Off the Books

Our European correspondent Conor O’Kelly gets Steve and Drew up to speed on what’s new in the EU and UK: airlines, statutory reporting, the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP), and more. Cheerio!

Nick Mazing of Sentieo drops the deets on all the fascinating stuff that’s happened behind the scenes in Q3 financial disclosures. Steve and the Drew-Tang Clan spit rhymes on the Biden administration, what’s new with the SEC, and so much more. Check it out, y’all!

In the second half of our conversation, Tim Tribe of Ingen Financial Forensics shares some really incredible stories about his life as a forensic accountant. Check it out! Listen now!

Take a microscopically close look at the fascinating world of forensic accounting with Tim Tribe of Ingen Financial Forensics. Find out what forensic accountants do, how he landed the gig, and what it’s like to teach juries about accounting. Check it out! Listen now!

The Paycheck Protection Program offered small businesses shelter from the impact of COVID. But, as Marc Butler of Intelligize explains, it’s not quite as straightforward as you’d think. Steve and Drew chat chickens. Hit it!

What the what? Steve sat down for an interview with Sherron Watkins, the whistleblower at the heart of the Enron scandal, to get the whole scoop on what led up to her reporting the crimes, her life afterword, and much more. It’s a can’t-miss episode! Tune in now!

We originally aired this one back in April, but we could use something a little more lighthearted right now. Listen to a spooky tale based around a real-life accounting horror story shared by listeners. Boo!

We’re surfing way off the deep end with this one! Right in time for Halloween, listen to this spooky tale based around a real-life accounting horror story shared by one of our listeners. Tune in—if you dare!

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Just a quick update with the show—we’ve got some great stuff in the works for you, and more than a few surprises. Stay tuned!

Here's the episode of The Daily we mention. And, here's the New York Times article that that episode is based on. (Check them out, they're really good.)

The amazing Nick Mazing, head of research at Sentieo, skims the surface of this quarter’s earnings releases and pulls out some really wild market trends. Plus, learn how to build your own market indicator! Meanwhile, Steve and Drew concoct the perfect Oreo. Tune in now!

So the IIA rolled out a new Three Lines model, which shakes the internal audit function to its core. What’s it mean, why’s it important, and what now? Ernest goes long with some football analogies, David waxes eloquent about gazpacho and accountability, and Drew drops puns, per usual. Tune in!

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Conferences: love ‘em or hate ‘em, you can’t really go to ‘em anyway. Brooke Upton and Dana Williams attended some virtual sessions and took meticulous notes on agile auditing, continuous controls monitoring, and conference snacks. Tune in, learn the cool buzzwords, and sound smart to your coworkers!

So your guest bedroom slash office feels like an empty void. Zoom calls are flatter than day-old Diet Coke. What’s an accounting leader to do? Charles Carrington, partner at Deloitte, joins Drew and Steve to talk emotional intelligence, mental health, and intentional leadership in the time of Coronavirus. Tune in!

Private equity, as Steve and Drew learn, is the business of buying businesses, making them work better, then selling them. Jennifer Neill and Emilie McLaughlin give them the full scoop, and Steve starts an international bus conglomerate for pennies on the dollar. Tune in now!

Ben Taylor from Softledger stops by again and offers more down-to-earth blockchain examples—wine, flour, and lettuce. Drew helps Steve with his debilitating reliance on bootleg Diet Coke. Tune in now!

Remember Nintendo’s third-party-vendor data breach? Yeah, it’s back again. Matt and Andy wrestle with the technical stuff, and Ernest drops the six-part Konami code for risk management, and Drew makes bad puns. Tune in now!

Dude, where’s my general ledger? Andrew Hunzicker of DopeCFO talks Ernest, Steve, and Drew through the labyrinth of accounting challenges of selling a federally illegal product in legal states. Plus, Steve resolves some tummy troubles. Tune in now!

With decades of CFO experience, and as a founder of the SEC and SOX Professionals Groups, Joe Howell has a ton to say about the historical perspective of the COVID-19 situation and how accounting pros can make the best of the change in their own careers.

Ben Taylor from Softledger comes back from the future to continue schooling the gang on cryptocurrency and blockchain. Then things shift to talking about lettuce, wine, and socks. Tune in!

Fake money? On an intangible general ledger? All living on the cloud? Ben Taylor of Softledger explains why that’s really not a bonkers idea, and why cryptocurrency and blockchain has benefits to accountants of all stripes.

So, Country A doesn’t want disclosures filed in the same way as Country B. And when you exist in both, that gets hairy. Paul Volpe walks the gang through the intricacies of the situation, and offers some advice for companies looking for an exit from the rat race.

Six months to comply to XBRL? Say watt? Shocking, but likely true for energy companies. April Brady and David Winn spark the conversation and share tips for FERC filers.