
Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
The business of culture. The culture of business. Policy; media & tech; entrepreneurs and more.
Latest episodes

Jun 26, 2025 • 53min
The Iran Rebalancing
Greg 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.

Jun 24, 2025 • 52min
ICYMI
In case you missed it: highlights from recent episodes. Jamaican restaurant guru Carena Ives; bestselling author and Wall Street veteran William Cohan; former Richmond Fed chief Jeff Lacker. Back with you newly the week of June 27...

Jun 16, 2025 • 55min
BOHO Studios
AnnMarie Grohs, founder and owner of expanding fitness boutique BOHO Studios, on the business after the pandemic. Ian Stewart guest hosts.

Jun 3, 2025 • 53min
"Career Hannah"
Social 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.

May 30, 2025 • 57min
Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington
Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CEO of Gilman Hill Asset Management, on the art of dividend investing -- the subject of her new book.

May 16, 2025 • 55min
Dan Colarusso
Dan 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.

May 9, 2025 • 1h 2min
William D. Cohan
Bestselling 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.

May 4, 2025 • 59min
Restaurateur Carena Ives
Jamaica 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.

Apr 25, 2025 • 53min
Jeffrey Lacker
Former 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.

Apr 23, 2025 • 53min
ICYMI
In 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.