Wharton Business Radio Highlights

Tom Haines, Senior Vice President of Capital Markets & Index Solutions at Annexus, and Adam Politzer, Vice President of Product Management at Athene Holdings, joins hosts Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel and Wharton Alum Jeremy Schwartz to discuss insurance asset management on Behind the Markets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The economy is strong, the unemployment rate has dipped down to below four percent, and corporations have more money thanks to the new tax law, but wage growth is still stagnant. Host Dan Loney talks with Peter Cappelli, Professor and Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, and Harry Holzer, Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and former Chief Economist for the U.S. Department of Labor in the Clinton Administration, to discuss the reasons why incomes aren't up and what can be done about it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beware of fraudulent cryptocurrencies - The Wall Street Journal reviewed documents for 1,450 digital coin offerings and found 271 with red flags. Reporters Shane Shifflett and Coulter Jones discuss their investigation and story: Buyer Beware: Hundreds of Bitcoin Wannabes Show Hallmarks of Fraud with host Dan Loney on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of this year’s Lipman Family Prize honorees—Jacob Lief, the Co-Founder and CEO of Ubuntu Pathways, joins host Anne Greenhalgh to discuss his a non-profit organization that takes orphaned and vulnerable children in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from cradle to career, on Leadership in Action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hawaii is poised to become the first state to ban the sale of sunscreens with chemicals that could harm coral reefs. Oxybenzoen and octinoxate, which gets into the water from swimmers and through sewage, contributes to bleaching of the corals according to recent research. Craig Downs, Executive Director the Heretics Environmental Laboratory, a nonprofit research center, joins to discuss this move. But, this is a move that not everyone supports, given that skin cancer rates are on the rise in Hawaii and the US. Karen Glanz, a Professor of Epidemiology and Nursing at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, joins us to discuss why she thinks Hawaii and others should hold off on such bans as they put people's lives at risk and do little to save the coral reefs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Insights: Beth Hendler-Grunt, Founder and President of Next Great Step, LLC, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to tackle some hard questions for recent grads, including where do I go from here? How do I get my foot in the door? - and more on Career Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lydia Frank, Vice President of Content Strategy at PayScale, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss the results of PayScale's recent report "The State of the Gender Pay Gap" on in the Workplace. You may be surprised at some of the findings! We find out why on In the Workplace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As Brexit negotiations go on, the UK is facing an immigration scandal with the Windrush generation. These are people who moved to Britain from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1971. Many of the kids arrived on there parents' passports and after decades, are facing issues of being denied services, losing their jobs and even being deported. Host Dan Loney looks at this situation and why Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to apologize with Thom Brooks, Dean of Durham Law School at Durham University, Terri Givens, Provost and Professor of Political Science at Menlo College in California, and Randall Hansen, Interim Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Supreme Court just struck down a 1992 law banning sports betting outside of Nevada. Host Dan Loney looks at the case and what it means for states, fans and teams with Andrew Brandt, Director of Villanova University's Moorad Center for Sports Law, and Richard McGowan, Professor at Boston College's Carroll School of Management and Economics Editor of Gaming Law Review and Economics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thomas Knauff, Founder and CEO of Energy Distribution Partners, joins host Harbir Singh to discuss consolidation and innovation in the energy market on Mastering Innovation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Three Penn students are on their way to changing the lives of chemotherapy patients for good. Knowledge@Wharton host Dan Loney speaks to winners of the Wharton Entrepreneurship Startup Showcase to find out more about their company, Sanguis. Divyansh Agarwal (MD PhD candidate), Prateek Agarwal (MD MBA candidate), and Daniel Zhang (MD PhD candidate), have invented a hand-held device for chemotherapy patients monitors their blood cell count that has won three separate Penn competitions this year alone.Wharton Entrepreneurship Startup Challenge - students build a company over the course of the year and compete for cash prize by pitching their company to accomplished investors. More Info: https://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/startup-showcase/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Career Talk celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Lee Leibowitz (WG'13), Director, Service Line Analytics and Strategy for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Kelly Breslin Wright (WG'98), Advisor and Board Director for multiple companies, as they discuss tips for electing an MBA program and finding a fulfilling job once you graduate with host Dr. Dawn Graham. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dollars and Change celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Wharton Grads who are making a difference in their industry as hosts Sherryl Kuhlman and Nick Ashburn find out more about their latest initiatives. Guests include: Samra Haider (WG'08), National Director at the Center for Employment Opportunities; Ashley Bittner (WG'13), Principal at Owl Ventures; Lori Nishiura Mackenzie (WG'93), Executive Director of Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research and Co-Founder of the Stanford Center for Women’s Leadership; and John Tourtelotte (WG'98), Managing Director at Rivermoor Energy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leadership in Action celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Gopi Kallayil (WG'98), the Chief Evangelist of Brand Marketing at Google, and Claire LaBrunerie (WG'88), Head of Global Distribution at Sky Harbor Capital Management as they discuss their careers in leadership with hosts Mike Useem and Jeff Klein. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mastering Innovation celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Brendan Cahill (WG’08), Founder and leader of Penguin Random House Labs, and Brian Fields (WG’03), VP and General Manager of Things to Do at Groupon, to discuss innovation in publishing and experiences with host Saikat Chaudhuri. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Women@Work celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Susan Ganz (WG'88), CEO of Lion Brothers and Melissa Eisenstat (WG'88), Trustee and Board President of the New York Youth Symphony, as they discuss their careers in two very different fields with host Laura Zarrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Behind the Markets celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Co-Founders of Malabar Investments, Sumeet Nagar (WG'01) and Akshay Mansukhani (WG'04). Hosts Jeremy Schwartz, Jeremy Siegel, and Wes Gray discuss investments strategies and investing in India with Sumeet and Akshay. Then, Chris Swann (WG'98) and Founder of Cygnus Capital, joins the discussion to talk about alternative investments and hedge funds in the second half of the show. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

K@W celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Ziad Baba (WG'13), Senior Director of Engagement Marketing at Credit Karma, who says 45% of Americans will be thrown into debt if they have a catastrophic accident. Credit Karma helps their users build their portfolio and save money by providing free credit scores. They also monitor credit usage to counter ID theft and are getting into the free – simple – tax preparation business. Then, meet Luis Felipe Gonzalez Palacio (WG'17), Associate Finance Manager of PepsiCo. Felipe was born and raised in rural Colombia, and moved on to study theoretical physics, engineering and finance. Hear about how he leads recruiting efforts for people of color and LGBT. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

K@W celebrates the contributions of Wharton alumni on our annual Wharton Business Radio "Reunion Radio" special. Meet Dominic Petty (WG'98), Inner Peace Advisor at Healerology and a Program Manager for the US government. He helps people recognize cycles of abuse to nurture their spiritual, emotional and physical guide health. Then, if your investments are diversified, who’s looking out for you when commodity risks occur? Meet David Burkart (WG'98), Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Coloma Capital Futures, LLC. David adjusts risk levels for his clients, and he especially pays attention to climate change regarding popular commodities like chocolate and coffee.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Baseball clubs now rely less on subjective scouting reports in hiring players, using data to tell an accurate picture of player performance, past performance and future performance, preventing costly hires. Senior baseball ESPN writer, Keith Law, joins host Dan Loney to discuss how the analytic revolution in baseball is here to stay as outlined in his book "Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats that Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones that are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball" on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.