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The Miseducation of Nelson Aguilar Dec 24, 2014

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The Miseducation of Nelson Aguilar by Roben Farzad

You Gotta Fight...For Your Right...to X% Dec 11, 2014

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You Gotta Fight...For Your Right...to X% by Roben Farzad

Call Center Love Dec 11, 2014

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Call Center Love by Roben Farzad

Crudely Speaking... Dec 03, 2014

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Crudely Speaking... by Roben Farzad

Fat of the Land: Investing in Agriculture Aug 07, 2014

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The plight of the family farmer is no more. Food prices are soaring; the Chinese want our chickens, hogs and corn; and investors want a real asset to hedge against inflation. More food crops are being diverted to the production of bio fuels. All told, U.S. farmland prices have increased more than 17 percent a year over the last decade of economic uncertainty. On this "Full Disclosure," Roben Farzad talks with a farmer, a tractor-loving investor and a grocery buyer.

Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: Fat of the Land Aug 06, 2014

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Don't look now, but U.S. farmland has soared in value over the last twenty years. You can thank higher food prices by way of the voracious demand for grains and proteins from emerging markets -- as well as competition for crops from biofuels in an era of higher energy prices. Lately, investors have been piling into farmland (up more than 17% a year over the last ten years) as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement. Is this trend here to stay? Or are "nouveau-ags" swelling yet another asset bubble? We ask one of Virginia's biggest farmers, a buyer for a localvore-friendly market and a farm-raised investment banker who was recently a biofuels mogul.

Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: Tuning Out the Bull Jul 15, 2014

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Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: Tuning Out the Bull by Roben Farzad

Quick Hit: James Harmon's Ex-Im Bank Anecdote Jul 14, 2014

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"I don't usually go around discussing these stories," says James Harmon, founder and chairman of the Caravel Fund. Harmon shares with host Roben Farzad an incident that happened on his watch, back when led the Export-Import Bank in this "Quick Hit" excerpt from "Pushing the Frontier" (aired June 13, 2014).

Quick Hit: Rakontur's Advice To Young Media Makers Jul 14, 2014

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Miami-based moviemakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman share with host Roben Farzad their advice for would-be media moguls and entrepreneurs in this "Quick Hit" excerpt from "The Disruptors" (aired May 16, 2014).

Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: Indebted Jun 30, 2014

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How steep gambling debts, credit-card debt and a debt to society brought two troubled men together and on the straight and narrow: a true story.

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