A narrative podcast by Bryan Yach, CFP®
Money tells the story of civilization.
Stories About Money.
History That Still Shapes Us.
Money's the Matter is a narrative podcast about financial history, economics, markets, and the psychology of money. Each episode uses a true story to explain the people, incentives, ideas, and events that shaped the financial world we live in today.
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Why money is never just money.
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Season One · Episode Eight
Hunting for Silver
The Hunt Brothers and Silver Thursday
March 27, 1980. Silver collapses, brokers scramble for cash, and Wall Street fears the damage could spread. This is the story of the Hunt brothers, Silver Thursday, leverage, and what happens when being right starts to feel like proof you cannot be wrong.
About the show
Why does money work at all?
We earn it, save it, spend it, invest it, fear losing it, and rarely stop to ask where it came from—or what it has asked humanity to believe.
Money's the Matter is a narrative podcast exploring financial history, psychology, economics, markets, and the ideas that still shape everyday life. Each episode begins with a story and follows the people, places, and ordinary frustrations behind familiar financial systems.
Bryan Yach, CFP® is a financial planner and storyteller with fifteen years of experience helping families navigate money and major life decisions. The podcast grew from his curiosity about the history and human behavior hidden beneath the numbers.
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