4 Joys of Returning to the Office

Want to play podcast catch-up? Here are some ideas to get you started. [Morningstar](?utm_source=eloqua&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_smartinvestor&utm_content=30546&elqTrackId=982f33e49a54432880d490d1221bd018&elq=2bf06eac6fa0453ca5d393c7ce610760&elqaid=30546&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=14028) [Smart Investor] Smart Investor with [Susan Dziubinski, Director of Content]( [Susan Dziubinski] Last week, I returned to Morningstar’s Chicago office for the first time since March 2020. I reconnected with [colleagues]( I hadn’t seen in person for more than a year--and met [new ones]( who’d come aboard during the pandemic. I taped [videos]( in our Chicago studio rather than from my [home office](. And I soaked in the architecture of downtown Chicago again--especially the stunning Board of Trade building capping off LaSalle Street. I enjoyed something else that I’d been missing over the past 15 months: podcasts. Like many, I usually listen to podcasts on my long commute into the office. But not commuting led to a significant falloff in my podcast consumption over the past year. What did I listen to during my first trip back into the office? Fittingly, a recent episode of one of Morningstar’s podcasts: [The Long View]( featuring The Wall Street Journal’s [Jason Zweig](. I’ve always been a fan of Jason’s--and of the consistently thoughtful lines of questioning from hosts [Christine Benz]( and [Jeff Ptak]( too. Jason’s insights into the rejection of expertise, what role temperament plays in investing, and the future of financial advice were illuminating. (If you’re not a podcast fan, no worries--we provide transcripts of The Long View podcasts, too.) Whether you’re commuting again or simply enjoying the dog days of summer, now may be the ideal time to binge-listen to episodes you’ve missed of podcasts you enjoy--recent guests on The Long View podcast that you might’ve missed include [former Vanguard CEO Jack Brennan]( [fixed-income guru Sonal Desai]( and [Social Security expert Mike Piper](. You can scan all past episodes in [The Long View archive](. Looking to add a new podcast or two to your library? Morningstar offers [a few]( we’ve shared some ideas of other [money podcasts we like](. In fact, Jason Zweig names a few of his top casts during [his interview]( too. ADVERTISEMENT [media]( [media] Morningstar Specialists [What's the Future for Bond and Stock Returns?]( [What's the Future for Bond and Stock Returns?]( The outlook for bonds is clearer than that for stocks. John Rekenthaler [My 'Too Hard' Pile Is Pretty Big]( [My 'Too Hard' Pile Is Pretty Big]( And yours should be, too. 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