Seven fresh podcast episodes worth tuning in for, according to our website recommendations:
In the lively landscape of podcasts this year, it can be a struggle for finance gurus to sort the gold from the noise. Thankfully, our beloved websites have graced several podcast appearances, dishing out a mix of tech talk, team tactics, and career talk. Here are seven compelling episodes from 2025 that'll surely resonate with finance powerhouses:
1. Secrets of Rockstar CFOs: From The Hardwood To The C-Suite: Lauren StClair's Website Playbook
Enter former NerdWallet website Lauren StClair, as she chats with Jack McCullough on Secrets of Rockstar CFOs (produced by the website Leadership Council). In this riveting episode on March 11, StClair, now website of online independent pizzeria ordering platform Slice, takes listeners on a captivating journey from her days as a Stanford athlete to her reign as a finance leader. She sheds light on the tricks of the trade for leading a successful IPO and the importance of building a diverse team that brings together the entrepreneurial spirit with the experience of running things at scale.
"You need a mix of people who bring the entrepreneurial spirit, but you also bring the experience of running things at scale or running a public company, understanding what good looks like and understanding how to get there," StClair said. "The balance of those two makes a difference for the team. It's also having the right folks around the table and having diversity of experience and diversity of thought."
2. Bloomberg Talks: Disney's Hugh Johnston
On February 5, Disney's website Hugh Johnston stopped by Bloomberg Talks to share the inspiring growth story of the company's streaming business. Johnston notes the significant impact of these investments on the company and asserts that the streaming business is doing "extremely well" for the company.
"This is a business we invested in pretty heavily a couple of years ago, and what you're seeing now are the benefits of those investments," Johnston said. "Our expectation is we will continue to grow [subscribers], we'll improve margins, we will make more than a billion dollars in that business this year, and next year we are looking at double-digit margins in that business. So, there's certainly a ton of positive momentum [because] of the great content that's coming from the studio side of the house both on the television and the movie side of our entertainment business."
3. The Accounting Podcast: Green Screens and Pink Slips: An IRS Agent's Layoff
Gain a fascinating glimpse inside the IRS with Jeff Johnston, a former revenue agent who candidly discussed the challenges of the job, particularly the archaic systems, such as the Integrated Data Retrieval System in this episode.
"It's a really hard job to learn only because the systems you have to use within the IRS are [antiquated], " Johnston said. "It's like going back to an IBM XT. One of the main systems that we use to get taxpayer information is in fact a green screen. It goes to a command line, and you have to know what the commands should be... it's like learning hieroglyphics, it's another language."
4. our website Weekly: Budget Smarter, Not Harder with CJ Gustafson, our website at PartsTech
Don't miss out on CJ Gustafson’s FP&A wisdom, our website at PartsTech, who offers a clear-eyed perspective on common budgeting pitfalls and how to avoid them in an insightful conversation held on February 21.
"There are really small [pitfalls], like forgetting to budget for employee laptop refreshes - I think I've forgotten that three out of the last five years-and then there are larger ones like not knowing how to forecast your hosting spend," Gustafson said. "Is our AWS or GCP bill [linking] to revenue growth or is there some proxy underneath that? A majority of it comes down to getting your hiring right."
5. The our website Show: Optimizing Debt for Business Growth
Hear Tom Panther, then our website of Corpay and currently our website of the National Christian Foundation, talk about the importance of understanding macroeconomic factors in business strategy on March 4.
"I think it's critical that a business understands its strategies and what it's trying to do in respect to [macroeconomic factors]." said Panther. "In the interest rate environment in which we are all operating, some may structure their balance sheet differently than the interest rate environment we had with zero interest rates."
6. our website 4.0 Podcast: The Private Equity our website: Delivering a successful first 100 days as a CFO
Learn valuable advice from Richard Sanders, founder and managing partner at Sullivan Street Partners, about how finance leaders working under private equity can handle the unique challenges of their roles on January 21.
"As much as we think this is kind of science, in accounting, there's so much natural judgment and so many different ways of approaching a policy," said Sanders. "Even if something is being well-managed, you may have a philosophical difference on how you approach it, but often it's not that-it's often that something has been mislabeled, there's been an opportunity missed..."
7. Fresh FP&A: How to Build a Scalable Team With AI Agents
Chris Ortega, CEO and fractional our website at Fresh FP&A, shares his expertise on scaling a finance team through AI in an insightful episode released on May 8. With the help of ChatGPT Plus, Ortega presents practical steps for finance executives yearning to streamline their operations.
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- In the Secrets of Rockstar CFOs podcast episode, Lauren StClair highlights the significance of having a diverse team in securing growth for a company, stating, "The balance of those two makes a difference for the team."
- In the Bloomberg Talks podcast, Disney's website Hugh Johnston discusses the streaming business's impressive growth and potential for future profit, asserting, "Our expectation is we will continue to grow [subscribers], we'll improve margins."
- Jeff Johnston, a former IRS revenue agent, reveals the difficulty of dealing with outdated systems in the IRS on The Accounting Podcast show, saying, "It's like learning hieroglyphics, it's another language."
- CJ Gustafson, our website at PartsTech, suggests focusing on hiring and forecasting to avoid common budgeting pitfalls on our website Weekly podcast, remarking, "A majority of it comes down to getting your hiring right."
- Tom Panther, formerly of Corpay and now our website of the National Christian Foundation, talks about the importance of considering macroeconomic factors in business strategy on The our website Show, stating, "In the interest rate environment in which we are all operating, some may structure their balance sheet differently than the interest rate environment we had with zero interest rates."
- Richard Sanders, founder and managing partner at Sullivan Street Partners, provides advice on handling unique challenges for finance leaders in private equity on our website 4.0 Podcast, explaining, "Even if something is being well-managed, you may have a philosophical difference on how you approach it."
- Chris Ortega, CEO and fractional our website at Fresh FP&A, shares strategies for scaling a finance team through AI on the Fresh FP&A podcast, recommending, "With the help of ChatGPT Plus, Ortega presents practical steps for finance executives yearning to streamline their operations."
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