Wharton Business Radio Highlights

Josh Levs, former CNN Journalist, author of All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families and Business - And How We Can Fix It Together and global expert on modern dads at work, talks about why he supports paid family leave and how when men an be equal caregivers, women can get an equal shot in the workplace.This episode originally aired as part of Wharton Business Daily's Business of Father's Day special. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kevin Werbach, Wharton Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about decentralized finance - the intersection of blockchain, digital assets and financial services. He outlines why it has really exploded over the last year and the DeFi toolkit he's creating for the World Economic Forum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox talks pandemic preparedness with Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney. He also explains the state's vaccine rates - especially with the youngest population in the country - as well as how its economy is doing and drought trouble. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Light, Associate Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at Wharton, talks to Dan Loney about Big Oil's climate-change takedown and the stunning rebukes taking place as a result. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andre Thomas, Co-chair of NYC Pride, talks about the 2021 NYC Pride celebrations in light of the ongoing pandemic. This interview originally aired as part of Wharton Business Daily's Business of Pride special. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton Finance Professor Itay Goldstein analyzes inflation and its impact on the economy that is still recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic with Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, talks about summer 2021 travel trends and the company's outlook. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton Assistant Professor of Marketing Shiri Melumad talks about her new research into the concept of "successive summarization" and how news stories become distorted as they are sequentially retold. She also discusses the role social media plays in this phenomenon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Former HP CEO and GOP 2016 Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about a variety of hot topics - from the outlook on Covid and economic recovery to the prevalence of cybercriminals and cyber attacks to leadership on Capitol Hill. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, talks to Dan Loney about the state of small business at this point in the pandemic, how Covid has hurt small businesses and how they can recover. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brooke Baldwin, journalist and former CNN anchor, talks about what inspired her to move into the next phase of her career and her new book, Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christina Skinner, Wharton Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about a recent op-ed she published in The Hill regarding climate change and the role of the Treasury Department to potentially influence the actions of the Federal Reserve. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leigh Steinberg, NFL Agent and Chairman of Steinberg Sports, talks about the NFL Draft about how the business side of sports has evolved. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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 Live event talking about the issue. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.