Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad

Latest Episodes:

Chief Sex Officer May 23, 2019

Show notes

Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, on disruption and opportunity in adult content -- from sex-tech to virtual reality and homemade sharing. How long can banks and venture capitalists just shun the massive industry?

Foreign Exchange May 15, 2019

Show notes

Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass discusses Iran; the trade war with China; Venezuela; Israel; North Korea and other volatile international headlines competing for Pres. Trump's attention.

Bank Shots May 10, 2019

Show notes

The Economist's Helen Joyce on Tech's global race to disrupt the stodgy world of banking.

Building Panera May 03, 2019

Show notes

Panera Bread founder Ron Shaich on growing the hit restaurant chain. He now manages Act III Holdings, a $300 million fund that invests in brands focused on long-term results.

Lesson Plan Apr 26, 2019

Show notes

Richmond Public Schools superintendent and former teacher Jason Kamras on bridging the educational opportunity gap faced by low-income and minority children -- 65 years after the Supreme Court ruled to desegregate schools.

Overcrowded, Under-Led Apr 18, 2019

Show notes

A year and a half ahead of its hotly anticipated rematch against Donald Trump, the Democratic Party abounds with presidential hopefuls -- but lacks one clear leader who can rally coalitions the way Barack Obama did. A roundtable of party activists discusses the road ahead.

Corporate Affairs Apr 10, 2019

Show notes

Bestselling author and screenwriter T.J. English (Havana Nocturne, The Westies, NYPD Blue) on the bolita mafia's emergence from the wreckage of the Cold War -- the subject of his book, The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban-American Underworld.

Media Folk Apr 03, 2019

Show notes

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik on all things streaming, ATT-Time Warner, newspapers, Apple News+, CNN, Fox News, "login fatigue" -- and Elmo taking his talents to HBO.

What a Waste ... Mar 28, 2019

Show notes

Recycling's Rude Reckoning: With China turning away Americans' bottles and cartons, the stuff is piling up and increasingly being landfilled or incinerated. Kate Daly of the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners and James McGoff of TemperPack, a sustainable packaging startup, on the hard choices needed to dig out.

Ad-venturous Mom Mar 22, 2019

Show notes

Kristen Cavallo, the first female CEO of the Martin Agency, on leading the 52-year old advertising shop out of its #MeToo crisis. We discussed the work-life juggle of single motherhood; the ad industry's nagging existential doubts; and getting brands to actually stand for (or against) something.