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Mar 18, 2022 • 51min

How Ukraine Is Rebalancing Global Power

Soviet-raised investor and author Vitaliy Katsenelson (Soul in the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life) on the dire economic consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Natasha Bertrand, CNN national security and White House reporter, called in from Europe with her observations from NATO.
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Mar 15, 2022 • 52min

America for Beginners

Roya Hakakian (A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious) on her first impressions of the U.S. upon fleeing Iran in the 1980s -- and squaring that with all she has since learned. Plus, a flashback to our 2020 interview with Cuban immigrant Jorge Valdes, who went from being a University of Miami and Federal Reserve honor student to a top kingpin for the Medellín cocaine cartel.
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Mar 7, 2022 • 50min

Live: Lincoln and the Fight for Peace

CNN's John Avlon on his book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace -- which retraced Pres. Lincoln's steps in 1865 Richmond, just before his assassination. We discussed the state of journalism and discourse amid a divided electorate. Recorded before an audience at the University of Richmond's Robins School.
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Feb 28, 2022 • 52min

Can TV News Self-Disrupt?

TV news -- venerable, cushy, historically profitable -- is kicking and screaming through digital disruption. Guests: Mosheh Oinounou, formerly executive producer of the CBS Evening News; he now runs a "news concierge" Instagram. And Terence Smith, veteran TV news correspondent who authored the book Four Wars, Five Presidents: A Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House.
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Feb 18, 2022 • 52min

Thriving and Hurting: Brand NFL at 100

Founded a century ago, the National Football League brand is thriving: high TV ratings, sold-out Super Bowl ads and popularity among nearly all demographics. Yet, the NFL is reeling from allegations of institutional racism and sexual abuse, and not enough being done to protect players from traumatic injury. Brandcenter director Vann Graves and Sportico's Scott Soshnick on the dichotomy.
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Feb 11, 2022 • 52min

Underrated?

The Economist's Ryan Avent on the magazine's cover feature, "How High Will Interest Rates Go?" With inflation at a 40-year high, the Fed faces the tricky task of normalizing borrowing costs without killing the broader economy. Chip Hughey, managing director for fixed income at Truist, discusses the market implications.
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Feb 7, 2022 • 52min

Doomed to Retweet It?

How social media and the pull of clicks-at-any-cost are chipping away at real, facts-based history. Our guest is historian and author Jason Steinhauer, global fellow in history and public policy at The Wilson Center. Plus, a flashback to our chat with Michael Sayman, who joined Facebook at the age of 18.
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Jan 25, 2022 • 52min

Business Insurance After Covid

Covid was a mass-extinction event for businesses, from restaurants and bars to concert venues and landlords. Many were blindsided to learn that their business-interruption insurance did not cover a pandemic. Risk advisor John Pendleton of Scott Insurance (est. 1864) and Penn Law Prof. Tom Baker discuss the tricky subject of what coverage will look like after this global shock.
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Jan 17, 2022 • 52min

Revenge of the Small Investor?

Wall Street Journal editor Spencer Jakab on his book, The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors. The Mulligan brothers, new investors from Oregon, share what they learned riding GameStop stock against the Hedge Fund-Industrial Complex.
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Jan 10, 2022 • 52min

All the News That's Fit to Slash

Hedge fund Alden Global has devoured and squeezed newspapers, most recently Tribune Publishing. It now wants Lee Enterprises, parent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Charlottesville's Daily Progress and 75 other dailies. Can Lee stop Alden? Robert Zullo of the Virginia Mercury and NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik on this last stand for the industry.

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