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.

There are a ton of accounting memes out there, and Drew doesn’t understand them (or Harry Potter or Thanos, as it turns out). Steve breaks them down, and shares his own Avada Kedavra moment in accounting.

The crew gets schooled on the past, present, and future of XBRL—plus, what it means for reporting professionals, who uses that data, and how it’s pronounced (hint: it’s not “ex-err-bull”).

We check in with our European correspondent Conor O’Kelly for a look at what’s been happening in the world of accounting and finance overseas. Put a kettle of tea on and tune in!

Recently, an old third-party vendor of Nintendo was hacked, leaking valuable source data. Drew, Ernest, and Andy tune into the situation, and decode what that means to risk pros and technology fans. Warning: things get real nerdy, real quick.

It’s part two of our conversation with Professor Bill Dilla of Iowa State University! We’re talking about the future of accounting education, what those in the industry can learn from students, and more.

Grab your Trapper Keeper, we’re headed back to school! Professor Bill Dilla of Iowa State University gets us up to speed on the world of accounting higher education.

This episode’s on a different wave. Listen to a spooky tale based around a real-life accounting horror story shared by listeners.

The recent CARES Act includes provisions that delay the implementation of CECL. Yep, now the government’s involved with accounting standards. We dig in and find out what that means.