When I chose to forgo employment to care for my son I was lucky to stumble upon podcasts created by The Motley Fool (TMF). Though I had been investing since graduate school, TMF's business-based approach to investing piqued my interest and improved my knowledge of business and investments. In the past four and a half years ago since I found TMF's podcasts I have become a paying subscriber to a Fool newsletter; TMF has also grown its podcast offerings from one podcast four times a week plus a weekly radio show to include a second daily podcast and two weekly podcasts.
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