Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad

Veteran personal finance writer Lauren Young of Reuters has always been my workplace big sister. We spent years together at BusinessWeek and the now-departed SmartMoney. Now on my radio show, Lauren discusses shutdowns, savings, the markets and the giant impact left by our hero, investor-champion Jack Bogle (1929-2019).

Weijian Shan went from childhood hunger in Mao's famished China to running Asia's biggest private equity fund. China's economy has exploded in size in the 30 years since the Tiananmen Square crackdown, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty. He discusses the opportunities and perils of the country's unprecedented trajectory.

The story of an immigrant who came to the U.S. from Lebanon with a young family and powerful drive to work and provide. He learned how to cook and acquired his own little nook ... 25 years later, Westwood Fountain diner is a Richmond institution.

The Economist's deputy editor Tom Standage discusses the world in 2019 -- from wobbly markets to China to Moscow to Facebook fatigue, rogue princes, spy craft, negative interest rates, the western hemisphere's populism and second and third thoughts on Brexit. Also: plastic straws, Joe Biden and cleaner, greener "meat."

New York Times best-selling author Dan Lyons on his latest book, Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us. Dan used to write for HBO's hit show "Silicon Valley" -- and was on staff at Forbes and Newsweek.

Legendary investor Tom Dorsey on the return of volatility to a market that he says flashes some similarities to 1987. In 2015, he sold his shop Dorsey, Wright & Associates to the Nasdaq for $225 million

Panera Bread founder and chairman Ron Shaich on the many ups and downs that went into growing the hit restaurant chain. He now manages Act III Holdings, a $300 million fund that invests in brands focused on long-term results.

Too big to boycott? Too developed to disrupt? Too sticky to uninstall? Facebook is that global social network that people both love to use and love to hate. Can Zuckerberg & Co just keep getting away with bad behavior?

How high school soccer coach Ian Kelley leveraged social media and all-around resourcefulness to turn an abandoned used-car dealership into the Sugar Shack Donuts empire.

10 years of the Reformed Broker: the financial crisis awakening and reinvention of Wall Street icon "Downtown" Josh Brown.