Sinopsis
A Roben Farzad production
Episodios
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Mike Henry
12/09/2025 Duración: 51minActor, producer, director Mike Henry — known for voicing multiple characters on “Family Guy” — on finding his groove after crashing out of the ad biz; sitcoms in the age of streaming; the opportunities in A.I.; much more. Ian Stewart guest hosts.
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Julia Alexander
29/08/2025 Duración: 59minPuck's Julia Alexander -- one of the most followed voices in the realm of media disruption -- on legacy Hollywood, streaming, YouTube, cable news, Netflix, Amazon and Apple...so much more.
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Samuel Roukin
22/08/2025 Duración: 57minActor, DJ, voiceover and video game star Samuel Roukin -- renowned for his role as John Graves Simcoe on AMC's hit series "Turn" -- on staying alive, solvent and hopeful through Hollywood's post-streaming-binge hangover.
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Kenya Young
07/08/2025 Duración: 55minNPR veteran Kenya Young on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's shutdown; hard choices for member stations; and the scramble to find new business models to sustain the service. Young, an alum of Morning Edition and WNYC, is the new president and CEO of Louisville Public Media.
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ETF Whiz Eric Balchunas
03/08/2025 Duración: 52minBloomberg Intelligence's Eric Balchunas on the heyday of exchange-traded funds -- a multi-trillion-dollar megatrend that has democratized investing for Mom & Pop and dragged Wall Street into all sorts of cheaper / faster / better.
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Jane Ferguson
20/07/2025 Duración: 56minForeign correspondent Jane Ferguson -- PBS News; The New Yorker; Afghanistan; Somalia; Sudan -- on founding Noosphere. Amid the continued decline of linear TV and other legacy media, the app connects journalists and content creators with their viewers / subscribers.
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Investopedia's Caleb Silver
11/07/2025 Duración: 57minInvestopedia's Caleb Silver -- friend of the show; CNN's former head of business coverage -- on markets, A.I., Trump vs The Fed, crypto, the intersection of Old Economy and New Economy... much more. You can also watch our interview on YouTube.
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Rick Klein of ABC News
04/07/2025 Duración: 56minRick Klein, Washington bureau chief for ABC News, on the Big Beautiful Bill; Democrats' NYC reckoning; Trump vs Musk; Trump vs The Fed; D.C.'s gerontocracy; much more. Full video on YouTube.
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The Iran Rebalancing
26/06/2025 Duración: 52minGreg Carlstrom, veteran Mideast correspondent for The Economist, on how the region will contort to rebalance after the Iran-Israel war (assuming it's over). We discussed back-channel diplomacy; Tehran's path ahead; Pres. Trump's perspective; Syria; Lebanon; Gaza, Saudi and beyond. Carlstrom's 2017 book is How Long Will Israel Survive?: The Threat From Within.
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BOHO Studios
16/06/2025 Duración: 54minAnnMarie Grohs, founder and owner of expanding fitness boutique BOHO Studios, on the business after the pandemic. Ian Stewart guest hosts.
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"Career Hannah"
03/06/2025 Duración: 53minSocial media phenom "Career Hannah" -- Hannah Zhang, 29 -- on the ambitious college grad's guide to the riveting / deflating / why-did-I-sign-up-for-this? world of twentysomething corporate life.
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Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington
30/05/2025 Duración: 57minJenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CEO of Gilman Hill Asset Management, on the art of dividend investing -- the subject of her new book.
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Dan Colarusso
16/05/2025 Duración: 54minDan Colarusso, CNBC's senior VP of news, on spinning off from Comcast; keeping talent after the cord is cut; making a living in digital; co-piloting with A.I....and much more.
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William D. Cohan
09/05/2025 Duración: 01h02minBestselling author Bill Cohan (House of Cards; Power Failure) on Elon Musk's Wall Street-to-Washington playbook; Big Media's last stand; nostalgia for the golden age of glossy magazines; and how A.I. will both help and threaten beleaguered junior bankers.
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Restaurateur Carena Ives
04/05/2025 Duración: 59minJamaica House and Carena's Jamaican Grille founder Carena Ives on starting from scratch three decades ago, expanding, surviving disasters and snagging national renown with the help of Guy Fieri.
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Jeffrey Lacker
25/04/2025 Duración: 53minFormer Richmond Fed president Jeffrey Lacker, a member of the Shadow Open Market Committee, on tariffs and the inflationary hangover; Pres. Trump vs. Fed Chair Powell; and the peculiarities of post-Covid economic life.
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ICYMI
23/04/2025 Duración: 52minIn case you missed it: highlights from recent shows. Mudlarking on the River Thames; raising chickens in a Virginia backyard; and a Full Disclosure first -- a journo who I admire, Mo News's Mosheh Oinounou, interviews me about nervous markets and the economy.