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Latest Episodes:

2020 vs Investing 101 Sep 03, 2020

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Caleb Silver, editor in chief of Investopedia, on why everything you learned about investing makes no sense in 2020. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Long Con of Whitey Bulger May 22, 2020

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Bestselling author and investigative journalist Casey Sherman on his new book with Dave Wedge -- Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture and Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss. Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger's criminal career spanned much of the 20th century, culminating in his 2011 capture and prison assassination in 2018 at the age of 89.

Swish Upon A Star May 13, 2020

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Kara Swisher, veteran Silicon Valley correspondent, on Big Tech's unprecedented hegemony; her BoomTown journey from the Wall Street Journal to multi-platform entrepreneurship; the reinvention of the NY Times and Bill Gates; the minds of Bezos and Musk. We discussed it all.

Investopedic Knowledge May 07, 2020

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Caleb Silver, editor-in-chief of Investopedia and CNN's former head of U.S. business news, on markets in the time of Covid-19. We discussed investor anxiety, oil's collapse, Jeff Bezos's swagger, the Fed's crisis toolkit and much more.

Earnestly, Soledad O'Brien Apr 23, 2020

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The award-winning TV journalist on finding -- and asserting -- her true voice. So much for pre-med at Harvard...

Sree's Company Apr 17, 2020

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Back by popular demand: Prof. Sree Sreenivasan, the globally connected digital mentor, on what you can be doing right now -- in the teeth of the jobs crisis -- to reinforce and expand your professional network and profile. He joined from his apartment in Manhattan.

World v. Pandemic Apr 05, 2020

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Morgan Till, PBS NewsHour's senior foreign affairs producer, on the many international crises emanating from the pandemic. We discussed crude oil's collapse and OPEC; China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Italy, Venezuela; refugees at high risk in sub-Saharan Africa; creeping authoritarianism.

A Truly International Pandemic Apr 03, 2020

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Delivery, Drive-Thru or Bust Mar 29, 2020

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How restaurants -- big, small, fast, casual, fine, "ghost kitchens" -- are scrambling to reinvent in the Pandemic of 2020. Our guest is Adam Chandler, the former Atlantic writer who authored the book Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom.

Delivery, Drive-Thru or Bust Mar 29, 2020

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How restaurants -- big, small, fast, casual, fine, ghost, trucks -- are scrambling to reinvent in the Pandemic of 2020. Our guest is Adam Chandler, the former Atlantic writer who authored Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom.