Wharton Business Radio Highlights

Joe Witte, Executive Director of Bunker Labs (a nonprofit 501c3 accelerator for veteran and military entrepreneurs), joins hosts Loren Feldman and Celeste Corrado to discuss veteran entrepreneurs and his mission to educate, inspire and connect the veteran community with leading entrepreneurs and VC’s in order to build thriving businesses and illustrate the value military experience brings in developing innovative companies on this special Veterans Day edition of Mind Your Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 Alum and Professor of Technology Management at UC Davis, to discuss the specifics of the deal on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Trump Administration has reversed some of the rules guiding US relations with Cuba. These include tighter restrictions on American travel and trade to the island nation. Host Dan Loney talks with Gustavo Arnavat, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and John Kavulich, President of the US/Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc., to discuss the impact of these new restrictions on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

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 stake for the US on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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, Founder and Owner of Motawi Tileworks, and Salvatore Melilli, National Audit Leader for Private Markets Group KPMG, on this special edition of Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 talks with Mark Paul, Professor of Health Care Management at the Wharton School, and Katherine Hempstead, Senior Advisor at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to discuss what these changes mean for those who get their insurance on the private market on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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 Studies at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss the situation and the long term political and financial impact on Spain and the E.U. on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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 Burlingham, Forbes Contributor and author of "Small Giants: Companies that Chose to Be Great Instead of Big," Zawadi Bryant, CEO of NightLight, Glen Tripp, Founder and CEO of Galileo Camps, on this special edition of Knowledge@Wharton.https://www.forbes.com/forbes-live/event/small-giants/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 markets to this decision on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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