This Week in Business

This Week in Business
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Feb 28, 2019 • 14min

CannaBusiness: Investing in Cannabis

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with Troy Dayton, CEO of The ArcView Group (a cannabis investment and market research firm), to discuss how venture capitalists and everyday people can currently invest in a cannabis business. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 28, 2019 • 16min

CannaBusiness: Marketing Marijuana

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with Ricardo Baca, Founder of Grasslands (a content strategy firm) and thought leader in the legal cannabis space, and Elizabeth Hogan, VP of Brands for Willie Nelson's GCH Inc., to discuss the intricacies around marketing a federally illegal product, combating the stigma around marijuana products, and more. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 27, 2019 • 27min

Battling the Opioid Crisis and More with Behavioral Health Care

Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health Network, and Donald Parker, CEO and President of Carrier Clinic, join hosts Sherryl Kuhlman and Sandi Hunt to discuss their work to battle the opioid crisis, depression and the teen suicide epidemic by expanding behavioral health access on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 26, 2019 • 26min

Saying Goodbye to the A380 Jetliner

The A380 was supposed to revolutionize commercial air travel. Instead, just 14 years after its first test flight, Airbus’ A380 Superjumbo is being phased out. The final A380 will roll off the assembly line in 2021. To find out why, host Dan Loney talks with Roger W. Clark, Founding Member of The Clark Law Group and visiting Professor at Rutgers University Law School where he teaches aviation law, and Kenneth Button, a Public Policy Professor at George Mason University’s Schatz School of Policy and Government, on Knowledge@Wharton.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 26, 2019 • 31min

The Top 4 Trends Transforming the Global Workforce

Mark Lobosco, VP of Talent Solutions for LinkedIn, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss LinkedIn's recently released Global Talent Trends Report which explores the four big trends fueling the transformation of global workplaces on In the Workplace. Report here: https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/trends-and-research/2019/global-recruiting-trends-2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 25, 2019 • 43min

Career Advice for Introverts

There are many highly successful introverts, from Bill Gates to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Jane Finkle is a career coach and a consultant with over 25 years of experience, and she joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss tips from her new book "The Introvert's Complete Career Guide: From Landing a Job, to Surviving, Thriving and Moving on Up" on Career Talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 22, 2019 • 30min

Music Marketing with Guitarist Steve Vai

Steve Vai, American guitarist and composer, winner of 3 Grammy awards (with 13 nominations), and owner of Favored Nations record label, joins host Americus Reed last week for a discussion on marketing strategies for musicians and label owners on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 21, 2019 • 13min

The Intersection of Finance and Current Politics

Greg Valliere, Chief US Policy Strategist at AGF Investments, joins hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Liqian Ren to discuss the impact of current politics on the markets and the U.S. economy on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 20, 2019 • 24min

The Dumb Things Smart People Do with Their Money

Do you have a “friend” who is super smart, has a great career, holds a graduate degree, has even saved a chunk of money for retirement, but who keeps making the same dumb mistakes when it comes to money? Is this “friend” you? - Jill Schlesinger, CBS News Business Analyst and host of "Jill on Money" podcast, joins host Dan Loney to discuss her new book on avoiding costly mistakes with money, "The Dumb Things Smart People Do with Their Money" on Knowledge@Wharton.Book - https://www.amazon.com/Things-Smart-People-Their-Money/dp/0525622179 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 19, 2019 • 24min

Measles Outbreak in Washington State & Northwestern Oregon

There is currently a measles outbreak hitting Washington State and northwest Oregon with over 50 people now infected with measles. There is talk of a new bill being passed to make it harder for parents to opt out of the measles vaccine and anti-vaxxers are protesting this move. Host Dan Loney talks more about this controversy with Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center and Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Infection Diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College and Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, and Daniel Salmon, Director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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