Kevin Baron

Elevation Live! with Kevin Baron

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'Elevation Live!' is an in-depth, online global affairs interview series featuring purpose-driven leaders, influencers, companies, and organizations working in global sports & culture. Kevin Baron is an award-winning journalist with 25+ years experience in Washington, world capitals, and war zones as a reporter, editor, newsroom leader, media executive, live events director, on-stage host, and on-air analyst. He is founder & president of Elevation Global Strategies. For 10 years, Baron was the founding executive editor of Defense One, a brand of Atlantic Media and GovExec. He also was editori...

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From F1 to Arsenal: Why WhatsApp Is Playing for More Than Sport | Elevation Live! with Kevin Baron 02.06.2026 24:43

Why are some of the world’s biggest technology companies investing so heavily in Formula 1, football, and global sports fandoms? At the F1 Miami Grand Prix weekend, Kevin Baron sits down with Vivian Odior, head of marketing for Meta Consumer Apps — including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Creators — to discuss why WhatsApp partnered with Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team and Premier Leagu...

War & the World Cup: Navigating America's Global Sports Decade | Elevation Live! with Kevin Baron 17.03.2026 46:07

The United States, host to the largest sporting event in history, "just invaded one of the participants and killed their their leader." That's unprecedented. For episode 3, we stop and ask what this means for sponsors, leagues, teams, athletes, and spectators. Is America ready for the decade of global sport? Not yet, says Travis Murphy, CEO of Jetr Global Sport + Entertainment, which operates acro...

Driving With AI: Autonomy From Motorsports to Main Street to the Military | Elevation Live! with Kevin Baron 10.11.2025 32:12

For Episode 2, we went to Austin, Texas, for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, where one company called Code 19 Racing is developing some of the fastest moving AI on the planet — and demonstrating it for the U.S. Army. "You have to be able to react at 150 mph, within a few inches," said O.G. Wells, chief operating officer of the veteran-owned company. “The worl...

Racing With Purpose: Meet SailGP's Fiona Morgan | Elevation Live! with Kevin Baron 15.10.2025 43:28

Want to feel good about the world again? Meet SailGP 's Fiona Morgan, an extraordinary executive who is growing an extraordinary global sports league successfully with social impact at the core of everything it does -- technology, climate, oceans, sustainability, food, women, youth, all of it -- while still attracting elite athletes, teams, sponsors, and investors. It's a community. That's somethi...