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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Hollywood Executive Producer, Founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and Founder and CEO of One Community Scott Budnick.  After 16 years of executive producing blockbuster Hollywood films like The Hangover, Due Date, Project X, and War Dogs, Scott Budnick left his contract at Green Hat Films to embark on a new venture. In 2013, Budnick instituted The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), a non-profit committed to "[empowering] formerly and currently incarcerated people." Today, Scott has melded his commitment to criminal justice with the power of film to return to the big screen with Just Mercy, featuring Michael B. Jordan. Liz and Scott discuss the work of the ARC, the power of impactful filmmaking, and his plans for future projects. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Loka 202044min

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the CEO & Founder of Better.com, Vishal Garg.  This week, Vishal discusses how he came to start Better.com after having mortgage complications of his own. Vishal explains how Better.com is "making homeownership simpler, faster ... and more accessible for all Americans," and how he was inspired to leave his job as a Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst at Morgan Stanley to embark on his entrepreneurial journey. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30 Syys 202031min

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Fox Business Network Senior Correspondent, Charlie Gasparino. In late July of 2020, President Trump announced his intention to "ban" the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok within 24 hours. This week, Liz and Charlie discuss Microsoft, Oracle and other tech companies' bids to win the acquisition of TikTok and how the influence of Washington D.C. continues to impact the private sector and the stock market, as we head into the 2020 election. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Syys 202026min

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Co-Founder and CEO of OKTA, Todd McKinnon. In 2008, as the United States spiraled into recession, Todd did the unthinkable and left his prominent post at Salesforce to create his own cloud security company, Okta. Todd discusses how he grew his company to its nearly $29 billion market cap, how he transitioned from "engineering genius" to CEO, and how he and his wife plan to pay their prosperity forward in the coming years. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Syys 202032min

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Chairman of VaynerX and the CEO of Vaynermedia, Gary Vaynerchuk. After emigrating from Belarus to the United States as a child, Gary bagged ice, flipped baseball cards, and managed his own chain of lemonade stands. By sixteen, Gary began working at his father's liquor store; a business he would grow into a 60-million-dollar wine company. Today, Gary is the Founder of VaynerX and CEO of VaynerMedia, where he and his team continues to trailblaze in brand consulting through social media strategy. Gary discusses how his intense resilience has served him in his life and career, and what he believes is next for the United States in this difficult time. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Syys 202039min

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the CEO of Feeding America, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot. In 2018, after spending more than a decade as an executive at Walmart, Claire left the private sector to work on fixing our hunger crisis in the United States. Today, Claire joins the podcast from the road, as she visits foodbanks across the Texas panhandle, to discuss the $100 Million Dollar gift her organization received from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. She also weighs in on the state of American hunger during COVID-19 and Claire's concerns about food insecurity as school districts and families return to school both in-person and virtually. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Syys 202028min

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Founder of Kind LLC, Daniel Lubetzky. Daniel discusses how he went from being unable to afford three square meals a day, to developing his company into the snack bar giant it is today, worth over a billion dollars. Daniel also explains how his father's survival of Dachau concentration camp and his family's eventual migration to the United States honed Daniel's commitment to the American dream. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26 Elo 202035min

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Jersey Mike's Subs CEO & Owner, Peter Cancro. When Peter was just seventeen years old, his football coach gave him a loan that would allow him to buy the sub shop in Point Pleasant, NJ where he had worked since he was fourteen. Today, that shop has grown into the over one-thousand-location sandwich franchise, Jersey Mike's Subs. Peter discusses how his team maintains culture and excellence across all of their locations, the importance of giving back to the community and how Jersey Mike's has persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Elo 202030min