This Week in Business

AT&T is in acquisition talks with Time Warner. AT&T says it won't sell CNN nor other key assets as it's acquisition attempts. Earlier this week the Justice Department suggested a sale of the Cable News Network or Direct TV prior to the administration's approval of the $85 billion merger. Host Dan Loney talks with Herbert Hovenkamp, Professor at Wharton and Penn Law, and Hemant Bhargava, Wharton Al...

Courtney Spaeth, CEO of growth[period], and Steve Bryant, Business & Strategy Director of the Real Estate Operations Division at United Services Automobile Association (USAA), join host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss tips and pointers on Veterans transitioning out of the military and into the civilian workforce on this special Veterans Day episode of Career Talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

President Trump just completed his visit to China as part of his twelve day trip to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. Host Dan Loney talks with Jacques DeLisle, Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and Minyuan Zhao, Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School, to discuss what Beijing hopes to gain from this trip and what's at stak...

Ben Reiter, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated and SI.com, joins hosts Cade Massey and Shane Jensen to discuss his now-famous 2014 article predicting the 2017 World Series Championship win by the Houston Astros on Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Stephenson, Executive Director and Co-Founder at Code2College, joins hosts Sherryl Kuhlman and Katherine Klein to discuss his mission to provide access and opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) fields to students from underrepresented backgrounds in tech: girls, students of color and from low-income backgrounds on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Morra Aarons-Mele, Founder of Women Online and The Mission List, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her new book "HIDING IN THE BATHROOM: An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home)" on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Falk, Former VP of Basketball Strategy and Owner of CleaningTheGlass.com, joins hosts Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow and Shane Jensen to discuss his experience working with the 76ers during the early stages of "The Process" and making the transition to running a statistical NBA database with cutting edge analysis on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump is well-known for accusing news sources as "fake news". Host Dan Loney talks with Bruce Bartlett, Columnist and Former Domestic Policy Adviser to President Ronald Reagan and Former Treasury Official under George H.W. Bush, to discuss his new book "The Truth Matters" which helps guide people who want to seek out trustworthy political sources on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Ben Einstein, General Partner of Bolt Innovation Management, joins host Rob Coneybeer to discuss how his company, a pre-seed fund focused on companies at the intersection of hardware and software, has progressed since he was last on Launch Pad in 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bill Taylor, Founding Editor of Fast Company, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss his latest article in the Harvard Business Review: "Four Kinds of Workplaces and How to Know Which Is Best for You" on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney broadcasts LIVE from the First Annual Forbes Small Giant Conference 2017 in New York City, a celebration of America’s Best Small Companies, 25 privately owned companies that have chosen to be great instead of big. In this hour, he speaks with Nancy Traversy, Co-Founder and CEO of Barefoot Books, Ted Castle, President and CEO of Rhino Foods, Nawal Motawi, Foun...

Open enrollment started last week for the Affordable Care Act, and it may be one of the toughest in the last five years. The enrollment period has been shortened to 45 days, advertising for the law has been cut drastically as has staffing for those helping people understand which plans are best for them, and rates for those who don't qualify for subsidies have gone up significantly. Host Dan Loney...

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont remains in Brussels, as Spain seeks to charge him and over a dozen ministers with rebellion and sedition. The European Union has largely tried to stay out of the conflict as at the region attempts to declare independence from Madrid. Host Dan Loney talks with Joao Gomes, Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, and Becquer Seguin, Assistant Professor of Iberian...

In September, Iraqi Kurds voted for independence. Host Dan Loney talks with Brendan O'Leary, Constitutional Advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss what this means, what has happened in the region since then, and what could happen next on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

President Trump has chosen Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell to replace Janet Yellen as the next chairman of the central bank. Host Dan Loney talks with Peter Conti-Brown, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, and Krista Schwarz, Finance Professor at the Wharton School, to discuss what Powell is expected to bring to the position and the reactions from financial...

Constance Hunter, Chief Economist of KPMG LLP, and Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors, join hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel to discuss the markets' reaction to recent Fed Chair nominee, current proposed GOP tax plan, the jobs report, and much more on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney broadcasts LIVE from the First Annual Forbes Small Giant Conference 2017 in New York City, a celebration of America’s Best Small Companies, 25 privately owned companies that have chosen to be great instead of big. In this hour, he speaks with Loren Feldman, Senior Editor for Entrepreneurship at Forbes and host of Mind Your Business on Business Radio, Bo Burli...

Sarah Green Carmichael, Senior Editor at Harvard Business Review and host of the HBR IdeaCast podcast, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss research that shows overworking is actually LESS productive, and that time off is important on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mitch Roschelle, Partner and Business Development Leader at PwC, joins host Sam Chandan to discuss the recently released Emerging Trends in Real Estate, the annual market forecast co-published by Mitch, on The Real Estate Hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Lo, Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, joins hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel to discuss his new book, "Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought" with a recent market update on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen Ullman, Former Software Engineer, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her new book "Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology" describing the social, emotional, and personal effects of technology as viewed by her time in the field on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Zogby, Pollster and Founder and Senior Partner of John Zogby Strategies, joins host Anne Greenhalgh to discuss the art of polling and “Tribal Analytics”, which is his firm’s approach to predicting human behavior, on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Waytz, Associate Professor of Management & Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss his recent Harvard Business Review Article "The Dangers of "Mandatory Fun" on In the Workplace, including listener calls with anecdotes of what "fun" has worked and not worked for their companies. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Brian Killingsworth, CMO of the newly formed NHL franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights, joins host Dave Reibstein to discuss marketing and launching a new sports team on Measured Thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kobe Steel, Japan's third-largest steelmaker, admitted falsifying product specifications. Kobe Steel is a supplier to manufacturers of automobiles, planes, trains, nuclear equipment. Host Dan Loney talks with Richard Dasher, Director of the US/Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University, to discuss the fallout from this announcement and how it will affect not only Japan's reputation b...