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Work Forces Mar 20, 2020

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Brand Federation's Kelly O'Keefe and Matt Williams on the rise of the "Independence Economy" from the embers of the Great Recession -- and how a far more flexible workforce will evolve from the unprecedented pandemic of 2020.

The Panic of 2020 Mar 13, 2020

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Dalal Salomon and John Harper of Salomon & Ludwin -- a top-ranked financial advisory founded during the Great Recession -- on their approach to the unprecedented dual health-and-financial crisis of the coronavirus pandemic.

Markets Meet the Coronavirus Mar 06, 2020

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Reuters Money editor Lauren Young on how the coronavirus outbreak is coursing through the global economy and markets.

From Big Tobacco to Big Nicotine Feb 28, 2020

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UVA history professor Sarah Milov (The Cigarette: A Political History) and pediatrician Dr. Danny Avula, director of Richmond's health department, on the public-health and policy implications of Big Tobacco's pivot to vaping, heat-not-burn and other newfangled nicotine-delivery devices.

A Figure of Hope Feb 13, 2020

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Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton has been fighting the odds ever since he was adopted as a newborn. Now in his 60s, he has fought cancer and dedicated his life to helping others struggling with illness and loss. As an author. Businessman. Advocate. Philanthropist.

The Battle of Navy Hill Feb 07, 2020

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VPM city hall reporter Roberto Roldan and Richmond For All's Chelsea Higgs Wise on how an ambitious public-private plan to replace Richmond's decrepit Coliseum both divided and united the city.

The Journey of Jorge Valdes Jan 30, 2020

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A poor Cuban immigrant's journey from honors student and star at the Federal Reserve Bank of Miami to obscene wealth with the Medellin cocaine cartel; to torture and federal prison; to a PhD and book publishing.

Making BizSense of It All Jan 24, 2020

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Richmond BizSense editor Michael Schwartz on scaling the digital journalism upstart; the Navy Hill debate; #RVADine; donuts; Scotts Addition; Manchester; Publix and much more.

The Reinvention of Mike Ledesma Jan 17, 2020

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Quits the grind of brokerage life; goes surfing in Hawaii; aces culinary school; washes dishes; busts tail at various restaurants in Honolulu, Baltimore, West Virginia and Richmond -- working up to opening his very own, Perch, in the ruins of an ancient Chinese restaurant. How Chef Mike Ledesma hustled.

Stoney's Points Jan 10, 2020

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Richmond, VA mayor Levar Stoney on his 2020 agenda. We discussed Monument Avenue, Navy Hill, schools, poverty, housing and the state of the Democrats in Virginia -- and nationally, into the presidential election.