Becky & Squawk’s Biggest Teenage Fan
Nick, a 15-year-old CNBC fan, started his Twitter account @Live_News_Nick at the beginning of the pandemic in hopes of kickstarting a reporting career. Becky Quick sits down with Nick--via Zoom--to sw...
2 Apr 202115min
Opening Day with Red Sox Chairman; An Infrastructure Plan & “Smart Capitalism” with NYT’s Tom Friedman
President Biden has unveiled his $2 trillion, 15 year infrastructure plan signaling stricter corporate tax policies and a crackdown on offshoring. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman digests the pro...
1 Apr 202137min
“There is no middle ground”: Protecting Voting Rights with Ken Frazier & Ken Chenault
A group of Black business executives are urging the rest of corporate America to oppose legislation aimed at restricting voting access, following a new law in Georgia that critics say disproportionate...
31 Mar 202128min
Beeple’s Mystery NFT Buyer; Documentarian Ken Burns; Bill Hwang’s Bets, Debts, & Dominoes
Mystery art collector MetaKovan spent $69 million on Beeple’s NFT in mid-March. The man behind MetaKovan and NFT collection Metapurse, Vignesh Sundaresan, joins Joe, Andrew, Becky, and CNBC’s Robert F...
30 Mar 202135min
Margin Call Shock; Amazon Union Vote; Suez Canal Refloat
Family office Archegos Capital was forced to liquidate tens of billions of dollars in stock holdings, sending U.S. media stocks and Chinese tech stocks into selloff mode, and leaving big financial pla...
29 Mar 202134min
WeWork’s Debut; Disinformation Nation; Chaos in the Canal
Coworking company WeWork has announced it will finally go public via SPAC merger with BowX Acquisition Corp. WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani and Bow Capital’s Vivek Ranadive discuss the deal and their bet...
26 Mar 202138min
Trust, Transparency, & Vaccines; Tax Plan Tacks; Fintech Leveling Finance
Big banks are appeasing their overworked junior staff with perks, from Zoom-free Fridays to $20,000 bonuses. CNBC.com’s Hugh Son discusses the domino effect the “Goldman Sachs 13” have had, up and dow...
25 Mar 202133min
Financial Inclusion, the Fed, & Forecasting America’s Covid Future
Operation Hope founder John Hope Bryant is working with former SEC Chair Jay Clayton to expand financial literacy and inclusion across the country, in an effort to shrink poverty and the wealth gap in...
24 Mar 202134min
