Talking Billions with Bogumil Baranowski
Bogumil Baranowski
EVERY MONDAY A NEW EPISODE.
I READ ALL MY EMAILS - contact form on my website - www.bogumilbaranowski.com. TELL ME YOUR STORY.
I’m Bogumil Baranowski, an author, a TEDx speaker, an investor, and an investment advisor to families and individuals.
Intimate conversations about money, wealth, and living a rich and fulfilling life.
We talk about big ideas, big inspirations, big topics. We take on the hardest subject of all – money: how to make it, save it, keep it, but our conversations lead us to an even bigger question — what it means to live a rich life beyond money. NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.
I READ ALL MY EMAILS - contact form on my website - www.bogumilbaranowski.com. TELL ME YOUR STORY.
I’m Bogumil Baranowski, an author, a TEDx speaker, an investor, and an investment advisor to families and individuals.
Intimate conversations about money, wealth, and living a rich and fulfilling life.
We talk about big ideas, big inspirations, big topics. We take on the hardest subject of all – money: how to make it, save it, keep it, but our conversations lead us to an even bigger question — what it means to live a rich life beyond money. NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.
Episodes
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Apr 6, 2026 • 1h 14min
Kevin Koharki, PhD: What Stock-Based Compensation Really Costs -- The Billions That Never Show Up on the Books
Kevin Koharki, founder of CAE Consulting and Purdue accounting professor, explains why stock-based pay hides massive economic costs. He traces RSU history, shows how accounting and tax mechanics distort cash flow, and contrasts true ownership models. Short, clear takes on dilution, buybacks, and why GAAP understates the real bill.
Mar 30, 2026 • 1h 19min
Ryan Bunn: Why the Best Investors Think Like Collectors, Not Traders, What a 99-Year-Old Investor Taught Warren Buffett & The Mindset That Builds Generational Wealth
Ryan Bunn, lead portfolio manager at Reference Equity with an engineering degree and Kellogg MBA, shares his quality-value, collector mindset. He discusses learning investing in childhood, experiments from NFTs to global due diligence, the importance of non-competitive businesses, Philip Carret’s influence on idea compounding, and building generational wealth through a permanent capital approach.
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Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 12min
100 Year Thinkers, Ep. 6 | Chris Mayer & Robert Hagstrom: Most Stocks Don’t Matter & The Outliers That Break Base Rates
Robert Hagstrom, investment author and CIO known for studying Buffett's methods. Chris Mayer, investor and author famed for researching 100-baggers and outlier returns. They discuss why a tiny number of stocks drive most market gains. They debate base rates versus extreme outcomes, when to trust historical probabilities, durable moats, winner-take-all dynamics, and how AI and changing economics challenge conventional assumptions.
Mar 25, 2026 • 54min
Unfiltered: Coffee w/ Bogumil, Monthly Q&A w/ the Audience (March 2026)
A wide-ranging Q&A about the stories behind capital and why understanding where money comes from matters. Conversations on multi‑generational wealth as a mindset, the risks hidden in ‘cheap’ stocks, and how many positions to hold. Reflections on AI and the doorman fallacy, the immigrant entrepreneur journey, the art of truly hearing people, and what keeps someone in this work for the long run.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 13min
Peter Gustafson: The Warren Buffett Path to Your Financial Freedom: 2,200 Hours of Research, a Hurdle Rate Hidden in Plain Sight, and Why Intelligence Alone Won't Make You Rich
Peter Gustafson, Danish investor, former business journalist and author, shares his Buffett-inspired path to ownership. He discusses why speculation entices smart people, the distraction of daily stock prices versus private ownership, and return on capital as the true north. He also outlines a simple two-metric framework to separate compounding machines from value destroyers and explains consumer vs. operational moats.
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Mar 21, 2026 • 1h 10min
Two Podcasters, Two Asset Classes, One Philosophy: A Conversation with Ignacio Ramirez Moreno
Ignacio Ramirez Moreno, fixed income advisor at Pictet and creator known for making bonds funny and accessible. He recounts a multicultural upbringing and accidental Swiss career. They dig into why bonds matter, the craft of asking great questions, the human side of finance, and how AI and interdisciplinary reading reshape investing.
Mar 18, 2026 • 1h 2min
Money Is Never Just Money with Bogumil Baranowski: What is a Good Life?
Bogumil Baranowski, investment advisor, author and TEDx speaker focused on money, relationships and presence. He discusses why being truly present matters more than transactions. Conversation covers money’s relational effects, how context shapes gifts, the human need for empathetic advisors, reclaiming focus from tech, and moving from money-first motives toward purpose and stewardship.
15 snips
Mar 16, 2026 • 1h 7min
Arie van Gemeren: What 2,000 Years of History Teach Us About Building Wealth Today - The Investing Mistakes Empires and Billionaires Keep Repeating
Arie van Gemeren, CFA and CEO of Lombard Equities Group who turns 2,000 years of wealth history into modern investing ideas. He recounts a Bay Area live-in flip that launched his real estate path. They compare real estate and stocks, discuss scarcity and corporate buybacks, and draw timeless lessons on patience, discipline, leverage, and concentrated, long-term wealth building.
25 snips
Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 12min
Vitaliy Katsenelson on Investing Amid Extreme Uncertainty: Survival First. Returns Second (Excess Returns Pod)
Vitaliy Katsenelson, CEO and author known for value investing and 'Soul in the Game', discusses investing amid huge uncertainty. He covers how long-term returns are built, why humility and diversification matter, balancing quality with valuation, evolving sell rules, and treating investing as a creative craft driven by curiosity and discipline.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 1h 8min
Matt Reustle: What Makes a Business Last Centuries? & Why the Best Investors Change Their Minds: Compounders, Stewardship & the Art of Business Dissection
Matt Reustle, former CEO of Colossus and creator of Business Breakdowns, brings Goldman Sachs–honed business analysis to conversations on long-term value. He explores stewardship and heirloom brands, what defines compounders, mapping value chains to find hidden winners, and why the best investors change their minds as companies evolve.
