Wharton Business Radio Highlights

Made a New Year's Resolution to find a new job? Michael Platt, Director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative and Professor of Marketing, Neuroscience, and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss how neuroscience impacts New Year's Resolutions and career decision making processes on Career Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Immigration issues have been an important issue of the Trump Administration's first year in office. Host Dan Loney talks with Sarah Paoletti, Director of Penn Law's Transnational Legal Clinic, and Cyrus Mehta, Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC, to discuss the potential moves surrounding DACA and immigration in the year ahead on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lorie White and Mike Jackson, respective Partners at Grant Thornton LLP, join host Bob Lane to discuss the impact of the Trump Administration's Tax Reform bill on Real Estate transactions on The Real Estate Hour. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Special: Host Rob Coneybeer is LIVE from CES 2018 in Las Vegas. Rob talks with Chris Heiser, Co-Founder and CEO of Renovo, about his startup that specializes in highly automated vehicle technology on this special episode of Launch Pad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Special: Host Rob Coneybeer is LIVE from CES 2018 in Las Vegas. Rob talks with Dominic Dobson, Co-Founder/COO, VR Motion Corporation, about how this former professional race car driver co-founded a startup developing Virtual Reality Automotive software on this special episode of Launch Pad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Special: Host Rob Coneybeer is LIVE from CES 2018 in Las Vegas. Rob talks with Jeff Joseph, CTA’s VP of Communications & Strategic Partnerships, about what's new on the floor of this year's CES on this special episode of Launch Pad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Dan Loney leads a discussion on Entitlement Programs - first we look into the past at where these programs came from with Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Author of "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society,” and Edward Berkowitz, Professor of History and of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts& Sciences. Then, we look at the future of these programs under the current Trump Administration post-Republican Tax Bill with Tim Smeeding, Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Author of "SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect Health and Well Being," and Gary Burtless, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. We examine some of the potential effects of big cuts to programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, among others, on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out i

Iceland has taken a proactive approach of eliminating gender pay gaps by enacting a new law requiring every company to report their salary structure every 3 years to prove they do not have any pay gaps. Host Dan Loney talks with Janice Bellace, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Management at the Wharton School, Janice Maddon, Professor of Regional Science and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Thorgerdur Einarsdottir, Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Iceland, to discuss how the law came to be on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Special: Host Rob Coneybeer is LIVE from CES 2018 in Las Vegas. Rob talks with Jim Adler, Managing Director and Board Member of Toyota AI Ventures and Vice President at Toyota Research Institute, about Toyota’s corporate venture capital subsidiary and autonomous vehicle development on this special episode of Launch Pad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The MacArthur Foundation just completed it's inaugural 100&Change Competition, a “competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve a critical problem of our time." Host Dan Loney talks with prize winners Sherrie Estin, EVP for Global Impact for Sesame Workshop, and David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to discuss their partnership to “implement an evidence-based, early childhood development intervention designed to address the “toxic stress” experienced by children in the Syrian response region—Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria.” UPenn’s High Impact Philanthropy expert, Katherina Rosqueta, was one of the judges and joins us along with Cecilia Conrad, Managing Director of the MacArthur Foundation, on Knowledge@Wharton.More info - https://www.macfound.org/programs/100change/strategy/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul Annacone, Legendary Tennis Coach for Pete Sampras, Tim Henman, Roger Federer, etc and Author of "Coaching For Life: A Guide to Playing, Thinking and Being the Best You Can Be", and Xeno Muller, Former Gold Medalist in Rowing and current Coach at Elite-Rowing-Coach.com, join host Christian Terwiesch to discuss the future innovation in the coaching industry on Work of Tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wixen Music Publishing, publisher of songs by Tom Petty, Neil Young and others, is suing Spotify for $1.6 billion in compensation for the use of their music without proper licensing and compensation. Host Dan Loney talks with Erin Jacobson, Music Attorney in Beverly Hills, and Lawrence Gelburd, Wharton Alum and Music Producer, to discuss the details of the lawsuit and Spotify's history of legal trouble on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Terry Spahr, Executive Producer, and Travis Rieder, Assistant Director of Education Initiatives & Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, join host Dan Loney to discuss the documentary "8 Billion Angels" about the consumption rate of the earth's previous and limited resources on Knowledge@Wharton.More Info: http://8billionangels.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of the Interior have been repealing various Obama era policies as the last year wound to a close. Host Dan Loney talks with Eric Orts, Director of Wharton's Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, and Daniel Kammen, Founding Director of the University of California Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, to discuss the changes led by Scott Pruit, and whether these changes put U.S. businesses at a disadvantage compared to those in countries that support environmentally friendly policies and renewable resources on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Uber was dealt a huge setback last month when it was declared a transportation business by the European Union's highest court. The ride sharing giant had tried to claim it was a technology platform that connected drivers with riders. Host Dan Loney talks with John Paul MacDuffie, Director of the Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation (PVMI) at Wharton's Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Dr. Valerio De Stefano, Professor of Law at the University of Leuven in Belgium, to discuss what impact this ruling will have on Uber and similar companies in the EU but also the US on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tens of thousands of Iranians have been protesting the government over the last few weeks in large part over the country's bad economy and a recent jump in the prices of basic goods. The crisis seems to be growing as many are calling for the ouster of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, among others. Host Dan Loney talks with Philip Nichols, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, Nader Habibi, Professor of Economics at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, and Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech, to discuss the economic and political impact of these protests on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The back and forth between US and Korea leaders took a turn last week when Kim Jong-un declared he had a nuclear launch button on his desk and President Trump responded with a tweet that his button was bigger. Host Dan Loney speaks with Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University, Jacques DeLisle, Professor of Law and Political Science and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and Sung-Yoon Lee, Professor in Korean Studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, to discuss this "hot button" issue and how the Trump Administration is handling it on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Will the recently passed GOP tax bill only benefit businesses or are there additional benefits for consumers as well? Host Dan Loney talks with Michael Knoll, Professor of Law and Deputy Dean of Center for Tax Law and Policy at Penn Law, Lori McMillan, Professor of Law at Washburn University Law, and Daniel Hemel, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law, to discuss the final version of the tax bill on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last month the Federal Communications Commission chairman, Ajit Pai, repealed net neutrality rules, which prohibit high-speed internet service providers from slowing down or stopping website delivery. Host Dan Loney talks with Kevin Werbach, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, and Christiaan Hogendorn, Wharton Alum and Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, to discuss the implications of this ruling, including who will benefit from it, on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael S. Winograd, Candidate for President of United States Soccer Federation, joins host George Perry to discuss his career and run for presidency on The Wharton Sports Business Show.More Info: https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017/12/20/16/12/20171220-news-official-slate-of-candidates-confirmed-for-2018-us-soccer-presidential-election See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.