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Good News, Bad News, Mo News Apr 30, 2023

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Mosheh Oinounou -- described as "Instagram's favorite news concierge" and "a one-man news brand" -- on the existential angst underlying the HR turmoil at Fox and CNN. Plus, a flashback to some of my 2020 interview with Soledad O'Brien, veteran of CNN and NBC News.

2023: The Youngkin Midterm Apr 23, 2023

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Virginia Public Radio + Richmond Times-Dispatch duo Michael Pope and Jeff Schapiro discuss Governor Glenn Youngkin, the abortion wedge, the purpling of central Virginia and much more. Plus, some of my 2018 interview with Adele McClure, who went from a childhood of poverty to VCU's student-body presidency to, now, candidacy for Virginia's House of Delegates.

ICYMI Apr 19, 2023

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Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin; the rascally creatives behind NPRmageddon; Planet Money's Mary Childs...and more

Disintermedia Apr 07, 2023

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Showrunner / doc maker Nayeema Raza ("On with Kara Swisher") and the rascally SoCal creatives behind NPRmageddon on breaking through in the great, wide, overcrowded open of 2020s multimedia.

College's New Moneyball Mar 31, 2023

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Miami, San Diego State and Florida Atlantic in the Final Four? Could we be entering a brave new era of parity across college sports? After all, star student athletes can now get paid and even flex some free agency. How will this affect all of sports? Guests: Sean Gregory of TIME -- who once played in March Madness -- and Greg Burton of VCU's Center for Sports Leadership.

The Diversified Rock Star Mar 26, 2023

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Kevin Griffin, frontman for the band Better Than Ezra -- a prolific songwriter, producer, lecturer and festival impresario -- on thriving through the three decades of music-industry dislocation. His new book is The Greatest Song: Spark Creativity, Ignite Your Career and Transform Your Life.

Herbal Remedy Mar 16, 2023

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Veteran market-watcher Herb Greenberg -- Empire Financial Research and the "Herb on the Street" newsletter; a regular on CNBC -- on the need for perspective amid 2023's banking panic. Discipline and independent thinking has historically rewarded investors.

Inflation's Inflection Mar 10, 2023

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NPR Planet Money's Mary Childs on inflation: recognizing it; living with it; profiting from it; hedging against it; fighting it. Does the Federal Reserve have to sink the economy in order to rescue it?

ICYMI Mar 07, 2023

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In case you missed it, a rewind back to recent interviews, including new-generation ad exec Omid Farhang; acquisitive chef Mike Lindsey; CNBC media correspondent Alex Sherman and the exclusive Underground Kitchen's pivot to feeding the food-insecure.

The Velvet-Roped Underground Feb 26, 2023

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Do well. Do good. Do both. The Underground Kitchen, one of the most exclusive fine-dining tickets across dozens of cities (refresh browser, hope, refresh browser), is now also bent on nourishing the food insecure. How these paths converged.