Animal Spirits Podcast Creators & Guests

Ben Carlson is the Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritzhold Wealth Management and the host of the Animal Spirits podcast.

Mathew Passy, The Podcast Consultant, has over 15 years of experience in the broadcasting industry, with 10 of those years focused specifically on podcasting, both for major broadcast organizations like The Wall Street Journal, and for individual clients all over the world

Rick Bookstaber is the Founder and Head of Risk for Fabric.

Priya Misra is a financial strategist. Currently, she is Managing Director and Global Head of Rates Strategy at TD Securities. She publishes regular research on interest rates, discussing secular trends as well as trade ideas and manages a model portfolio of recommendations.Prior to joining TD Securities, Misra led U.S. Rates Strategy Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Before that, she worked at Lehman Brothers as a U.S. Rate Strategist, Barclays Capital as a Mortgage Strategist, and Nomura Securities as Head of U.S. Rates Strategy.Misra has contributed to industry textbooks. She appears regularly in the media and is frequently cited in the financial press.Misra received her B.A. in Economics from the University of Delhi, and her postgraduate diploma in Management, majoring in Finance, from the Indian Institute of Management.

Tarek Mansour is the Founder & CEO at Kalshi.