Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
Roben Farzad
The business of culture. The culture of business. Policy; media & tech; entrepreneurs and more.
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Sep 5, 2025 • 53min
ICYMI
In case you missed it, highlights from recent episodes: actor Samuel Roukin; public media's Kenya Young; Puck's Julia Alexander. Full episodes also on YouTube.

Aug 29, 2025 • 59min
Julia Alexander
Puck's Julia Alexander -- one of the most followed voices in the realm of media disruption -- on
legacy Hollywood, streaming, YouTube, cable news, Netflix, Amazon and Apple...so much more.

Aug 22, 2025 • 57min
Samuel Roukin
Actor, DJ, voiceover and video game star Samuel Roukin -- renowned for his role as John Graves Simcoe on AMC's hit series "Turn" -- on staying alive, solvent and hopeful through Hollywood's post-streaming-binge hangover.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


