This Week in Business

Sara Schaer, Co-Founder & CEO of Kango , joins hosts Doug Collom and Irina Yuen to discuss her trustworthy ridesharing app for kids and busy parents on Bay Area Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Hennessy, Chairman of Alphabet's Board of Directors and Former Stanford University President, joins hosts Mike Useem and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss his career in leadership and his new book, "Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey," on Leadership in Action. Book - https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Matters-Lessons-My-Journey/dp/1503608018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Host Laura Zarrow talks with Tina Tchen, Partner at Buckley Sandler LLP and former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, Assistant to President Obama, and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, on her 30 year career in public service on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Wharton Prof Jeremy Siegel are LIVE from the 2018 Jacobs Levy Conference in NYC, talking with Nobel Prize winning Economist Robert Shiller, and Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, about the current market landscape and the changes in the 10 years post-financial crisis on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Business Radio Special: The Great Recession: What's Changed in 10 years Part 2  About one in five workers in the U.S, lost their job in the beginning of the Great Recession and many of them never recovered. What has happened to the millions of people who settled for work below the level in which they were qualified, for less pay? With an improved unemployment number today at 4%, com...

Business Radio Special: The Great Recession: What's Changed in 10 years Part 1 On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy which sent the stock market tumbling. The problems that started in the US soon spread to Europe.  Several European nations, including Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, faced austerity to deal with their deb...

Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Gerontologist and Instructor at Johns Hopkins University, joins host Ken Smetters to discuss everything you need to know, consider, and plan for when making the transition into assisted living for yourself or a loved one on Your Money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Jeff Voigt leads an expert panel discussion on the current dynamics surrounding end of life care in the US - is there such a thing as a good death? on The Business of Health Care. Expert Panelists include: Dr. Holly Prigerson, Irving Sherwood Wright Professor of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and Director of the Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care; Dr. Connie Ulrich, L...

Jesse Eisinger, Senior Reporter at ProPublica and Author of "The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives," joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Iwan Barankay to discuss the world of White Collar Crime and whether or not the US has been cracking down on punishment of these crimes on In the Workplace. Book - https://www.amazon.com/Chickenshit-Club-Department-Prosecu...

Brian Burke, Senior Analytics Specialist at ESPN, joins hosts Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, and Shane Jensen to discuss the outlook for NFL's 2018 season on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katica Roy, CEO and Founder of Pipeline, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss how her technology company uses artificial intelligence to assess, address, and take action against gender bias in companies and helps them improve their bottom line on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doug Straton, Chief Digital Commerce Officer at Hershey, joins host Nicolaj Siggelkow to discuss digital innovation within a 120-year old established global brand on Mastering Innovation. The Hershey Company is "among the most respected companies in the world, bringing snacks, community growth, and human opportunity to all corners of the globe." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Wharton Prof Jeremy Siegel lead a discussion with Leonard Nakamura, Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. After a quick market recap, they'll examine the intricate debate over how GDP is measured and whether we need a new way to chart U.S. economic growth and predict the future on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

While many of us believe consider ourselves to be supportive of equality, diversity and inclusion, we might not be really examining our own unconscious biases. Host Dan Loney and guest co-host Wharton Professor Katherine Milkman talk to Dolly Chugh, Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, about her new book, “The Person You Mean To Be: How Good People Fight Bias,” which addresses this issue...

It’s “Back To school time,” which means high school and college students will be settling in to new curriculae and learning new subjects. Did you know Knowledge@Wharton has an online resource for students and teachers alike to help prepare students for success? You can find it all on the Knowledge@Wharton High School website (KWHS). Host Dan Loney talks with Diana Drake, Managing Editor of KWHS, a...

Deaths from drug overdoses have now surpassed those from car crashes or guns in the United States, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). To understand this complicated crisis, Host Dan Loney speaks with Dr. Evan Anderson, Senior Fellow at the University Of Pennsylvania’s Center for Public Health Initiatives and Senior Lecturer at the Penn School of...

Wharton's Hip Hop Prof Americus Reed leads a discussion with Ken Wisnefski, Founder and CEO of WebiMax, and John Rothschild, Author of "Football Betting Made Easy," about Nike's decision to make Colin Kaepernick the face of their 30th anniversary of their Just Do It Campaign and how it has been playing out as a marketing strategy for the brand powerhouse on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See...

Morey Stettner, Reporter at MarketWatch, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Iwan Barankay to discuss tips on how you can outlast a job you hate until retirement on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Adams, Reporter at the online trade journal, Marketing Dive, joins host Barbara Kahn and guest host Keith Niedermeier to discuss how marketers are breaking with the traditional notions of masculinity such as the Marlboro Man on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media and New York Times bestselling author, joins host Laura Zarrow on Women@Work to discuss her new book "Pick Three: You Can Have It All (Just Not Every Day)" about how we can put our ambitious lifestyle into perspective in an increasingly demanding world, and how we can achieve more if we're willing to be a little flexible. Book - https://www.ama...

Hosts Catharine Hays and Jenny Rooney talk with Peter Weingard, VP of Brand Strategy and Content at West Elm, and Catherine Hernandez-Blades, Senior Vice President and Chief Brand Officer at Aflac, to find out more about their marketing and branding strategies on CMO Spotlight. Business Radio Monthly Special! CMO Spotlight is by CMOs, for CMOs - and everyone else who wants to know what today's Chi...

Mack Brown, Football Commentator for ESPN and former National Championship winning coach at Texas, joins hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, and guest host Ty Hildenbrandt, to discuss his outlook for the 2018 NCAA Football season on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Christian Terwiesch discusses current innovations and the potential future landscape in the Real Estate industry with Bob Goldberg, CEO of the National Association of Realtors, and Jeremy Wacksman, President of Zillow, on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rebecca Ray, Executive Vice President of the Knowledge Organization at The Conference Board, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Iwan Barankey to discuss the results of the recent Job Satisfaction Survey conducted in 2017 across the US on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kerwin Koni Charles, Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Iwan Barankay to discuss his research on gender discrimination in the labor market as outlined in his recent paper, "The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination" on In the Workplace. Hosted o...