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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Apr 18, 2017 • 36min
The Case for Shamelessness
Jeetendr Sehdev, author of bestseller The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells (and How to Do it Right). His accent alone will break the Internet. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Apr 2, 2017 • 1h
Unbundling E$PN
Ira Boudway on his Bloomberg Businessweek cover on ESPN's subscriber losses as people ditch cable -- and what this means for media players big and small. Our co-host is an ad man: the Martin Agency's Neil Patel, formerly digital media exec at Disney, ESPN's parent company. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Mar 26, 2017 • 55min
Always Be Closing: Retail's Apocalypse
Business Insider's Hayley Peterson on retailers' worsening prospects as Amazon (worth $405 billion) takes on everything from apparel to office supplies to groceries to diapers. We talk dead malls, broken restaurant brands and the potential hit to lenders. Twitter @FullDRadio

Mar 16, 2017 • 1h
The War of the Lakers
The 11-time NBA-champ LA Lakers are a broken franchise, having surrendered 229 losses over the last four seasons. Fired coaches. Disastrous trades. Wasted contracts. Now, the siblings who co-own the team are suing to control it. Our guest, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, has been all over the story. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Mar 11, 2017 • 1h 6min
Repeal and Regress
Teacher and single mother Krysti Albus, 43, has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills since her 2004 cancer diagnosis. Obamacare was her only means of getting affordable insurance. We are joined in studio by health-focused behavioral scientist Caroline Orr (@RVAWonk).

Feb 28, 2017 • 1h 3min
Diagnosing the Democrats
HBS organizational behavior Prof. Gautam Mukunda on how Democrats should rethink and rebuild after 2016's disaster -- which he just wrote about in the Harvard Business Review: https://is.gd/9jZInP. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Feb 21, 2017 • 1h 1min
An Office Hour with Prof. Steven Strauss
The Princeton foreign and public affairs professor and columnist
has advised governments across the planet. He was previously at McKinsey, the World Economic Forum and in Mayor Bloomberg's NYC administration. We talk Trump, China, Big Tech, the Democrats, monetary and fiscal policy -- and much more. Find us on Twitter @FullDRadio

Feb 5, 2017 • 1h 3min
America's Chief Sex Officer
Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, whose tagline is "Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference." She talks about disruption and opportunity in the industry: rampant piracy and diminishing returns on production vs huge strides in sextech, VR and social. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio -- and on Facebook at Facebook.com/FullDRadio

Jan 27, 2017 • 60min
Tobias Levkovich of Citi + Lauren Young of Reuters
Citigroup's chief U.S. equity strategist and Reuters money editor Lauren Young talk markets in 2017. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Jan 18, 2017 • 59min
Money on the RVA: Parker, Salomon and Beall
Three famous Richmond investors -- Jerry "Turtle" Parker; star financial advisor Dalal Salomon; and Davenport veteran Michael Beall -- talk markets, the economy and the year ahead at the historic Hippodrome Theater in Jackson Ward. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio


