This Week in Business

Laura Prepon, Actress (That 70's Show, Orange is the New Black), Director, New York Times Bestselling Author and Founder of PrepOn Kitchen, talks to Dan Loney about finding the balance between motherhood, her career and the pandemic, as well as her new venture PrepOn Kitchen. This interview originally aired as part of Wharton Business Daily's Business of Mother's Day special. Hosted on Acast. See...

Peter Conti-Brown, Wharton Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, talks about a new report he co-authored with Brookings regarding diversity within the Federal Reserve system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leigh Steinberg, NFL Agent and Chairman of Steinberg Sports, talks about the NFL Draft about how the business side of sports has evolved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Feinstein, Wharton Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, discusses his recent New York Times op-ed on cryptocurrency regulation he co-authored with Kevin Werbach - and the results of their peer-reviewed empirical analysis of cryptocurrency exchange activity and regulatory action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

M. Ryan Gorman, CEO of Coldwell Banker and Wharton undergraduate alumnus, talks to Dan Loney about the current state of the real estate market, the outlook for the second half of 2021, and how Covid has impacted the overall market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SPACs - special-purpose acquisition companies - are the latest rage in finance. They are firms designed to help another go public by going around the traditional IPO process to raise funding, and The Wall Street Journal estimates that so far this year, five new SPACs are formed daily. Wharton Finance Professor Nick Roussanov talks to Dan Loney about understanding SPACs, and his recent LinkedIn Liv...

Kara Swisher, Host of "Sway" and "Pivot" podcasts, Contributing Opinion Writer for NYT, and Co-Founder of Recode, joins Dan Loney to talk about last week's Wharton Analytics Conference during which she spoke about algorithms, how the pandemic has accelerated certain tech trends, and how to regulate tech platforms moving forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Older Americans are carrying more debt into retirement which is leading to problems with retirement savings. Olivia Mitchell, Wharton Finance Professor, talks about the impact of debt on older Americans and her associated research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood Foundation, spoke to Dan Loney about the racial wealth gap and its new NinetyToZero initiative. NinetyToZero includes a wide range of CEOs and organizations that have come together with the goal to close the 90% wealth gap and make significant change that also might increase U.S. GDP over time. Wharton is the lead research partner for this initiative. Hosted on Acast....

Iwan Barankay, Wharton Associate Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, discusses Citigroup's rollout of "No Zoom Fridays" and how other companies will approach instituting work-life balance policies in this next phase of hybrid work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zeke Emanuel, Member of Biden's Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board and Penn's Vice Provost of Global Initiative, talks to Dan Loney about the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare industry, telemedicine and vaccine access as part of Wharton Business Daily's special, "The Pandemic: One Year Later." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Celebrity Chef & Restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson talks to Dan Loney about the unimaginable toll the pandemic has taken on the restaurant industry and how he is working to build back up for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Finance Professor Michael Roberts talks with Dan Loney about why not paying down your mortgage early and instead, investing that money in riskier options, might be a better move in the long run. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Shira Teitel, Space Historian and author of Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Space Flight, spoke with Dan Loney about women in STEM careers - and specifically in the aerospace industry - as part of Wharton Business Daily's Women's History Month special. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finding COVID-19 vaccine appointments can be a challenging feat, and as more COVID-19 vaccines become available, more people will need to find pharmacies and other locations closest to them where they can be vaccinated. David Newell, Wharton Student and Founder of findashot.org, talks to Dan Loney about the website he created to help people find COVID vaccines, and how finding shots for his parent...

Singer-songwriter Grace Potter sits down with Dan Loney to discuss The Grammy's and her 2021 nominations, as well as navigating the music business over the years and equality and representation for women in music in honor of Women's History Month, and part of Wharton Business Daily's Business of Music special. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you ensure that people - or specifically those who work in healthcare and long term care facilities - take the COVID vaccines? Wharton Professor of Management Sigal Barsade discusses new research she co-authored that tackles these questions and identifies how to increase vaccine uptake among these groups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hilary Knight, USA Women's Hockey Player, 2018 Gold Medalist, Founder of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, talks to Dan Loney about creating more opportunities for growth for women in sports and business. This interview was part of Wharton Business Daily's Women in Business special in honor of the beginning of Women's History Month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Katy Milkman, Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and Professor of Operations, Information & Decisions at Wharton, talks to Wharton Business Daily Host Dan Loney about the psychology behind persuading people to take a vaccine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Frieden, former CDC director, former NYC health commissioner, and president and CEO of Resolve for Our Lives, talks about the vaccine effort, why things are getting better, and how businesses can start to think about bringing employees back to work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Assistant Professor of Management Stephanie Creary talks to Dan Loney about her research into how decisions around diversity and inclusion impacts companies and corporate boards, and if we're truly making an impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tarik Brooks, President of Combs Enterprises, talks about the importance of investing in Black business, and how Combs Enterprises teamed up with JP Morgan to support minority entrepreneurs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alison Buttenheim, the Silverstein Endowed Term Chair in Global Women's Health and Director of Engagement at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at Penn, talks to Dan Loney about the Coronavirus vaccine rollout, the issues with vaccine hesitancy and where she expects we will be by the fall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Steyer, Billionaire investor, Philanthropist and 2020 Presidential Candidate talks to Dan Loney about the early weeks of the Biden administration and the role of the private sector in restoring America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The importance of purpose within a company and whether it links back to a company's performance in light of 2020's social justice movement is something that will continue to be examined in the coming months and years. Claudine Gartenberg, Wharton Assistant Professor of Management, talks about her research into the link between purpose and performance with Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney. Hosted...