Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad

NPR Planet Money's Mary Childs on her bestseller, The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All. Recorded before a live audience at the University of Richmond's Robins School.

Soviet-raised investor and author Vitaliy Katsenelson (Soul in the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life) on the dire economic consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Natasha Bertrand, CNN national security and White House reporter, called in from Europe with her observations from NATO.

Roya Hakakian (A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious) on her first impressions of the U.S. upon fleeing Iran in the 1980s -- and squaring that with all she has since learned. Plus, a flashback to our 2020 interview with Cuban immigrant Jorge Valdes, who went from being a University of Miami and Federal Reserve honor student to a top kingpin for the Medellín cocaine carte...

CNN's John Avlon on his book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace -- which retraced Pres. Lincoln's steps in 1865 Richmond, just before his assassination. We discussed the state of journalism and discourse amid a divided electorate. Recorded before an audience at the University of Richmond's Robins School.

TV news -- venerable, cushy, historically profitable -- is kicking and screaming through digital disruption. Guests: Mosheh Oinounou, formerly executive producer of the CBS Evening News; he now runs a "news concierge" Instagram. And Terence Smith, veteran TV news correspondent who authored the book Four Wars, Five Presidents: A Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House.

Founded a century ago, the National Football League brand is thriving: high TV ratings, sold-out Super Bowl ads and popularity among nearly all demographics. Yet, the NFL is reeling from allegations of institutional racism and sexual abuse, and not enough being done to protect players from traumatic injury. Brandcenter director Vann Graves and Sportico's Scott Soshnick on the dichotomy.

The Economist's Ryan Avent on the magazine's cover feature, "How High Will Interest Rates Go?" With inflation at a 40-year high, the Fed faces the tricky task of normalizing borrowing costs without killing the broader economy. Chip Hughey, managing director for fixed income at Truist, discusses the market implications.

How social media and the pull of clicks-at-any-cost are chipping away at real, facts-based history. Our guest is historian and author Jason Steinhauer, global fellow in history and public policy at The Wilson Center. Plus, a flashback to our chat with Michael Sayman, who joined Facebook at the age of 18.

Covid was a mass-extinction event for businesses, from restaurants and bars to concert venues and landlords. Many were blindsided to learn that their business-interruption insurance did not cover a pandemic. Risk advisor John Pendleton of Scott Insurance (est. 1864) and Penn Law Prof. Tom Baker discuss the tricky subject of what coverage will look like after this global shock.

Wall Street Journal editor Spencer Jakab on his book, The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors. The Mulligan brothers, new investors from Oregon, share what they learned riding GameStop stock against the Hedge Fund-Industrial Complex.

Hedge fund Alden Global has devoured and squeezed newspapers, most recently Tribune Publishing. It now wants Lee Enterprises, parent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Charlottesville's Daily Progress and 75 other dailies. Can Lee stop Alden? Robert Zullo of the Virginia Mercury and NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik on this last stand for the industry.

Flashback to 2019: Nada Surf, Silversun Pickups and (Professor!) David Lowery (Cracker; Camper Van Beethoven) on the highs, lows and hustle it took to make it in the music industry. We'll return to live music when Covid finally exits stage left.

Travel with another greatest-hits episode, featuring The Economist, CNBC, Top Chef, Wall Street Confessions, an accomplished investor in Africa -- and more. Full Disclosure podcasts to NPR One, Spotify and Apple at FullDRadio.com. Coming in 2022 to NPR member-station WVTF Virginia Public Radio.

50+ million Americans provide unpaid care for someone over 50. Children of parents needing elder-care -- a surging share of the aging population -- are learning how little they can depend on the social-safety net. Julia Pekarsky Schneider and Kitty Eisele share their experiences as daughters who had to parent a parent.

So much for the great return to offices. Many of us are still working remotely, often with little desire to go back to the five-day-a-week desk-grind. Who gets hit hardest in this new order? Can you negotiate dividends from this shift? Guests: Bloomberg's Matthew Boyle and Prof. Andra Ghent, chair in real estate at the University of Utah's School of Business.

From the University of Richmond's Robins School: Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope, the politics duo from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Virginia Public Radio, on the national implications of the GOP's big 2021 wins in Virginia.

Editor Tom Standage discusses The Economist's special 2022 outlook issue. We covered everything from climate to China to the new space race, inflation and the intensifying tug-of-war over remote work.

How Jenny Doan, a grandmother of 25, came back from poverty and domestic violence -- and rode the YouTube boom to launch the Missouri Star Quilt Company. Her memoir is How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving.

Veteran banker James Harmon on his 60-year journey from Wall Street to the Clinton administration to investing in bleeding-edge markets like Pakistan and Ghana. Along the way, he helped IPO Starbucks and dabbled in film and music moguldom. His book is Up and Doing: Two Presidents, Three Mistakes, and One Great Weekend―Touchpoints to a Better World.

Richard Siklos, until recently VP of corporate communications at Netflix, used to cover the media business for the New York Times and Fortune. We discussed the streaming arms race and ongoing disruption of old media, consolidation musical chairs and the elusive dream of marrying distribution with content.

Tom Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, on the unprecedented shocks and monetary interventions of the pandemic. We discussed the "Great Quit," inflation, rusty supply chains and much more before an audience at the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business.

Economics writer Matthew Klein (Barron's, Bloomberg, The FT) on new schools of thinking on inflation and full employment; the rust on the post-Covid labor force and supply chains; China; the beleaguered class of savers; and striking out on his own with a subscription-supported newsletter.

Help wanted...desperately. Everywhere. Wages are up, but so are no-shows. Meanwhile, food costs are spiking and supply chains are rusty. The crisis has more and more restaurants curtailing hours and even shutting down outright. What gives?

Veteran personal finance writer Lauren Young (Reuters, BusinessWeek, SmartMoney) on the pandeconomy vs markets; shipping her kid off to college; yet more of the work-from-home Normal ... and shedding a tear for the departed investing magazines of yesteryear.

Wall Street polymath Barry Ritholtz on markets, investor psychology and New York 20 years after September 11.