

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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Aug 27, 2017 • 40min
The Rogue Mouseketeer
Wall Street analyst Rich Greenfield is outspoken in his belief that Walt Disney Co., parent of struggling ESPN, is in trouble. The CEO blocked him on Twitter. He's ignored on Disney's analyst calls. You know the House-of-Mouse of Pain is in effect, y'all.

Aug 13, 2017 • 41min
HBR's Appetite for Disruption
Harvard Business Review editor in chief Adi Ignatius on the 95-year old publication's reinvention for the smartphone age. After cutting its print frequency and doubling down on digital and subscriber-only content, HBR just posted record circulation growth.
We're on Twitter @FullDRadio.

Aug 6, 2017 • 47min
The Cigarette's Last Stand?
Dr. Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, on the FDA's surprise decision to target nicotine levels in cigarettes. Though U.S. smoking rates have been falling, cigarettes remain a cash-cow. Is this Big Tobacco's big reckoning?
We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Jul 29, 2017 • 42min
(He Moved Your Cheese)
Jon Steinberg is CEO and founder of Cheddar, the "post-cable" news network that's drawing in investors, viewers and marketing partners. Big Media is rapidly getting disrupted. Netflix. Amazon. Apple. Facebook. AT&T-TimeWarner. Apps and digital startups. Everyone wants a wedge of the action.
We're on Twitter @FullDRadio | Facebook.com/FullDRadio

Jul 25, 2017 • 44min
Globally yours, Gayle
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, the author of two NY Times bestsellers and a former politics producer for ABC News. We talk about her career reinvention and U.S. foreign policy in the shadows of Iraq and Afghanistan. Twitter @FullDRadio

Jul 16, 2017 • 46min
Edward Harrison, Credit Diplomat
Global Macro Advisors' banking and finance expert talks about the difficulty of normalizing monetary policy 10 years after the onset of the financial crisis. Markets are hot. Unemployment is back down. Shouldn't interest rates be (much) higher? On iTunes at FullDRadio.com • Twitter @FullDRadio • Facebook.com/FullDRadio

Jul 2, 2017 • 48min
The iPhone at 10
The gadget that changed everything. Veteran tech writer Arik Hesseldahl discusses that journey and where Apple -- now the most valuable company in America -- needs to go in the next 10 years. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Jun 25, 2017 • 41min
Cocaine Cowgirl
The story of Mollie, the femme fatale hostess, "one of the guys" and kingpins' favorite at Miami's infamous Mutiny hotel. She's in my upcoming book, Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami (https://is.gd/f1yvxA).

Jun 11, 2017 • 38min
Meet Ben from Michigan
Family man Ben Carlson, CFA, of Ritholtz Wealth Management wrote the book A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan. We talk markets, fatherhood, saving and (among other things) Faygo. On Twitter @FullDRadio

Jun 4, 2017 • 53min
Anil Dash Responded to My Tweet!
The technologist, blogger, investor, CEO and -- wait for it -- LINKEDIN INFLUENCER talks about Big Tech's concentration of power, elitism in the Valley, cord-cutting, the resurgent NYTimes and how to make a damn buck in content. On Twitter @ FullDRadio