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What happens when the monster isn’t gone — just balanced?

In “The Monster with Two Faces,” Feedy & The Bank Feeds explore the tension between appearance and reality, profit and loss, truth and perception. It’s the calm after the mirror breaks, where you realize that balance doesn’t come from perfection — it comes from seeing both sides clearly.

This track continues the emotional thread that began with “Monster in the Mirror.” Where that song was raw and confessional, this one is composed and knowing — the Wizard’s quiet walk through Golden Brook, a place where lessons linger longer than mistakes.

🎧 Lyric Highlight:

Behind the calm rhythm lies a hard truth: even when your ledgers are clean, your heart may still be out of sync. But seeing both sides — the credit and the debit, the success and the cost — is where real clarity begins.

The Monster with Two Faces is more than a song about bookkeeping. It’s about learning to live with duality — to stop fighting one side of yourself and start reconciling both.

🎵 Written & performed by: Feedy & The Bank Feeds
💡 Produced in the world of: The QuickBooks Wizard Podcast

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When the dust finally settles, the Wizard doesn’t stand in triumph — he stands in reflection.

After a season of monsters, messes, and moments of revelation, this finale brings it all back to center.

No dragons, no chaos — just a quiet hill, a soft glow from the staff, and the truth every bookkeeper learns sooner or later:
order isn’t the end of the story … it’s the beginning of the next one.

In “The Next Cycle,” the Wizard looks back on what the first season has built — a world where bookkeeping lessons, laughter, and faith in perseverance meet storytelling and heart. It’s the moment before dawn, the pause between closing one ledger and opening another.

And as the credits roll, a new sound rises: Feedy & The Bank Feeds make their first musical appearance — a subtle outro that hints at what’s coming in Season 2. The monsters are still out there, but they’re humming along to the beat now.

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🎵 Music

Outro music: Feedy & The Bank Feeds – “Live from the QuickBooks Wizard Universe”
Because even wizards need a soundtrack for their spreadsheets.

🪄 Episode Highlights

• Reflection and closure after a season of chaos
• Honest talk about what “balance” really means for bookkeepers and business owners
• Hints at the themes and tone for Season 2
• First musical appearance from Feedy & The Bank Feeds

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From the same chaotic universe that brought you Out of Sync Again, Feedy and the crew are back — staring down the scariest monster of all: the one in the mirror.

🎶 A song from the QuickBooks Wizard Universe — where bookkeeping meets rhythm, and chaos meets creativity.

Written by Brian Cogan
Produced with AI collaboration
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Straight from The QuickBooks Wizard Podcast universe — Feedy & The Bank Feeds are back with their debut track, “Out of Sync Again.”
When your bank feeds miss a beat, the whole ledger starts to groove off-time.

🎩 Wizard on keys.
💚 Feedy on vocals.
🥁 Reconciliation on drums (calculator optional).

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When the monsters finally quiet down, the hardest one left to face is the one staring back at you.
In this episode, the Wizard and Brian explore what happens when the real problem isn’t QuickBooks… it’s our habits, shortcuts, and “I’ll-fix-it-later” moments.

Through humor, reflection, and a few magical metaphors, you’ll discover how to stop battling your books and start working with them.
Because the mirror doesn’t accuse — it reflects patterns you can change.

🪞 IN THIS EPISODE:

• How to spot when the “real monster” is you 👀
• Why slowing down your swipes can save your sanity
• The trick to renaming “Miscellaneous” and reclaiming clarity
• How facing your reflection brings peace (and cleaner books)

🧙‍♂️ ABOUT THE SHOW

The QuickBooks Wizard Podcast mixes bookkeeping truths, real-life messes, and a dash of humor to help small-business owners face their financial monsters one episode at a time.
Each week, the Wizard (voiced through a little AI magic) and Brian bring insight, laughter, and a nudge toward clarity — without the boring stuff.

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When bookkeeping chaos multiplies, it’s not just one problem — it’s a Hydra.

In this episode, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor Brian Cogan and The Wizard dive into the monster that forms when small bookkeeping mistakes start feeding each other — from sloppy bank feeds to missing receipts.

You’ll learn how to recognize the warning signs early, stop the Hydra’s growth with one simple habit, and rebuild your books (and your peace) once the chaos clears.

Featuring stories, humor, and real-world advice from over 20 years in the trenches, Brian shows how grace, not perfection, keeps your books balanced — and your sanity intact.

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May your books always balance.

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Bank feeds in QuickBooks Online can be your biggest time-saver… or your biggest headache.

Meet Feedy, the critter behind those green and grey lines in the Banking tab.
In this episode of the QuickBooks Wizard Podcast, Brian Cogan shows you how to:

Understand what the bank feed really does (Match vs Add explained)

Teach Feedy your house Rules so most transactions label themselves

Spot the top 4 ways Feedy misbehaves — duplicates, name-drift, transfers gone wild, and stale items — and fix them fast

Build a quick weekly feed routine to keep things tidy and stress-free

Reconcile with confidence at month-end (in minutes, not hours)

You’ll also see fun cameos from Feedy himself and tips from the Wizard on keeping the monsters in your ledger under control.

📌 Timestamps:
0:00 Intro — Meet Feedy
0:50 Match vs Add explained
… (fill in exact timestamps once uploaded)
26:45 Weekly Feed Routine Checklist
30:10 Closing — Keep Feedy in His Cage

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Episode 6 – Meet the Reconciliation Monster

Month-end shouldn’t feel like a battle with your books.
In this episode, Brian Cogan — host of The QuickBooks Wizard Podcast — introduces you to the Reconciliation Monster, the sly creature that shows up whenever your statements and QuickBooks balances don’t match.

You’ll hear how Recon was born out of late-night bookkeeping frustration, why reconciliation is about more than just the bank account, and why that one line called Net Income is not supposed to be reconciled at all.

Brian walks you step-by-step through:

• What reconciliation really means for every balance-sheet account
• The common mistakes that feed Recon — duplicate deposits, old uncleared checks, wrong-month entries, and more
• QuickBooks Online’s new AI-assisted reconciliation tool and how it can save time for clean books
• Practical month-end habits that keep the Monster in its cage so you can close the books with confidence

You’ll also meet Recon as a character — complete with growls, groans, and a few sneaky tricks — brought to life with the show’s new visual and audio effects.

Whether you’re a small-business owner doing your own books or someone who’s just never been sure what “reconcile” really means, this episode will help you tame the Monster and bring order back to your month-end close.

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