{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Accounting Podcast","title":"PwC Cuts Disney & The Uncertain Career Path for CPAs","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c4787058\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4439,"description":"What does episode 500 reveal about where accounting is headed? Blake Oliver and David Leary celebrate the milestone with CFO.com’s Adam Zaki and Going Concern’s Adrienne Gonzalez. They unpack AI’s pressure on billable hours, shrinking entry-level pathways, the changing route to CFO, and PwC’s canceled Disney intern event. Plus, Blake shares what happened after NASBA challenged his CPE comments.\nChapters\n \n\nShow Notes\nCrossCountry Consulting's new co-CEOs say billable hour is 'waning'\nhttps://www.cfo.com/news/crosscountry-consulting-new-co-ceo-amy-bjarnason-neil-smith-discuss-their-industrys-future/826266/\nDiamonds May Be a Firm's Best Strategy: How AI Is Rewriting the Structure of Modern Practice\nhttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/08/05/diamonds-may-be-a-firms-best-strategy-how-ai-is-rewriting-the-structure-of-modern-practice/188060/\nTeikametrics CFO Brian Beaupre says the career path he took is disappearing\nhttps://www.cfo.com/news/teikametrics-cfo-brian-beaupre-says-the-career-path-he-took-is-disappearing-cfo-leadership-council-/824716/\nThe Age of Artificial Intelligence: Quinnipiac University Poll on AI\nhttps://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3955\nWe Went to the Boot Camp Where KPMG Teaches Auditors to Think Critically\nhttps://www.wsj.com/business/kpmg-summer-interns-auditing-ai-training-941ad5cc\nIn Case You Didn't Hear, PwC Interns Won't Be Swarming Disney World This Year\nhttps://www.goingconcern.com/in-case-you-didnt-hear-pwc-interns-wont-be-swarming-disney-world-this-year/\nBitquery CEO Faces $5M Theft Claim, 194 Records Deleted\nhttps://www.analyticsinsight.net/news/bitquery-ceo-faces-5m-theft-claim-194-records-deleted\n\nNeed CPE?\nGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark: https://earmarkcpe.com\nSubscribe to the Earmark Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com\n\nGet in Touch\nThanks for listening and the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BBmKVcKOQ6x_m3yMMvg6kZR2Y9d_FKTdVd0Ofv-4fhw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxNzMvMTY4OTYx/NzY3MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}