Getting to Work: U.S. Labor and Commerce Secretaries
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo are teaming up to expand and prepare America’s workforce. The bipartisan infrastructure bill working through Congress a...
9 Aug 202123min
Vaccinated Only: CNN, United Airlines, & the Corporate Moves (& Jobs) Still to Come
The economy added 943,000 jobs in July, the best pace in nearly a year and nearly 100,000 more than economists expected. Kate Moore, head of thematic strategy for BlackRock’s global allocation team, A...
6 Aug 202133min
A Meme Stock’s Meta Phase; Uber CEO on Surges & Safety; Driving Climate Solutions with Pete Buttigieg
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is prioritizing his customers’ experiences, investing in driver acquisition to alleviate price surging and wait times as ride hailing gets back on track. Khosrowshahi also d...
5 Aug 202130min
NYC All Access Passes & Guard Rails for the “Wild West”
SEC Chair Gary Gensler shares his plan for taming the “Wild West” that is the cryptocurrency ecosystem. After years of leadership in finance regulation and teaching blockchain technology at MIT, Gensl...
4 Aug 202129min
Hope, Finance, & Empowerment with Delta CEO; “Spiritual Opium”; Out of Juice
After 17 months and three vaccines, Covid cases continue to tick up, even in the U.S. Senate. Operation Hope Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant offers a progress report of his nonprofit’s efforts to al...
3 Aug 202128min
A Square Deal; Delta Data; Infrastructure’s Road Ahead
Jack Dorsey’s Square is acquiring Australian buy-now-pay-later company Afterpay in a $29 billion deal that deepens its foothold in digital payments. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusse...
2 Aug 202128min
A CDC Reversal, Spirit Airlines CEO, & Hood-winked: After the IPO
The Covid Delta variant is likely infecting more people than are being recorded, according to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. He discusses transmission and hospitalization rates and respon...
30 Jul 202129min
Memes to Market: Robinhood IPO
Vlad Tenev, Robinhood CEO, says meme investing is no joke, “it’s a real thing.” Free stock trading app Robinhood surged in popularity among retail investors through the Covid-19 pandemic and the meme...
29 Jul 202131min
