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Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
Hosted by Roben Farzad · EN
The business of culture. The culture of business. Policy; media & tech; entrepreneurs and more.
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Sarah Feinberg
4d ago01:00:20Tap to summarizeSarah Feinberg -- former head of New York City's Transit Authority; she helmed the Federal Railroad Administration and was on Amtrak's board, and is now on Southwest Airlines' board -- on reimagining NYC's massive network of trains, planes and automobiles. All of which is in global focus with the Knicks' title and droves descending on the city for the World Cup.
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The Economist's Alice Fulwood
1w ago00:52:49Tap to summarizeAlice Fulwood, The Economist's U.S. business editor, on the global A.I. craze, China's stagnation, the Federal Reserve's bind and the success of America's franchising culture.
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Ben Carlson and Paul Merriman
2w ago01:00:04Tap to summarizeInvestors Ben Carlson and Paul Merriman, a tandem of truth tellers -- together for the first time. Think of it as a raucous WrestleMania...but for sedate students of the market.
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Full Disclosure + Media Odyssey Crossover!
3w ago00:50:20Tap to summarizeFull Disclosure meets The Media Odyssey in this special crossover episode with Evan Shapiro and Marion Ranchet. The episode covers a wide sweep of interconnected stories: the proposed Paramount-Warner merger, the editorial independence implications of foreign money in US media, the GameStop-eBay bid as a case study in social media-driven market manipulation, and the state of M&A activity across the Atlantic. From Roben's firsthand perspective on the lack of US media coverage of Iran and the effect of Gulf sovereign wealth funds acquiring stakes in major news organizations to a forensic breakdown of the Skydance-Paramount deal, Evan Shapiro, Marion Ranchet, and Roben Farzad discuss the 60 Minutes settlement, the Colbert cancellation, the Bari Weiss hiring, and the White House's reported role in pushing the merger through before a potential political shift in the fall. They close with a frank debate on the future of professional journalism and whether public media, billionaire backstops, or direct-to-consumer Substacks can fill the gap left by a collapsing legacy news industry.
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Joanna Stern
4w ago00:54:00Tap to summarizeFresh off 12 award-winning years as the Wall Street Journal's tech guru, Joanna Stern discusses her bestselling book I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything.
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Brandcenter's Vann Graves
May 2200:51:17Tap to summarizeDr. R. Vann Graves, executive director of Brandcenter -- mentor; military veteran; ad exec; C-suite whisperer -- on breaking through in this incredibly difficult job market for new graduates.
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Margaret Brennan
May 1500:53:25Tap to summarizeFace the Nation's Margaret Brennan on dizzying developments in international affairs. We discussed Iran hanging on and firing at its neighbors; diplomacy through South Florida; Russia and Ukraine's violent stalemate; Hormuz and triple-digit oil; Netanyahu, Havana, Caracas, Damascus, lots more.
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Lt. Raul Diaz
May 900:50:27Tap to summarizeSince fleeing Cuba for Miami in 1961, Raul Diaz has witnessed all manner of criminal mayhem, from terrorist bombings to rampant corruption to Miami's explosion of cocaine-related homicides. This all took a major toll on both his health and family life; Diaz finally found sobriety in 2012. His new book is Killing the Lieutenant: Fighting Miami's Cocaine Wars, Hunting Griselda Blanco and My Fight to Stay Alive. All this as his native Cuba teeters.
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Andy Serwer
May 400:56:12Tap to summarizeBarron's editor at large Andy Serwer on the last stand for the Hollywood mega-merger; tech-heavy markets; artificial intelligence; China's electrified threat to Detroit; and stories from his decades in business journalism. Serwer previously was chief editor of Fortune and Yahoo Finance.
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ICYMI
Apr 2101:06:07Tap to summarizeIn case you missed it, highlights from recent episodes: ・ "Prof. of Rock" Adam Reader ・ "Smart Girl Dumb Questions''" Nayeema Raza ・ Deepali Vyas, "The Elite Recruiter"
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