NBA legend and entrepreneur Magic Johnson has teamed up with MBE Capital Partners CEO Rafael Martinez to deploy $100 million to fund loans for minority- and women-owned small businesses hit by the Covid-19 shutdowns. Melvin Rodrigue, CEO of New Orleans iconic restaurant Galatoire’s, joined industry leaders at the White House for a meeting about the administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. He discusses what he and his fellow restaurateurs need to keep serving their customers--and their emplo...
May 19, 2020•31 min
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May 19, 2020•45 min
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel shares the first human data for a Covid-19 vaccine program. Early results from the study are promising, and the markets agree. Surgeon, author, and The New Yorker staff writer Dr. Atul Gawande has a “Regimen for Reentry” as the United States plans reopening businesses in the wake of the pandemic. Plus, sagas from Silicon Valley: Grubhub spurns an Uber union, Softbank weathers a leadership and monetary loss, and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is taking on big tech (again...
May 18, 2020•35 min
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May 16, 2020•44 min
U.S. retail sales have plummeted as Americans cut back spending on non-essential items. Chinese businesses are largely up and running again, although CNBC Beijing Bureau Chief Eunice Yoon says life in the aftermath of the coronavirus looks very different from life before it. Mobile phones generate unique barcodes of health and travel data, and hazmat suits and temperature checkpoints are part of the country’s new normal. CEO of touchless airport security company CLEAR explains handsfree travel t...
May 15, 2020•29 min
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May 15, 2020•45 min
Eric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO and Executive Chairman, has teamed up with New York Governor Cuomo. Schmidt explains technology’s role in the Covid-19 pandemic, from surviving it to ending it, and through whatever comes afterward. In a conversation exclusive to Squawk Pod, Andrew Ross Sorkin shares context on the man who built Google into the behemoth we know today, and the backlash that comes with asking billionaires for help in a crisis. Plus, journalist and CNBC contributor Joanne Lipman sa...
May 14, 2020•24 min
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May 14, 2020•45 min
“I don’t love to compare him to Trump but these techniques…are not dissimilar.” Pivot podcast co-host and Silicon Valley journalist Kara Swisher talks Tesla and says Elon Musk is not bluffing in his threat to relocate his California manufacturing. Musk may be eager to reopen economies and get back to business, but Director of the NIAID Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning the U.S. about the dangers of reopening state economies too soon. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) discusses his state’s gradual reopening ...
May 13, 2020•39 min
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May 13, 2020•45 min
Virgin Galactic Chairman, Social Capital founder, Facebook alumnus, and outspoken investor Chamath Palihapitiya weighs in on Tesla and its famed founder, the Fed’s controversial moves, and roles governments and businesses should play during a pandemic. Plus, bestselling author Ben Mezrich has teamed up with The Boston Globe in his newest work, a slow-release novella available chapter by chapter throughout May. The writer behind “The Social Network,” “Bitcoin Billionaires,” and “Q,” a 2015 book a...
May 12, 2020•28 min
Hedge fund titan and Robin Hood founder Paul Tudor Jones weighs in on the markets, the American spirit, and charity amid the pandemic. Tonight’s Robin Hood Foundation Annual Benefit will be hosted virtually by Tina Fey. Dr. Scott Gottlieb explains the recently approved antigen test that identifies asymptomatic Covid carriers. PayPal CEO Dan Schulman shares how his platform is monitoring and accommodating shifting consumer behavior during the pandemic. Plus, Elon Musk’s busy weekend: filing a law...
May 11, 2020•37 min
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May 09, 2020•43 min
The historic April jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department revealed the highest level of unemployment since the Great Depression. Market historian and UPenn Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel shares some context for these numbers, as well as his projections for America post-Covid. Plus, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi explains his plan to support and protect drivers providing essential services during the crisis. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our ...
May 08, 2020•28 min
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May 08, 2020•43 min
Lloyd Blankfein, former Goldman Sachs CEO and famed risk manager, discusses reopening economies to spare Americans further economic--and possibly physical--damage, and he shares lessons learned from the last financial crisis. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explains Covid diplomacy as the U.S. looks to China for help in ending the global pandemic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertisi...
May 07, 2020•35 min
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May 07, 2020•45 min
A new report suggests that Covid-19 has mutated into a new, strong strain; former head of the FDA Dr. Scott Gottlieb explains the relationship between virus mutations and increased infectiousness. Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO explains how his company is working on developing coronavirus treatments using human immune systems. Plus, office culture as we know it may change once the pandemic subsides. Features Director at Architectural Digest Sam Cochran discusses building a new normal in the workpl...
May 06, 2020•26 min
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May 06, 2020•45 min
United Airlines is warning employees about job cuts after it accepted federal aid to avoid layoffs. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reveals that this move may be just the beginning of Covid’s impact on the airline industry. Tech players big and small may have the ability to trace cases of coronavirus, but will they get permission? Reddit co-founder and venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian explains the challenge ahead for technologists as Americans weigh personal privacy against public health. Food delivery plat...
May 05, 2020•36 min
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May 05, 2020•45 min
Berkshire Hathaway’s 2020 annual shareholder meeting, the “Woodstock for Capitalists” -- which allows the company’s 40,000+ investors to question the Oracle of Omaha directly -- was hosted virtually for the first time ever. The four-hour live-streamed presentation and Q&A gave insight into Warren Buffett’s investing mindset amid the coronavirus crisis. Becky Quick joins the podcast with exclusive insight and highlights from the meeting. Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, Mohamed El-Erian, di...
May 04, 2020•37 min
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May 02, 2020•45 min
Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day shares details of Remdesivir’s two positive trials against Covid-19. He explains collaboration among global drugmakers, the process of finding a treatment for coronavirus, and worldwide, equitable distribution of the drug once it’s developed. CNBC’s Senior Health Science Reporter Meg Tirrell traces the history of Remdesivir, as well as the world’s response to pandemics in the past. In a conversation exclusive to Squawk Pod, Tirrell tracks the drugmakers still in the race ...
May 01, 2020•37 min
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May 01, 2020•44 min
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s expletive-laced rant and subsequent tweet about American shelter-in-place orders has Wall Street and Main Street abuzz. The rolling total of Americans who’ve filed for unemployment in the last six weeks has topped 30 million; U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia assures Americans that there’s reason to hold on to optimism. Plus, former White House insider Steve Bannon takes on China and warns that the Chinese Communist Party will have to answer to citizens around the world wh...
Apr 30, 2020•28 min
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Apr 30, 2020•44 min
A new study from the NIAID revealed that at least 50% of Covid-19 patients treated with a 5-day dosage of Gilead’s Remdesivir reported improved symptoms and were discharged from the hospital within two weeks. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb describes the treatment as “part of a better toolbox” for fighting the coronavirus, but “not a home run.” Plus, Mindy Grossman, CEO of WW International, (formerly known as Weight Watchers) discusses keeping her business and our bodies well during q...
Apr 29, 2020•27 min
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Apr 29, 2020•45 min
The Paycheck Protection Program resumed this week with a fresh infusion of $310 billion for America’s small businesses. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin addresses flaws in the relief package, including why stimulus intended for small businesses inadvertently helped big players, like the LA Lakers and Shake Shack. Secretary Mnuchin, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, shares how how government relief will review large loans before granting forgiveness, and explains why this crisi...
Apr 28, 2020•25 min
