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Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
Roben Farzad

The business of culture. The culture of business. Policy; media & tech; entrepreneurs and more.

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Episodes

Liz Ann Sonders of Charles Schwab & Co.

Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab & Co., on markets, the Fed, inflation...lots more. The 53-year-old brokerage... more

20 Dec 2024 · 52 minutes
Syria, Suddenly

Hussein Ibish on the sudden fall of Assad's Syria -- a 54-year dictatorship that collapsed in days. What does this... more

12 Dec 2024 · 53 minutes
ICYMI

In case you missed it, excerpts from recent interviews: Brandcenter chief Vann Graves on the lessons of earned media and... more

08 Dec 2024 · 52 minutes
T.J. English on The Last Kilo

True-crime bestseller T.J. English on his latest, The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire that Seduced America. We... more

26 Nov 2024 · 56 minutes
Janice Min

Veteran media exec Janice Min -- now CEO of The Ankler -- on Hollywood's post-streaming-binge austerity: tanked share prices; creative... more

22 Nov 2024 · 55 minutes
Brandcenter's Vann Graves

Brandcenter head and veteran ad executive Vann Graves on the election; the parties' changing brands and voters; the fragmenting of... more

14 Nov 2024 · 50 minutes
RVAudio

Award-winning musicians Susan Greenbaum and Scott Lane on making a living out of Richmond, Virginia in the post-Covid streaming age.... more

04 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
ICYMI

Live with NPR's David Folkenflik, from the University of Akron's Knight Foundation Lecture Series • "Miami Vice" at 40 •... more

28 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Live with NPR's David Folkenflik

NPR media correspondent and bestselling author David Folkenflik discusses headlines, investigations, reflections, successions and his career journey. Recorded with an... more

16 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Kristen Faulkner, Venture Cyclist

Cyclist Kristen Faulkner, reigning USA Road Race champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, on how her venture capital career has... more

14 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Manhattan Michelle Griffith

Top-ranked Manhattan luxury real estate agent Michelle Griffith of Elliman on the island's durable appeal -- spanning so many booms,... more

04 Oct 2024 · 55 minutes
Mo News: Mosheh Oinounou

Mosheh Oinounou, founder of digital insurgent Mo News, on the Mideast's new imbalance of power -- from Israel's ops in... more

26 Sep 2024 · 57 minutes
The Bulwark's Tim Miller

Tim Miller, former Republican strategist, on his journey into and out of the GOP. The Never Trumper discussed electoral post-mortems,... more

20 Sep 2024 · 53 minutes
Miami Vice at 40

Miami Vice, the groundbreaking TV series full of star cameos, debuted 40 years ago. So much fact-vs-fiction and art imitating... more

16 Sep 2024 · 53 minutes
ICYMI

• Social media "blue-collar musician" Just Joe Altier • Oliver Darcy on leaving CNN • Caleb Silver on Investopedia at 25

12 Sep 2024 · 51 minutes
David Zipper

David Zipper, senior fellow at MIT's Mobility Initiative, on vehicle bloat, the elusive "15-minute city," EVs and much more. Ian... more

03 Sep 2024 · 50 minutes
Oliver Darcy

Media reporter Oliver Darcy, recently of CNN's "Reliable Sources" newsletter, on leaving the global news giant to launch Status --... more

23 Aug 2024 · 52 minutes
Punk legend John Doe (X)

John Doe of the seminal LA punk band X on the early days of the movement; staying in business through... more

15 Aug 2024 · 55 minutes
Investopedia's Caleb Silver

Market volatility and economic consternation are back. And so we bring back friend-of-the-show Caleb Silver -- editor in chief of... more

12 Aug 2024 · 54 minutes
Abuelita's RVA

Karina Benavides on her critically acclaimed restaurant Abuelita's, whose guisos, grilled cactus and red mole ranchero pay homage to her... more

30 Jul 2024 · 54 minutes
Just Joe

Social media darling "Just Joe" Altier -- self-proclaimed blue collar musician -- on making a living in the era of... more

23 Jul 2024 · 1 hour,
ICYMI

In case you missed it: Netflix's "How to Rob a Bank;" The Economist on the solar revolution; former CIA director... more

17 Jul 2024 · 51 minutes
We Cannot Comprehend the Solar Revolution

The Economist's Hal Hodson on how solar energy is rapidly eclipsing our fossil fuel-based reality. The implications are revolutionary --... more

01 Jul 2024 · 53 minutes
Netflix's "How to Rob a Bank"

Seth Porges on his hit Netflix documentary "How to Rob a Bank" -- which tells the stranger-than-fiction story of the... more

21 Jun 2024 · 52 minutes
Gen. David Petraeus

Former CIA director. Professor. Commander. PhD. The 37-year military leader is now a partner with investing colossus KKR. We discussed... more

14 Jun 2024 · 51 minutes
ICYMI

Highlights from recent episodes, including Slate's head of audio Alicia Montgomery; Chicken Fiesta founder Harold Vega; and Larry Ingrassia, author... more

10 Jun 2024 · 51 minutes
Author Lawrence Ingrassia: A Fatal Inheritance

Lawrence Ingrassia on his book A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery. The veteran journalist,... more

22 May 2024 · 54 minutes
Filmmaker B.K. Fulton

Soulidifly Productions' founder and CEO B.K. Fulton on reinventing from the top executive ranks of Verizon into a career as... more

19 May 2024 · 53 minutes
Chicken Fiesta

Restaurateur Harold Vega on leaving the violence of his native Colombia for the U.S. -- where he bussed tables and... more

12 May 2024 · 51 minutes
Alicia Montgomery

Alicia Montgomery, Slate's head of audio and a longtime NPR producer, on the converging and diverging words of public and... more

30 Apr 2024 · 55 minutes
Meb Faber

Cambria Investment Management's Meb Faber on staying ahead in the era of democratized markets -- with too many choices and... more

26 Apr 2024 · 56 minutes
ICYMI

• NPR's Sarah McCammon on her bestseller The Exvangelicals • MBA-ish feels your corporate pain • New Martin Agency CEO Danny Robinson

23 Apr 2024 · 51 minutes
The Last Mutiny Girl

Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on her new novel Things Happen -- which recalls her days as a homeless grunge teen crashing... more

14 Apr 2024 · 56 minutes
Truths in Advertising

Danny Robinson, The Martin Agency's new CEO, on staying competitive, omnivorous and funky amid the seemingly relentless disruption of advertising... more

31 Mar 2024 · 58 minutes
The Exvangelicals

NPR's Sarah McCammon on her new book, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. Recorded before an... more

25 Mar 2024 · 53 minutes
Enable Cookies

Erin Kennedy on finding purpose to emerge from crippling depression and start OMG OCPs, the booming oatmeal cream pie brand... more

17 Mar 2024 · 59 minutes
MBA-ish?

Adeel Van, the lapsed consultant and startup CEO, on founding Instagram phenom MBA-ish -- where fun is poked, pain is... more

11 Mar 2024 · 55 minutes
Dis-Content

Paramount and Warner Bros., the storied media empires, are in crisis; TV is bleeding viewers; VICE is nearing death, while... more

03 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Wilsonian Democracy

Rick Wilson -- longtime GOP strategist; outspoken Never Trumper; bestselling author; co-founder of The Lincoln Project; FLORIDA MAN! -- on... more

24 Feb 2024 · 52 minutes
ICYMI

NPR's Steve Inskeep (live from UR) on Abraham Lincoln's leadership journey; Hussein Ibish on the Middle East's intersecting chess games... more

19 Feb 2024 · 51 minutes
In the Xitter

Debt. Vanity. Fear. Dirty bathrooms. Sociopathy. Hate speech. Billionaire Elon Musk's buyout of Twitter is going down as one of... more

09 Feb 2024 · 52 minutes
Inskeep on Lincoln

NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep on his book, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America. Recorded... more

04 Feb 2024 · 53 minutes
The Meddled East

The criss-crossing map of frenemies, on/off rivals and strange bedfellows that is the Middle East after October 7. Guests: Hussein Ibish... more

28 Jan 2024 · 51 minutes
China's Great Volt Forward

We are on the brink of the age of Chinese electric cars all over American roads. Here's what you need... more

22 Jan 2024 · 47 minutes
ICYMI

In case you missed some recent episodes: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (live from UR); a Miami Instagram historian;... more

16 Jan 2024 · 50 minutes
InstaMiami

Abel Sanchez, the impresario behind Instagram's @MiamiStadium, on representing history in the rapidly changing Magic City; getting recognized on the... more

01 Jan 2024 · 54 minutes
Credit Where Due?

Investopedia's Caleb Silver on the surprisingly good year for investors and the economy -- amid consternation over housing, inflation and... more

15 Dec 2023 · 52 minutes
Live...with Sec. Pete Buttigieg

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses planes, trains and automobiles; his meteoric career rise; asserting his true self; and where... more

11 Dec 2023 · 1 hour,
ICYMI

Highlights from recent episodes, including MSNBC president Rashida Jones live from the U of R; internationally bestselling investor Morgan Housel;... more

26 Nov 2023 · 52 minutes
...said Virginia in 2023

The political coverage duo of Michael Pope and Jeff Schapiro on what Virginia's 2023 electoral results suggest about the nation's... more

20 Nov 2023 · 51 minutes
Same As It Ever Was

Investor Morgan Housel, author of the international bestseller The Psychology of Money, on his new book, Same As Ever: A... more

11 Nov 2023 · 50 minutes
Live with MSNBC President Rashida Jones

Live from the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business: MSNBC president Rashida Jones .... on the path she took... more

07 Nov 2023 · 47 minutes
The LinkedIn Doctrine

Daniel Roth, editor in chief of LinkedIn, on the professional social network's ascent. "Helping through knowledge-sharing" is the torch he's... more

30 Oct 2023 · 52 minutes
ICYMI

Highlights from recent episodes, including James Beard-recognized chef Sunny Baweja; radio-diehard Jeremy Hobson; and the art of going straight from... more

24 Oct 2023 · 51 minutes
We'll do it live!

Jeremy Hobson, a voice synonymous with so much of NPR and Marketplace's Morning Report, is barnstorming the map with his... more

08 Oct 2023 · 51 minutes
ETA to CEO

If you can't beat them, join them. But if you don't want to beat them or join them, why not... more

02 Oct 2023 · 1 hour,
It's Always Sunny in Richmond

Chef Sunny Baweja of Lehja, twice recognized by the James Beard Foundation, on his journey from humble beginnings in rural... more

24 Sep 2023 · 54 minutes
ICYMI

In case you missed it ... highlights from recent episodes, including a media rabble-rouser on Disney's summer from hell; The... more

19 Sep 2023 · 52 minutes
Wars of the Galaxies

Veteran media executive and producer. Professor. Consultant. Evan Shapiro, a self-described "media-universe cartographer," dishes uncomfortable analysis on the disruption of... more

11 Sep 2023 · 53 minutes
The Great Stall of China

China's economy is grappling with all sorts of challenges, from a property / banking bust to high youth unemployment and... more

04 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
The Great Stall of China
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China's economy is grappling with all sorts of challenges, from a property / banking bust to high youth unemployment and and aging... more