10.10.25 Clark Answers His Critics on Clark Stinks / The Truth About “Free” Phone Offers

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Friday - Clark Stinks day! Christa shares Clark Stinks posts with Clark. Submit yours at Clark.com/ClarkStinks. Also in this episode - Football season means Clark is back to watching TV, and he’s got clarification on some offers in ads you’re likely seeing too. Clark Stinks: Segments 1 & 2 “FREE” Phones? Not Really: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: 4 Things To Know Before You Buy a TV Antenna How To Watch Local Channels Without Cable Report: The Most Affordable Places To Live in America 5 Money Mistakes To Avoid When Traveling Best Way To Exchange Dollars for Foreign Currency & When To Exchange 5 Money Tips To Know Before You Travel Abroad Why You Should Never Use a Debit Card To Pay for Anything The Best Phone Plan For You - Compare Phone Plans Should you ever get a "free" phone from a wireless carrier? How To Monitor Your Credit / How To Get a Free Credit Report How To Freeze and Unfreeze Your Credit With Experian, Equifax and TransUnion What Is an HSA Account and How Does It Work? Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com / Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's my pleasure and welcome you here to the Clark Howard Show.
0:08.4	Our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you to make better financial decisions in your life.
0:17.9	Well, I'm fully back watching TV. It's football. And that means I'm seeing a lot of
0:26.5	commercials. And coming up later, I'm going to talk about what I'm seeing that you need to really
0:34.6	think through is they're using that to brainwash you to do things
0:41.5	I don't want you to do.
0:44.0	But right now, it's time for my favorite thing we do every week.
0:49.4	It's time for Clark Stinks.
0:52.9	I should have never encouraged you to speak.
0:55.2	You must think I'm pretty stupid.
0:56.4	You should be ashamed of yourself.
0:57.9	Well, maybe I'm wrong.
0:59.0	Maybe I'm wrong.
1:00.0	Maybe you're right, pal.
1:06.0	Boy, I stink.
1:07.0	I didn't have the Clark Stink sounder up.
1:08.9	You had to do that.
1:09.9	Did I do it right?
1:10.7	You did. I'm sorry about that. All right. Greg in Oregon wrote in with this one. You stink
1:17.7	like burnt gear oil. On a podcast, you said to try different antennas to find one that works. On the
1:24.0	internet, you can find what size antennas you need to receive the signal and even the
1:28.8	direction you need to point them in.
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