2026-2027-sun-life-dividend-scale-and-announcing-the-close-of-sun-par-accelerator/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-wealthy-barber_the-commission-conflict-in-insurance-sales-activity-7425546344246747136-zCVY?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAFBOskBvYA6UygOxfSLkqBMuP4vGXokuco

Feb 13, 2026
Feb 13, 2026
17 min
Chael is mystified by the inability to prosecute criminals for crimes.
https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/fsra-revokes-licence-of-insurance-agent-for-allegedly-misappropriating-700k-from-church-members/

Feb 6, 2026
Feb 6, 2026
18 min
Chael is having a pretty good day. Jason calls out a regulator for overreach. Is Jason a hypocrite? You decide.
https://decisions.abcouncil.ab.ca/abic/icaba/en/item/520991/index.do

Jan 30, 2026
Jan 30, 2026
22 min
Jason finds the silver lining on a steaming pile of crap. But it's still a steaming pile of crap.
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/trillions-more-dollars-are-available-for-private-market-investments--a-technology-firm-said-84945.html
https://www.goodinvesting.com/podcast







