October 23, 2024
I am excited to share that I am experimenting with creating podcasts for my blog. I did a podcast to try it out and the topic is “The basics of accounting for long-term bonds payable” and it is aimed at students in introductory financial accounting.
This podcast is 11:46 minutes in length and you can access it at this link. (The direct link to give your students is https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-fne83-1718c8b.) (You can access the script for the podcast by downloading it here.)
There are also discussion questions to accompany this blog post. See below.
Note from Wendy to instructors: I am interested in your feedback – do you like this concept? Should I continue to create podcasts for introductory financial accounting and introductory managerial accounting? What topics are you interested in? I am really excited about the podcasts and am looking forward to hearing what you think. I did use AI in some of the podcast creation, which is really cool – and makes it possible to create these podcasts. Please reply to this blog post and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Discussion Questions
- For a large company, what are the advantages of issuing bonds compared to taking out a traditional bank loan?
- What is the difference between secured and unsecured bonds, and how does this impact the level of risk for investors?
- How do market interest rates affect bond pricing? Why would a bond sell at a premium or a discount in relation to its face value?
- What are the key differences between bonds issued at a discount versus a premium? How does a premium affect the cash received from the bond issuance? How does a discount affect the cash received from the bond issuance?
