Wharton Business Radio Highlights

Women@Work brings you a special interview with Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors, live from the Wharton People Analytics Conference 2018! Host Laura Zarrow and co-host Adam Grant talk with Mary about her career, (which started at GM as an 18 year old intern!), how GM uses data to help manage employees, and how she supports diversity in the workplace. Barra is one of three women that presented at this year’s Wharton People Analytics Conference.More info: https://wpa.wharton.upenn.edu/conference/https://www.gm.com/company/leadership/corporate-officers/mary-barra.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brendon DeSimone, Real Estate Expert and Author of "Next Generation Real Estate", joins host Kent Smetters to discuss Spring 2018 real estate trends and traps on The Real Estate Hour. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Christina Terwiesch speaks with Steven Dominguez, Vice President of Global Brands for Hyatt Place and Hyatt House, and Jeff Hurst, Chief Commercial Officer at HomeAway, about the future innovations of the hospitality industry on Work of Tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new study shows that about 36% of college students go hungry and an equal number lack adequate housing. Host Dan Loney speaks with researches W. Joel Schneider, Professor of Psychological Studies in Education at Temple University and Daphne Hernandez, Professor of Health and Human Performance at University of Houston, to discuss why this happening and what can be done to help feed and house these students on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Since 1952, The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany began its work negotiating payments to the remaining elder survivors and their families. The healthcare and other support has been necessary for the life extension of some of these families. Host Dan Loney speaks with Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President of The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and Kristine Donly, Deputy Chief Program Officer as well as the Interim Director of the Levine Institute for Holocaust Education at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC., to discuss justice for the war crimes against Jewish Holocaust victims in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Karl Ulrich hosts a very special episode of Launch Pad, speaking to eight semi-finalists from the Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Startup Challenge. If you’re not familiar, this is where our students spend the year building a company, and then enter our competition where they pitch their company to accomplished investors. They will be competing for 135-thousand dollars in cash and prizes. In Part II, we speak with: Rui Jing Jiang, Avisi Technologies; Philip Williams, Spectrum Scores; Federika Longinotti-Buitoni, Collecto; and Thomas Cavett, POWTI Innovations. More Info: https://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/startup-showcase/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Karl Ulrich hosts a very special episode of Launch Pad, speaking to eight semi-finalists from the Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Startup Challenge. If you’re not familiar, this is where our students spend the year building a company, and then enter our competition where they pitch their company to accomplished investors. They will be competing for 135-thousand dollars in cash and prizes. In Part I, we speak with: Haley Russell, Chipper Pet Food; Seth Neel, Welligence Energy Analytics; Michael Wong, Instahub; and Shanel Fields of MD Ally. More Info: https://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/startup-showcase/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was on Capital Hill last week where he was grilled by Senators and Congressmen over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Host Dan Loney speaks with Lyle Ungar, Professor of Computer and Information Science at Penn Engineering, and Jennifer Golbeck, Director of the Social Intelligence Lab and an Information Studies Professor at the University of Maryland, to discuss the information revealed at the hearing and whether regulation is inevitable for social media giants on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President Trump is expressing interest in rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal he walked away from last year. The president's trade and tariff battle with China has raised fears and criticism from corporations, farmers and others. However, the rest of the members of the TPP have moved on and it may be too late for the US to rejoin. Host Dan Loney talks with Ian Sheldon, Professor of Agricultural Economics and International Trade at Ohio State University, and Joshua Meltzer, Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution, discuss the current landscape on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, Founder and CEO of Intent Manifesto, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Katherine Klein to discuss how her company is now here to educate, inform and raise awareness and support for Women of Color startups to help tap into tremendous opportunities for investors and communities on Dollars and Change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Philip Reed, Automotive Writer at NerdWallet.com, joins host Kent Smetters to discuss his recent article "Car Negotiating Secrets for People Who Hate Haggling" on Your Money. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Dan Loney talks with two 2018 Eisenhower Fellows on what issues they're tackling this year on Knowledge@Wharton. William Hurley (US), Founder & CEO of Strangeworks, is utilizing quantum computing to help businesses process and make sense of large amounts of data; Temitayo Etomi (Nigeria), General Manager of Operations at the Lagos State Signage & Advertisement Agency is focusing on youth empowerment marketing - helping students work and learn while they're young to be prepared for life after education. More information: https://www.efworld.org/meet-our-fellows See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lauren Smith Brody, Founder of The Fifth Trimester movement, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her new book "The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity and Success After Baby" on Women@Work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One and a half years ago, CHOP surgeons separated conjoined twins, who are doing very well home in North Carolina. Host Dan Loney speaks with Dr. Gregory Heuer, Attending Neurosurgeon in the Division of Neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Dr. Alison Perate, Anesthesiologist with the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who were on the case to discuss how 3D printing was used in this successful surgery on Knowledge@Wharton. Gregory and Alison were speakers at this year's TEDxPenn talks last week.More Info: https://www.tedxpenn.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Dave Reibstein and guest host Suneal Bedi talk with Sasha Koozel Reibstein, Director of the Boehm Gallery and Professor at Palomar College, and Jennifer Zwilling, Curator of Artistic Programs at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, about marketing the arts on Measured Thoughts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosts Nicolaj Siggelkow and Harbir Singh talk with the authors of the new book “Managing Discovery in the Life Sciences: Harnessing Creativity to Drive Biomedical Innovation” on Mastering Innovation. Authors are: Philip Rea, Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, Mark Pauly, Professor of Health Care Management and of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, and Lawton R Burns (Rob), Professor of Health Care Management at the Wharton School. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Insights: Dr. Richard Marcus, Psychologist and Executive Coach, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss how people can find help in their career and their personal life by enlisting the help of a Therapist, Life Coach, or Career Coach on Career Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Erica Volini, US Human Capital leader for Deloitte Consulting at Deloitte, joins host Peter Cappelli to discuss Deloitte's Global Human Capital Trends Report for 2018 on In the Workplace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Dan Loney speaks with Philip Martin, Professor Emeritus of UC-Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Chair of the Comparative Immigration and Integration Program at the University of California, and Beth Lyon, Clinical Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Clinical, Advocacy and Skills Program at Cornell Law School, to discuss the Trump Administration's recent crack down on immigration laws and how that could affect the farming industry's workforce on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gene Marks, Owner of The Marks Group PC, joins host Loren Feldman to discuss Apps that can help small business owners on Mind Your Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.