This Week in Business

Ashley Dombkowski, Co-Founder and CEO of Before Brands, joins host Karl Ulrich to discuss her consumer-focused product platform focused on health and wellness for parents and families on Launch Pad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earlier this month it was revealed that potentially every personal computer, mobile device and other electronics are vulnerable to the Meltdown and Spectre digital attack now and perhaps for years to come. Host Dan Loney talks with Andrea Matwyshyn, Professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University, and Mike Chapple, Academic Director of the Master of Science Program in Business Analytics at the University of Notre Dame, to discuss what lead to this vulnerability, the anticipated risks, and what's being done to mitigate them on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Trump Administration recently said it will allow states to compel people to work or prepare for jobs as a requirement to get Medicaid, allowing states to cut off people unless they prove they have a job, are students, caregivers, volunteers, or participate in another approved form of "community engagement", or are severely disabled. Host Dan Loney talks with MaryBeth Musumeci, Associate Director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, and David Super, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, to discuss what this means for those who currently depend on this program on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new study shows that the expansion of Medicaid keeps rural hospitals from closing in states like Colorado, which added some four hundred thousand people to their program. Thirty two states expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, not only cutting the the uninsured by huge margins but making hospitals six times more likely to keep open with the increase in insured patients. Host Dan Loney talks with Richard Lindrooth and Gregory Tung, Authors of the study and Professors in the Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy in the University of Colorado's Colorado School of Public Health, and Robert Field, Lecturer at The Wharton School and Professor of Law at Drexel University, to discuss the study's findings and how they may play into the future of Medicaid on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the NFL plateauing as a business? Daniel Roberts, Sports Business Writer at Yahoo! Finance and Hosts of the video and podcast series Sportsbook, joins hosts George Perry and Ken Shropshire to discuss how various events over the past year such as athlete protests have affected public opinion of the NFL and it's subsequent impact on weekly viewers on The Wharton Sports Business Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a recent Saturday morning, people in Hawaii received a cellphone early warning alert: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” The message was a mistake allegedly caused by an employee hitting the wrong button and it took 38 minutes for the system to send out a new message to let people know of the error. Host Dan Loney talks with Jeannette Sutton, Director of the Risk and Disaster Communication Center at the University of Kentucky, and Hamilton Bean, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Denver's Department of Communication, to discuss how emergency alert systems, the distrust this mistake could create, and what can be done to both ensure the system works well and reassure people whose lives may depend on it on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One year ago women from all over the U.S. marched to protest the election of Donald Trump and to bring attention to issues that are important to them. They marched again this weekend, for some of the same reasons—as well as newer issues like the #metoo movement. Host Laura Zarrow talks with organizers of the Philadelphia Women's March Emily Cooper Morse and Deja Lynn Alvarez on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Banks and financial institutions are facing a brighter new year with the potential rolling back of the Dodd-Frank Act and the new tax cut. Host Dan Loney talks with Peter Conti-Brown and David Zaring, Wharton Legal Studies and Business Ethics professors, to discuss what we can expect from the industry in 2018 on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Graham Allison, Professor of Government at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and leading analyst of U.S. national security and defense policy with a special interest in nuclear weapons and terrorism, joins host Jeremy Schwartz to discuss his latest book "Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?" on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Tillotson, Systems Technology Chief Engineer for Boeing Research and Technology and a Boeing Senior Technical Fellow, joins hosts Saikat Chaudhuri and Harbir Singh to discuss innovation at the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space, and security systems on Mastering Innovation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.