Richard Stengel
Rick Stengel on his journey to and from the top job at TIME magazine to traveling the world as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Jan 31, 2025•56 min
Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
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Hamilton Lane's Erik Hirsch
Erik Hirsch, co-CEO of alternative investment management house Hamilton Lane, on getting Americans across generations to better save, invest and diversify -- as sobering demographic and market realities take hold.
Jan 27, 2025•54 min
Ray Suarez
Veteran newsman Ray Suarez on his book We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century, which illustrates the nation's volatile relationship with immigration. We also discussed staying alive in journalism -- despite ageism, rampant layoffs and increasing hostility from Washington and Big Tech.
Jan 16, 2025•58 min
Morgan Till of PBS News
Morgan Till, PBS News foreign affairs and defense editor, takes us around the globe -- from Canada to Greenland to the Mideast to Panama -- as Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Jan 08, 2025•34 min
Liz Ann Sonders of Charles Schwab & Co.
Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab & Co., on markets, the Fed, inflation...lots more. The 53-year-old brokerage house now has more than $10 trillion in total client assets.
Dec 20, 2024•52 min
Syria, Suddenly
Hussein Ibish on the sudden fall of Assad's Syria -- a 54-year dictatorship that collapsed in days. What does this mean for the U.S., Iran, Russia, Turkey, Israel ... the Mideast's entire disordered-order as Donald Trump returns to the White House?
Dec 12, 2024•54 min
ICYMI
In case you missed it, excerpts from recent interviews: Brandcenter chief Vann Graves on the lessons of earned media and Election 2024; true crime bestseller T.J. English on his latest, The Last Kilo; Hollywood insider Janice Min on cable TV's last stand.
Dec 08, 2024•53 min
T.J. English on The Last Kilo
True-crime bestseller T.J. English on his latest, The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire that Seduced America. We go into the backstory of getting Miami's fabled cocaine king to go on the record; the long arm of the law, over more than four decades; and reconciling legend and Hollywood with the sober truths of spending so much of a life in prison.
Nov 26, 2024•56 min
Janice Min
Veteran media exec Janice Min -- now CEO of The Ankler -- on Hollywood's post-streaming-binge austerity: tanked share prices; creative risk aversion; slashed budgets, cable wires and expense accounts...and the resulting opportunity for focused upstarts.
Nov 22, 2024•56 min
Brandcenter's Vann Graves
Brandcenter head and veteran ad executive Vann Graves on the election; the parties' changing brands and voters; the fragmenting of media consumption, reading today's youth...much more.
Nov 14, 2024•50 min
RVAudio
Award-winning musicians Susan Greenbaum and Scott Lane on making a living out of Richmond, Virginia in the post-Covid streaming age. Ian Stewart guest hosts.
Nov 04, 2024•52 min
ICYMI
Live with NPR's David Folkenflik, from the University of Akron's Knight Foundation Lecture Series • "Miami Vice" at 40 • Star Manhattan luxury real estate agent Michelle Griffith • Former GOP strategist Tim Miller
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Live with NPR's David Folkenflik
NPR media correspondent and bestselling author David Folkenflik discusses headlines, investigations, reflections, successions and his career journey. Recorded with an audience at the University of Akron's Knight Foundation lecture series.
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Kristen Faulkner, Venture Cyclist
Cyclist Kristen Faulkner, reigning USA Road Race champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, on how her venture capital career has informed her competitive outlook and business model. Plus, pro-cycling presenter Jez Cox on making a living commentating on the international sport. Ian Stewart guest hosts.
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Manhattan Michelle Griffith
Top-ranked Manhattan luxury real estate agent Michelle Griffith of Elliman on the island's durable appeal -- spanning so many booms, busts, interest-rate cycles, crises and today's remote-work hangover. Griffith appears on NBC's Open House and Million Dollar Listing NY.
Oct 04, 2024•56 min
Mo News: Mosheh Oinounou
Mosheh Oinounou, founder of digital insurgent Mo News, on the Mideast's new imbalance of power -- from Israel's ops in Lebanon and Iran; to Hamas's tunnel vision; to what Tehran really wants. All with a bit over a month left until the U.S. elects a new president.
Sep 26, 2024•57 min
The Bulwark's Tim Miller
Tim Miller, former Republican strategist, on his journey into and out of the GOP. The Never Trumper discussed electoral post-mortems, tipping points, swing states, cognitive dissonance, iconoclasts ... much more.
Sep 20, 2024•53 min
Miami Vice at 40
Miami Vice, the groundbreaking TV series full of star cameos, debuted 40 years ago. So much fact-vs-fiction and art imitating life -- which then tried to imitate that art. We talk to a retired Miami smuggler who always bumped into Crockett and Tubbs -- and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans on the show's four decades of influence.
Sep 16, 2024•54 min
ICYMI
• Social media "blue-collar musician" Just Joe Altier • Oliver Darcy on leaving CNN • Caleb Silver on Investopedia at 25
Sep 12, 2024•52 min
David Zipper
David Zipper, senior fellow at MIT's Mobility Initiative, on vehicle bloat, the elusive "15-minute city," EVs and much more. Ian Stewart guest hosts.
Sep 03, 2024•50 min
Oliver Darcy
Media reporter Oliver Darcy, recently of CNN's "Reliable Sources" newsletter, on leaving the global news giant to launch Status -- which publishes directly to readers. We discussed cable's brutal year; the struggle to get people to pay for news; and the risk-reward profile of building it yourself in 2024.
Aug 23, 2024•53 min
Punk legend John Doe (X)
John Doe of the seminal LA punk band X on the early days of the movement; staying in business through the decades and X's ninth --and final -- studio album, "Smoke and Fiction." Guest host: Ian Stewart.
Aug 15, 2024•56 min
Investopedia's Caleb Silver
Market volatility and economic consternation are back. And so we bring back friend-of-the-show Caleb Silver -- editor in chief of Investopedia (turning 25 this year) and previously CNN's head of U.S. business news. We discussed the Fed, generational wealth, creative destruction...the works.
Aug 12, 2024•55 min
Abuelita's RVA
Karina Benavides on her critically acclaimed restaurant Abuelita's, whose guisos, grilled cactus and red mole ranchero pay homage to her native Jalisco, Mexico. Guest hosted by Ian Stewart.
Jul 30, 2024•55 min
Just Joe
Social media darling "Just Joe" Altier -- self-proclaimed blue collar musician -- on making a living in the era of disruption from TikTok, Spotify and AI. Plus, Def Leppard, Rush and Cyndi Lauper.
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr
ICYMI
In case you missed it: Netflix's "How to Rob a Bank;" The Economist on the solar revolution; former CIA director Gen. David Petraeus.
Jul 17, 2024•51 min
We Cannot Comprehend the Solar Revolution
The Economist's Hal Hodson on how solar energy is rapidly eclipsing our fossil fuel-based reality. The implications are revolutionary -- from clean water and A/C for the poorest populations; to a Saharan land grab; to solar-powered carbon vacuums; to fatter corporate profits. And so many dividends we cannot yet imagine.
Jul 01, 2024•54 min
Netflix's "How to Rob a Bank"
Seth Porges on his hit Netflix documentary "How to Rob a Bank" -- which tells the stranger-than-fiction story of the 'Hollywood Bandit,' a treehouse-dwelling ex-meth dealer who evaded authorities as he hit bank after bank in and around Seattle.
Jun 21, 2024•53 min
Gen. David Petraeus
Former CIA director. Professor. Commander. PhD. The 37-year military leader is now a partner with investing colossus KKR. We discussed the Middle East, Afghanistan, Ukraine, China, frontier-markets investing and Petraeus's bestseller, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine.
Jun 14, 2024•51 min
ICYMI
Highlights from recent episodes, including Slate's head of audio Alicia Montgomery; Chicken Fiesta founder Harold Vega; and Larry Ingrassia, author of A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
Jun 10, 2024•52 min
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