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Squawk Pod

Squawk Pod is a daily, guided curation of the top moments and takeaways from CNBC’s flagship morning show, “Squawk Box”, anchored by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Each day, the podcast includes news making interviews, perspective and analysis from iconic guest hosts, and slices of debate and discussion—from the heated to the hilarious— all wrapped with exclusive context and color from Senior Producer Katie Kramer.
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Episodes

Who Deserves a Bailout?

Former Administrator of the 9/11 Compensation Fund Ken Feinberg warns Americans to avoid drawing parallels between the Covid-19 pandemic and previous crises in history. He explores the moral hazard of supporting an economy reeling from an unexpected tragedy. Chairman of IAC Corp. Barry Diller expects the U.S. to come back to life in six months or possibly longer, but to get there, he says Americans will have to overcome their fear. In the meantime, everyone should get a bailout. Plus, Joe, Becky...

Apr 16, 202031 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil: Consumer Spending

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the novel Coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 16, 202044 min

Dr. Sam Waksal; Searching for Antibodies; A-Rod Goes “All In’ to Fight Hunger

Immunologist and former CEO of pharmaceuticals company ImClone Systems Dr. Sam Waksal explains the science that he believes will carry us through the coronavirus crisis. Scientists are looking to Covid-19 survivors for antibodies as they race to develop a vaccine, and testing kits may be easiest to find among the wealthy on Florida’s Fisher Island. Plus, Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin and Alex Rodriguez discuss the #AllInChallenge, encouraging celebrities to donate experiences and one-of-a-kind item...

Apr 15, 202036 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the novel Coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 15, 202045 min

Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Hunt; Zoom Rooms; Activision Blizzard CEO’s Calls of Duty

Stephane Bancel, CEO of biotechnology company Moderna, maps out his timeline for a coronavirus vaccine and explains the details of Moderna’s Covid-19 study and the nuances of the human immune system. Zoom CFO Kelly Steckelberg explains the videoconferencing platform’s role in a pandemic and beyond. She addresses security concerns over “Zoom bombs” and considers the future of work. Plus Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, the company behind Candy Crush and Call of Duty, gave his personal ph...

Apr 14, 202029 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil: Back To Work

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the novel Coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 14, 202045 min

Mark Cuban: We are at an inflection point

“Banks are playing themselves.” Entrepreneur, investor, and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban discusses the issues rolling out relief for small businesses. Richard Preston, writer for The New Yorker and author of “The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus” contemplates the fragility of the human species and the race for a vaccine. Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian suspects that the majority of companies will suspend forward-looking guidance this earnings se...

Apr 13, 202034 min

Arianna Huffington: It’s more important than ever to disconnect from screens and reconnect with ourselves

Businesswoman, author, and co-founder of The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington discusses life after Covid-19 with Andrew Ross Sorkin at CNBC Events’ first virtual conference, “At Work: Leadership and Management Amid Crisis.” She shares her perspective on how we live, work, and unplug as we shelter in place, and how our connectivity--to work and to ourselves--will change once the pandemic subsides. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...

Apr 10, 202020 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the novel Coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 10, 202044 min

Bill Gates: It’s the nightmare we’ve been talking about

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been thinking about global preparedness for a pandemic for years. In a conversation with Becky Quick, Gates discusses the race for a coronavirus vaccine, when the world will get back to normal, and what that “normal” will look like. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 09, 202030 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil: Testing The Lows

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the novel Coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 09, 202044 min

Coronavirus’s Alarming Impact on African-Americans; What Do We Do After?

“There is going to be a wrenching debate about who got bailed out, and who didn't.” Tom Friedman, foreign affairs columnist at The New York Times, discusses the difficult debates society must have once the Coronavirus passes its peak. John Hope Bryant, chairman and CEO of Operation Hope, on the economic impact on small businesses run by entrepreneurs of color. On a larger scale, PVH CEO Manny Chirico says his company has furloughed about 75% of its workforce in North America as Calvin Klein, Tom...

Apr 08, 202026 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil: Outbreak

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the novel Coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 08, 202043 min

U.S. Labor Secretary on ‘Phase 4’ Relief Program: Let’s keep our eyes open

The CEO of Slack, the internal messaging service now keeping thousands of office teams connected during worldwide shelter-in-place orders, discusses staying connected with colleagues and growing his own business. U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia believes the current small business relief legislation is running well, but admits that it may not be perfect. He weighs in on the possibility of a “Phase 4” federal pandemic relief program. Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Heal...

Apr 07, 202024 min

Special Report: Markets in Turmoil

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the novel Coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 07, 202045 min

Dr. Scott Gottlieb: This will change American life

As some areas around the world begin to see coronavirus death tolls decline, officials in the United States are hopeful that American fatalities will also level off. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb grounds expectations for life after the pandemic with historical perspective. 31 million small businesses are scrambling to take advantage of relief programs before the $350 billion of federal funds run out; American Bankers Association President and CEO Robert Nichols explains how the bank...

Apr 06, 202026 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil: Your Business

Listen to CNBC's special report, The Path Forward: Your Business. We’ll discuss the challenges facing independent businesses with ‘The Profit’ himself, Marcus Lemonis. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 04, 202046 min

“The Hot Zone” Author Richard Preston: There will be more in the future

Richard Preston, writer for The New Yorker and author of “The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus,” discusses the patterns of virus outbreaks throughout history and shares what may be ahead for the planet. Plus, 10 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the last few weeks, and the unemployment rate jumped nearly one full percent to 4.4% in the last month. Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew discusses the latest report from the Department of Labor an...

Apr 03, 202023 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil: The Path Forward

CNBC's special report will focus on the path forward for individual business owners here in the U.S. Listen for insight from The Profit's Marcus Lemonis, Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary and Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg with details on what her company is doing to help. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 03, 202045 min

6.6 Million Americans; Stony Brook University Hospital CEO

A record 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. CNBC’s Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman and Daniel Tarullo, the former Federal Reserve Governor who led the Fed’s financial regulatory reforms in the wake of the financial crisis, talk through that grim and staggering number and what could be next for the pandemic-afflicted economy. Stony Brook University Hospital CEO Carol Gomes shares strategies for supporting health care workers and Covid-19 patients in the NYC m...

Apr 02, 202024 min

Special Report: Markets in Turmoil

Listen to CNBC's special report on how the coronavirus outbreak is spreading in the United States, and how it's continuing to hit stock markets around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 02, 202045 min

Amazon Warehouse Safety; Wartime Production Laws in a Health Crisis; Mortgages in a Pandemic

Former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb hopes the rate of Covid-19 infections in New York will start to slow next week, but wildcards like Texas and Florida could push the nation’s death toll close to the President’s sobering new estimates. Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer explains whether the federal government will use wartime production laws to force companies to make essentials during the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, mortgage applications to buy a home have plummeted 24% during the health crisis, and ...

Apr 01, 202028 min

Anheuser Busch InBev’s Hand Sanitizer; Burger King’s Safety Measures; Food Insecurity with Russell Wilson

“We are in a John F. Kennedy moment.” Wheels Up CEO Kenny Dichter has taken his private jet company into “Meals Up” mode. Inspired by NFL Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and singer/songwriter Ciara, Wheels Up and its members are donating 10 million meals to Feeding America, a nonprofit devoted to providing relief for the food insecure in the U.S. Wilson and Dichter urge other business leaders to help struggling Americans as the pandemic wages on. The world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch In...

Mar 31, 202030 min

Virus Vaccine is One Step Closer

“This is a bit of a moonshot for J&J.” Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson Alex Gorsky discusses its experimental vaccine for COVID-19 that will begin clinical trials by September, and could be available for emergency use authorization in early 2021. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb says deaths in the U-S related to the virus would likely peak toward the end of April and suggests that life might start returning to normal after the middle of May. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWi...

Mar 30, 202018 min

Dr. Atul Gawande: We need a national shelter-in-place

Surgeon, author, and CEO of Haven, the joint health care venture between JPMorgan, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway, Dr. Atul Gawande shares what U.S. systems need while under pandemic-induced duress. Plus, some Friday news (and booze) you can use: Katie Kramer gets tips for virtual happy hours from Food and Wine Executive Wine Editor Ray Isle. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....

Mar 27, 202014 min

Paul Tudor Jones: We’re going to kick this bug’s ass

"America can beat this thing. Humanity can beat this thing.” Hedge fund titan and philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones says investors can take heart in the United States’ fiscal “nuclear bomb.” Jones was the first money manager to raise concerns about the coronavirus back in January; in a colorful, emotional interview today, he weighs in on the pandemic’s shock to the U.S. economy and the American workforce. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our colle...

Mar 26, 202028 min

Ben Bernanke: This is closer to a snowstorm than the Depression

“It is important before we put everybody back to work that we feel like we have the public health situation under control.” Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke led the Fed during the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession; now he’s weighing in on the Fed’s playbook to prevent another American recession in 2020. As a student of the Great Depression, he views today’s economic distress as much closer to a natural disaster than the economic downturn of the 1930s. Current Preside...

Mar 25, 202029 min

Boeing CEO on Airline Bailouts; Covid-19 Test Ramp Up

“If there is no government support…we can still find our way to the other side. But if it goes on for 8 months, probably not.” Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun considers the future of his company with and without an industry bailout. Covid-19 test producer LabCorp is rolling out 20,000 tests per day. CEO Adam Schechter urges Americans to continue social distancing while healthcare companies and the government work to curb the pandemic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inf...

Mar 24, 202029 min

Hedge Funder: Shut the markets down

Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass is calling for the U.S. markets to be shut down completely as coronavirus cases continue to grow worldwide. Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian envisions a long, arduous journey to the other side of this market turmoil. One of the biggest landlords in the New York tri-state area, Richard LeFrak, addresses calls for a mortgage and rent “holiday” as workers follow shelter-in-place mandates and miss paychecks. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pc...

Mar 23, 202023 min

Former FDA Chief: There’s an end to this

Dr. Scott Gottlieb considers the next steps in the U.S. response to pandemic, including a nation-wide tech strategy for Covid-19 screenings. The Federal Reserve has employed billions to buoy the American economy, and it still has more work to do, according to former Federal Reserve Governor, Kevin Warsh. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....

Mar 20, 202029 min
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