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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Oct 16, 2022 • 51min
Islamic Devolution?
Iran's street is convulsing yet again. The protests and crackdowns -- fueled initially by the death in custody of a young woman -- have since exposed new fault lines both across and within class, commerce...even religious observance. Negar Mortazavi, host of the Iran Podcast, on where this takes the restive nation of 88 million.

Oct 1, 2022 • 54min
Bondsternation
Bloomberg Surveillance's Lisa Abramowicz and Truist Wealth's Chip Hughey discuss the inflation-stoked bear market that has rattled global bonds and stocks. Can the Fed subdue price pressures without pushing the economy into a steep decline?

Sep 27, 2022 • 51min
Pope and Schapiro on Virginia
The Virginia Public Radio - Richmond Times-Dispatch reporting duo of Michael Pope and Jeff Schapiro on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's national ambitions; the prominent swing-district Democratic Congresswomen being targeted in Election 2022; and how the reversal of Roe v. Wade will play out in purpling Old Dominion.

Sep 19, 2022 • 52min
If You Can't Beat It ...
"Be the market. Don't try to beat the market." This mantra has dominated Wall Street for two decades, with investors sending trillions upon trillions of dollars into cut-rate, passive funds that track the broader market. The stock commission is dead. Equity investing has never been so accessible. What does this mean for you? Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg Intelligence ETF guru, weighs in.

Sep 12, 2022 • 1h
The Great Dispersion
Hybrid work. Quiet quitting. The eternally delayed return to the office. It's increasingly apparent that work is not going to revert to some imagined pre-Covid normal. The frictions are often inter-generational. Guests: Ed Zitron, CEO of EZPR, Substack's "Where's Your Ed At?" ; and Kian Gohar, co-author of Competing in the New World of Work.

Sep 6, 2022 • 51min
Full Disclosure Rewind II
• Eron Otcasek
• Bestseller William Cohan
• Axlesdotter Bakery
• Breanne Armbrust

Sep 6, 2022 • 51min
Full Disclosure Rewind I
• Planet Money's Mary Childs
• Restaurant mogul Chris Tsui
• NewsHour's Geoffrey Bennett

Aug 22, 2022 • 51min
Triple Bill
Repeat bestselling author. Veteran investment banker. Prolific feature writer. William D. Cohan discusses everything from Elon Musk's Twitter nightmare to the perennially cursed dream of acquiring (Time) Warner Media to his forthcoming book on the fall of GE.

Aug 15, 2022 • 48min
How Eron Otcasek Found His Voice
Eron Otcasek, son of the late Cars frontman and prolific producer Ric Ocasek, on finding his own musical voice (and priceless mics and instruments) -- amid the recording industry's great, wide streaming open. His first full-length album is "Take Backs."

Aug 9, 2022 • 52min
Swede Equity
Ingrid Schatz founded Axelsdotter Bakery out of her Virginia kitchen as a homage to her Swedish culinary bloodline. She's now on a mission to bring the kingdom's cakes and pastries to America. This is the story of how she flexed Instagram, elbow grease and no shortage of pricey butter to build a cottage business during Covid.


