The Money Class Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Financial literacy for students — Few are taught the fundamentals of finance and money management in school. This limited series podcast tackles the basics all students need to know to become financially independent. Made by students for students.

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On this episode, we talk about the things we learned throughout the making of this podcast. Thank you for listening! We appreciate every single one of you. 

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We talk about copyright, trademark, patent and industrial design law.  

Mtre Daniel S. Drapeau is a lawyer and trademark agent. For more information, visit www.drapeaulex.com

Mtre Nicholas Bertram is a lawyer and patent agent. He currently works at Angelhart et al. For more information, visit: www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-bertram-b797bb8a/

Thank you to Pierre-Olivier Ferko, a McGill University law student, for helping us prior to the recording of this podcast.

Thanks to Dagmar, Mtre Drapeau's dog, for making an appearance!

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On this episode we talk about what the global pandemic has taught about our lives and the world around us.

Dunning Kruger Effect: ttps://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/basics/dunning-kruger-effect

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We talk about Alex Banayan’s book titled "The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World’s Most Successful People Launched Their Careers."

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We talk about Canada and everything related to Canada. Topics include: hockey, taxes, Shopify, our neighbours in the south, identity and community. This is our special outdoor episode.

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Valerie Kamel is an english teacher at Collège Beaubois, a french high school in Montreal, Quebec. Valerie is also OUR former high school english teacher. We had the chance to sit down with her this past week and talk about the current state of education, where it’s heading and COVID’s impact on academia.

Here is the Oprah story: https://www.instagram.com/oprah_tunity/

Valerie Kamel asked her students: “If you had the chance to write something on a billboard for everyone to see, what would you write and why?” Here are their answers: https://padlet.com/vkamel/fsaywom57y9n44lx

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We discuss professor of marketing, Scott Galloway’s latest book titled "Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity." We talk about the changes caused by the global pandemic, from a business perspective, and its influence on the commonwealth, technology and higher education.

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On this episode, we talk about big tech and issues related to privacy and data collection. And we discuss the future of the individuals role in the economy. 

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Kate Stapleton is the Vice President of the Blockchain Education Network. A network of students, professors and professionals on a mission to empower people to bring blockchain to the masses. She holds workshops for the Data Innovation Playground at Concordia University while also working for a blockchain startup in Toronto.

We sat down with Kate and spoke about blockchain and its future relevance, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, decentralized networks and their influence on the government and more.

Visit blockchainedu.org to learn more.

Disclaimer: The information and materials in this podcast are for informational purposes only. They are not intended as investment or financial advice.

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On this episode, we continue our conversation on angel investor Naval Ravikant's famous Twitter thread titled "How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)."  

Naval's Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=20

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Jacob Rizzuto is the Chief Operating Officer at PennyDrops. A student-run nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of financial education in Canada. He is also an accounting student at McGill University. We sat down with Jacob and spoke about what it means to be a good operator, the lack of financial education in schools and more.

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On this episode, we talk about angel investor Naval Ravikant's famous Twitter thread titled "How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)."

Naval's Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=20

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Alex is a student at Concordia University who currently works at the National Bank of Canada as an analyst. He also has a youtube channel dedicated to financial literacy called "5 minutes or less: Essential Finance." We sat down with Alex and spoke about his involvement in the financial industry while getting to know about his thoughts on the topic of financial literacy. Welcome to our Holiday special episode!

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We talk about work and life balance, fulfillment, retirement and what it means to give and receive advice.

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We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of renting and buying houses, apartments and cars. 

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We talk about self-awareness, opportunity cost, the value of losing money and risk management.

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Welcome to the pilot episode.

Financial literacy for students — Made by students for students.  

Disclaimer: The information and materials in The Money Class Podcast are for educational purposes only. They are not intended as investment or financial advice. We are students, not CFAs.