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The Sound of Success with Nic Harcourt

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Fascinating folks of note, from writers and musicians/artists to business and tech leaders, are interviewed by well-known LA radio DJ Nic Harcourt about the songs, bands, and concerts that have influenced their lives from childhood to now. What are the tracks they return to over and over, and what new artists have they embraced in recent years? Would they be the person they are today without this music? With the Sound of Success, Harcourt turns his legendarily expansive knowledge of music to host revealing and relatable interviews about the artists and sounds that have meant the most to a wide...

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Drew Voros Is a Punk Rocker 10.06.2021 29:22

ETF.Com Editor-In-Chief Drew Voros came of age with older siblings who played him essentials like the Beatles before he graduated to the Doors, and, later, as a teenager, had a full-blown "Disco sucks" punk phase. The Sex Pistols fan talks to Nic about his first concert, where some guy named Tom Petty opened for the Police, slam dancing at rock clubs and re-discovering the broody sounds of the ban...

Tyrone Ross Jr.'s Isley Brothers Obsession 03.06.2021 24:28

Tyrone Ross Jr. is CEO of Onramp Invest, creator of the financial literacy program "Learn to Money," and an advocate for the underbanked and closing the wealth gap in America. He's also a huge fan of the Isley Brothers (which may or may not have permanently scarred his parents), the Notorious B.I.G. and will always have a soft spot for Garth Brooks' emo alter-ego Chris Gaines. You read that correc...

Eric Balchunas Found the Pixies By Way of Duran Duran 27.05.2021 33:05

Before Eric Balchunas joined the finance world, where he works now as a Senior ETF Analyst for Bloomberg , he had dreams of working in the music industry, interning at Virgin Records and whiling away the hours at record stores in Manhattan . The host of Bloomberg's "Trillions" podcast and author of an upcoming book on visionary Vanguard founder Jack Bogle, Eric sits down with Nic to talk about his...

Bethany McLean's Heavy Metal Youth In Dylan-Land 20.05.2021 21:59

In 2001, journalist Bethany McLean wrote a piece for Fortune magazine simply titled "Is Enron Overpriced?" It led to the landmark collapse of one of Wall Street's biggest companies under the weight of its shocking fraud. She also grew up in Hibbing, MN, home to America's rock 'n' roll laureate Bob Dylan, listening to Handle, Bach, Metallica, and Def Leppard. The former Goldman Sachs analyst turned...

Bob Pisani Was Never the Same After Ziggy Stardust 13.05.2021 0:30

Journalist Bob Pisani has been gracing your television screens for CNBC since 1990, where he reports live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the network's on-air stocks editor. He also writes its daily Trader Talk blog. Pisani, who grew up in Philadelphia, where he still resides, cut his teeth on Bee Gees 45s and wearing his platform shoes to see Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from M...

Barry Ritholtz's Black Sabbath Days 04.05.2021 34:06

Barry Ritholtz is the CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and the host of beloved Bloomberg Podcast Masters In Business. He also used to dance in his bedroom as a kid to "Brandy" by Looking Glass, saw Black Sabbath as Madison Square Garden, and will always feel certain jazz songs deep in his heart and soul. Listen as he talks about the music that made him the person he is today.