Episode #2: What's the situation in Canada?

We take a look at the Canadian economy in the midst of the global recession. We ask some questions about Canadian banks and how well credit is flowing, and discover some surprising things...

Download it here, check it out on iTunes, or use the player below to listen in. We're working out a way to do this at Trent Radio, but this programming season is just ending over there and we're in the middle of classes and exams so it's going to take a little while. Please bear with us.

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Kate and I are having entirely too much fun putting the next episode together. She promises me she'll be posting on here soon too so you don't get the (entirely false) impression that this is a one-human being show.

In the meantime, we're on iTunes now! So go ahead an subscribe, so you can get the Money Undressed podcast automatically sent to you. Go on, try it.

PS One of the saddest and most strangely entertaining blogs I've seen in a long time: The charmingly voyeuristic Brokers With Hands On Their Faces.

Retooling the schedule

Hey there dutiful readers and listeners, we've had some great feedback already and we really appreciate it. Keep sending us your comments and your ideas for future shows - we'd love to hear what you think.

We also wanted to let you know we've decided to move to a biweekly schedule. With the interviews we want to get and the length of time it takes to put together a really good sounding show, unfortunately biweekly looks like the shortest time frame we'll be able to make it on. Good news is, though, that this'll give us a little more time to make sure we're passing our courses and everything. Which I'm sure everybody can get behind.

Episode #1: What is the credit crunch?

Here it is! After hours of sweat, blood and tears, and one late night furiously editing at Trent Radio, let us introduce... Money Undressed - Episode 1!

Listen to it below, by tuning in Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM in Peterborough, or by downloading it for free riiiiight here.

The Credit Crisis, in shiny graphics

Kate and I are hard at work on our first episode, here on the blog tomorrow and after that on iTunes to subscribe to once they list it (it takes a few days for new shows). We'll be trying to help explain what the credit crisis is all about, and talking to someone who's had a rough time figuring out the hard way what happens when banks stop lending all of a sudden.

In the meantime, here's a great video I found explaining a big part of the crisis and how it's connected to bad mortgages. There's a lot of really interesting stuff in this video, and it helps you understand how so many banks and investors can be suddenly find themselves on the verge of collapse when people stop paying back the bad loans they gave. A big thanks to Joey deVilla for linking to it.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.