Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad

Roben Farzad
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Aug 7, 2025 • 55min

Kenya Young

NPR veteran Kenya Young on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's shutdown; hard choices for member stations; and the scramble to find new business models to sustain the service. Young, an alum of Morning Edition and WNYC, is the new president and CEO of Louisville Public Media.
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Aug 3, 2025 • 53min

ETF Whiz Eric Balchunas

Bloomberg Intelligence's Eric Balchunas on the heyday of exchange-traded funds -- a multi-trillion-dollar megatrend that has democratized investing for Mom & Pop and dragged Wall Street into all sorts of cheaper / faster / better.
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Jul 28, 2025 • 50min

ICYMI

In case you missed it: highlights from recent episodes. Noosphere's Jane Ferguson; ABC News Washington chief Rick Klein; The Economist's Mideast watcher Gregg Carlstrom.
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Jul 20, 2025 • 56min

Jane Ferguson

Foreign correspondent Jane Ferguson -- PBS News; The New Yorker; Afghanistan; Somalia; Sudan -- on founding Noosphere. Amid the continued decline of linear TV and other legacy media, the app connects journalists and content creators with their viewers / subscribers.
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Jul 11, 2025 • 57min

Investopedia's Caleb Silver

Investopedia's Caleb Silver -- friend of the show; CNN's former head of business coverage -- on markets, A.I., Trump vs The Fed, crypto, the intersection of Old Economy and New Economy... much more. You can also watch our interview on YouTube.
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Jul 4, 2025 • 57min

Rick Klein of ABC News

Rick Klein, Washington bureau chief for ABC News, on the Big Beautiful Bill; Democrats' NYC reckoning; Trump vs Musk; Trump vs The Fed; D.C.'s gerontocracy; much more. Full video on YouTube.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.

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