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Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Apr 11, 2025 • 54min

Mudlarking the River Thames

Gradually...bit by bit...shard by shred...coin by button....a storied river gives up thousands of years of history. London Mudlark and micro-paleontologist Alessio Checconi on his finger-wrinkling love-affair with the River Thames.
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Apr 3, 2025 • 60min

Thomas Dolby

The professional journey of musician Thomas Dolby, the synth and MTV pioneer who hit it big with “She Blinded me with Science.” The British polymath has been a tech innovator, producer, author and professor at Johns Hopkins, among a thousand other things. Ian Stewart guest hosts ... with a fanboy chime-in by Roben Farzad.
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Mar 26, 2025 • 52min

ICYMI

🎙️ Rick Stengel on TIME and the State Department 🎙️ Ray Suarez on the American immigrant experience 🎙️ Zoe Schiffer on Elon Musk
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Mar 22, 2025 • 1h 4min

Mo ... Roben?

The tables have turned! For the first time in Full Disclosure's storied history, I, Roben Farzad, am interviewed -- and by a favorite journalist: Mosheh Oinounou, the exec. behind digital media empire Mo News. We discuss anxious markets, the economy, avocados, grievance, headline volatility, factory towns...the works.
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Mar 12, 2025 • 55min

Jonathan Wald

Veteran TV news executive Jonathan Wald -- NBC; CNN; CNBC; MSNBC; Amazon's Election Night Live -- on the season of cable spinoffs and streaming consolidation and consternation.
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Mar 8, 2025 • 50min

Greens, Eggs and ...

A backyard-chicken enthusiast on churning out eggs -- suddenly the most valuable food in the world. And the brave new world of raising fresh produce through micro-farming. Ian Stewart guest hosts.

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