Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad

Roben Farzad
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May 9, 2022 • 49min

Iran, So Far Away

The immigrant backstory of Persian-food chef Sebastian Oveysi, who splits time between serving diners across Virginia and D.C. and crossing the country in his mini-camper. Plus, a rewind back to my 2020 chat with Andrew Zimmern, the Beard Foundation-recognized foodie, activist and TV personality who turned his life around after a stretch as a homeless addict.
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May 3, 2022 • 58min

Diverging Markets

Caglar Somek, portfolio manager for global emerging markets at British Columbia Investment Management Corp, on the investing category's lost decade-plus vs. the U.S. -- and why we could be on the brink of an inflection; emerging markets boomed during the U.S.'s post-dot-com Lost Decade.
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Apr 25, 2022 • 54min

Reactivating

How illness, disability and a near-death experience led one Virginia woman to dedicate her life to serving the poor, the abused and the under-advocated.
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Apr 18, 2022 • 51min

Hollywood Reshuffled

Warner HBOMax Discovery CNN. Disney+ ABC ESPN, with Hulu (kind of). Legacy content empires look formidable, until you realize how small they are vs. multi-trillion-dollar tech platforms such as Apple, Amazon and Google. Veteran media analyst and investor Rich Greenfield on Hollywood's era of frenzied self-disruption.
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Apr 12, 2022 • 51min

Full Disclosure Rewind

Some Full Disclosure memories -- from the education of amateur meme-stock traders; to Pres. Lincoln's final weeks; to a beginner's guide to America.
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Apr 3, 2022 • 49min

A Call to Tech

Javelin anti-tank missiles. Turkish drones. Artificial intelligence. How Russia's Ukraine invasion is disrupting long-held assumptions about deterrence and military technology. Guests: Chris Rogers, founder of the defense and aerospace practice at investment bank Harris Williams; and Morgan Till, PBS NewsHour's foreign and defense editor.
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Mar 25, 2022 • 52min

Broken Income

NPR Planet Money's Mary Childs on her bestseller, The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All. Recorded before a live audience at the University of Richmond's Robins School.
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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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