Financial Modeler's Corner

Paul Barnhurst brings his second podcast to the table with Financial Modeler's Corner, and this one zeroes in on the specific craft of building financial models. Produced in partnership with the Financial Modeling Institute, the show has 118 episodes running 35 to 70 minutes each, a 4.9 rating from 15 reviewers, and features conversations with financial modelers from all over the world. The focus is refreshingly narrow. Instead of broad finance leadership talk, you get episodes about actual Excel techniques for forecasting with Luke Phillips from Access Analytic, storytelling approaches for investor presentations with Karishma Ramnawaj, and model design principles with Ian Bennett from PwC Australia. Barnhurst has also been testing AI tools -- Shortcut, TabAI, Elkar, TrufflePig -- on the show, which gives listeners an honest look at what these tools can and can't do for modeling work. The conversation with Chris Reilly about why fundamentals still matter in the AI era is particularly worth your time. There's a recurring emphasis on avoiding hard-coded models and building structures that other people can actually understand and maintain, which any modeler who's inherited someone else's tangled spreadsheet will appreciate. Carolina Lago's episode on data insights is a standout. If you spend a meaningful portion of your week in Excel or a planning tool and want to get genuinely better at the art and science of financial modeling, this is the podcast built specifically for you. It's niche in the best way.