Wharton Business Radio Highlights

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

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

Jon Batiste, Grammy Multi-Nominee and Golden Globe Winner for Best Original Score, talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about the GRAMMYs, navigating the music business, his take on the industry through the pandemic, and where he thinks the industry is headed. This interview was recorded as part of Wharton Business Daily's Business of Music special, which took place just before the annual GRAMMY Awards in March. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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 parents were his inspiration for creating this tool to help others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

Rapper Percy "Master P" Miller, talks about his business interests and why America's Black community must focus on economic empowerment in order to change injustice as part of Wharton Business Daily's special on Black business in America. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Light, Associate Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, talks to Dan Loney about the Biden administration's executive orders - specifically, those on climate priorities - what they mean, and what has to happen next to see these policy goals come to fruition. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.