This Week in Business

Earlier last week, President Donald Trump announced he was signing two presidential proclamations to the size of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Host Dan Loney speaks with Eric Orts, Wharton professor and Director of Wharton's Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, and Robert Keiter, Director of the Wallace Stegner Center of Land, Resources, and the Environment at University of Utah's College of Law, to discuss the impact and public reaction of this decision and why it's being sent to the courts for a final decision on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CVS is merging with AETNA in a $69 billion deal that could change the health care industry. The drug store giant's plans reportedly include pushing the health insurance company's 22 million enrollees towards their clinics rather than hospitals. Host Dan Loney speaks with Mark Pauly, Professor of Health Care Management and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, and Robert Field, Health Care Management Department Lecturer at the Wharton School and Professor of Law and Public Health at Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Dornsife School of Public Health, to discuss the merger's potential impacts on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stanley Silverman, Founder and CEO of Silverman Leadership, joins host Mike Useem and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss why "we've always done it that way" should not be part of your management philosophy and how boards of directors should respond when allegations of harassment – sexual or otherwise – come to light on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of The Aspen Institute and Author of "Steve Jobs" and other famous biographies, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his latest book "Leonardo da Vinci" on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa Thomas-Laury, Former News Anchor for Philadelphia's Action News, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her new book "On Camera And Off: When the News is Good and When It's Not" on Women@Work. Lisa talks to us about what it was like to be a trailblazer as one of the few African-American women in television news in the late 1970s, and how she had to face her own extraordinary challenge after being struck with a rare nerve disorder—one that would interrupt her career and ultimately lead to her retirement after nearly 40 years at the number one television news outlet in the Philadelphia tri-state area. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ted Qualli, Executive Director of the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia, joins host Sandi Mauro Hunt and Nick Ashburn to discuss how the PAL builds positive relationships between youth, the communities in which they live, and the dedicated men and women of the Philadelphia Police Department by offering sports and other programs to youth in 17 local PAL centers on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stuart Weitzman, Shoe Designer and Founder of Stuart Weitzman shoes, joins host Barbara Kahn to discuss his journey from Wharton Alum to luxury shoe designer on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eric Merz, Creative Producer at Universal Orlando, and Nick Franklin, Former EVP of Next Generation Experience at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, join host Christian Terwiesch to discuss innovation in the theme park industry and what theme parks of the future could look like on Business Radio's newest show, Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Ajit Pai, is moving to repeal net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration. Telecom companies fought the rules, which prohibit high-speed internet service providers from slowing down or stopping website delivery. Host Dan Loney talks with Christopher Yoo, Director of Penn Law's Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, and Jennifer Golbeck, Director of the Social Intelligence Lab at the University of Maryland, to discuss the implications as well as timing of this move by the FCC on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time Inc has been purchased by Iowa-based media company Meredith, in a $2.8 billion dollar deal. Some of that money came from the billionaire Republican party mega-donors Charles and David Koch, leading some to worry about the editorial influence they could have on the publication. Host Dan Loney talks with Bill Grueskin, Professor of Professional Practice at the Colombia Journalism School and Former Managing Editor of WSJ.com, Stephen Bloom, Professor at University of Iowa's School of Journalism, and Rick Edmonds, Media Business Analyst at Poynter Institute, to discuss what is at stake for Time, Inc on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The New York Times reported Rex Tillerson may be on his way out as Secretary of State as the White House looks to tap CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Tillerson has faced heavy criticism lately as career diplomats are leaving in droves and many important State Department jobs go unfilled. Host Dan Loney talks with William Burke-White, Professor at Penn Law and Inaugural Director of Perry World House, and Alan Henrikson, Professor of Diplomatic History Emeritus at Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy join us to discuss the latest speculations on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Insights: Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, talks with host Jeremy Schwartz and guest Jeff Weniger of WisdomTree about his 2018 Outlook for the US Financial Markets on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrice Banks, Founder of Girls Auto Clinic, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her new book "Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide", a do-it-herself manual for auto maintenance intended to help women and men who are nervous about car repairs grab the wheel and taken control on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin Whitener, Director of Pricing, Reporting and Analytics at Ally Bank, joins host Bob Lane to discuss all things mortgage-related with tips from his book "The Mortgage Playbook" on The Real Estate Hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deepak Sekar, Founder and CEO of Chowbotics, joins Doug Collom and Irina Yuen to discuss his food robotics company that eliminates repetitive tasks like meal prep and allows more time for humans to be creative in cooking on Bay Area Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a "smart pill" that tells doctors if and when patients take their medications. This pill could save billions of dollars in medical expenses, but it raises a lot of concerns among privacy experts. Host Dan Loney speaks with Robert Field, Lecturer at Wharton's Health Care Management Department and Professor of Health Management at Drexel University's Kline School of Law, and Holly Fernandez Lynch, Professor of Medical Ethics at the Perelman School of Medicine at Penn, to discuss the issues surrounding the digital pill technology on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sanyin Siang, Executive Director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics at Duke University, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss her recent book "The Launch Book", encouraging people to be braver about making changes in their lives, aka launching, on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney is LIVE from the academic conference "After the Digital Tornado" in Philadelphia. Dan talks with Michael Kearns, Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Founding Director of the Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences, about the the applications and implications of machine learning on this special episode of Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney is LIVE from the academic conference "After the Digital Tornado" in Philadelphia. Dan talks with Christopher Yoo, Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, about how we can balance the good and the bad that comes along with the innovation of new technologies on this special episode of Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney is LIVE from the academic conference "After the Digital Tornado" in Philadelphia. Dan talks with Gigi Sohn, Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and Sally Wentworth, VP of Public Policy at The Internet Society, about the past, present, and potential future of information policy in the US on this special episode of Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney is LIVE from the academic conference "After the Digital Tornado" in Philadelphia. Dan talks with Kevin Werbach, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) paper he penned in 1997 titled "Digital Tornado: The Internet and Telecommunications Policy" suggesting new ways of understanding the ethical implications of technological development from a legal perspective. We look at how these views have held up over time and what the new technological landscape looks like today on this special episode of Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Woody Scal, Former Chief Business Officer of Fitbit, joins host Rob Coneybeer to discuss how Fitbit has grown exponentially in sales to become the world's leading app for tracking all-day activity, workouts, sleep and more on Launch Pad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Overtreatment – the provision of health care that we know can’t possibly help a patient – is a big problem in the American health care system. Host John Barkett leads a panel discussion on how physicians can focus on cutting down overtreatment when deciding on course of care for patients on The Business of Health Care. Panelists include: Daniel B. Wolfson, Executive Vice President and COO of the ABIM Foundation (American Board of Internal Medicine); Dr. Cynthia (Daisy) Smith, Vice President of Clinical Programs for the American College of Physicians; and Dr. Akshat Kumar, Attending Physician at Penn Medicine and current MBA Candidate at the Wharton School.Penn Medicine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School debuts a new show, Work of Tomorrow. Hosted by Christian Terwiesch, Andrew M. Heller Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of Penn’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management, we look at how new technology is causing disruptions in existing industries, changing the meaning of work along the way. In this premiere episode, Christian speaks with Stephen Laster, Chief Digital Officer at McGraw-Hill Education, and Jennifer Neumaier, Enterprise Sales Manager of Learning Solutions at LinkedIn, about how their companies have changed the delivery of online education on Work of Tomorrow.https://businessradio.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/work-of-tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Barr, Consumer Markets Leader at PwC, joins hosts Barbara Kahn and Americus Reed to discuss PwC's Holiday Outlook for 2017 on this special Black Friday Episode of Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Puerto Rico's Governor, Ricardo Rossello, appeared before Congress last week after asking the Trump administration for $94 billion to help the island recover. Host Dan Loney talks to Carla Minet, Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico, and Deepak Lamba Nieves, Research Director for the Center for a New Economy, to look at how much progress has been made since the devastation of Hurricane Maria as of last week, and how many repairs are still needed on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Casey Swanton, Senior Email Strategist at Return Path, joins hosts Barbara Kahn and Americus Reed to discuss strategic marketing via email campaigns for the upcoming holidays on this special Black Friday Episode of Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ken Belson, Staff Writer at the New York Times, joins hosts Ken Shropshire and George Perry to discuss some of the current hot button issues of the NFL including the Dallas Cowboys' Owner Jerry Jones impeding the finalization of the NFL Commissioner's contract and former NFL players coming together to fight for more transparency in the NFL's concussion settlement payments on The Wharton Sports Business Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abby Kohut, Absolutely Abby and Author/Recruiter, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss what we can be thankful about at our jobs, as well as giving career advice to listener call ins on Career Talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amber Olson Rourke, Chief Marketing Officer at Nerium International, joins hosts Barbara Kahn and Americus Reed to discuss marketing her online skincare products during holiday sales on this special Black Friday Episode of Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Sivori, VP of Home Entertainment Marketing at Samsung Electronics America, joins hosts Barbara Kahn and Americus Reed to discuss how Samsung is gearing up for holidays sales on this special Black Friday Episode of Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Loren Feldman is LIVE from the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Loren talks with Nick Bayer, Founder and CEO, Saxby’s Coffee, about expansion in a competitive market on this special episode of Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Loren Feldman is LIVE from the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Loren talks with Sherry Deutschmann, Founder of LetterLogic, about how she started and successfully sold her own company on this special episode of Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Loren Feldman is LIVE from the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Loren talks with Nina Tandon, Co-Founder and CEO of EpiBone, Inc., and Lori Torres, Founder and CEO of Parcel Pending, about winning the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ program, a national competition and executive education program that identifies a select group of high-potential women entrepreneurs whose businesses show real potential to scale — and then helps them do it, on this special episode of Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Loren Feldman is LIVE from the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Loren talks with Merrilee Kick, Founder and CEO of Buzzballz, about her journey to create these special booze-on-the-go balls on this special episode of Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Loren Feldman is LIVE from the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Loren talks with Karen Clark Cole, CEO and Co-Founder of Blink UX, about how she helps companies design technology with the user in mind on this special episode of Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host Loren Feldman is LIVE from the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Loren talks with Nate and Vanessa Quigley, Co-Founders of Chatbooks, about running a business as husband and wife on this special episode of Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Insights: Americus Reed, the Whitney M. Young Jr., Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School and host of Marketing Matters, discusses the key to Branding and developing a Brand Identity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Larry Dubinski, President and CEO of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia — one of the oldest and best centers for science education and development in the U.S. Larry joins hosts Jeff Klein, Anne Greenhalgh, and Mike Useem to discuss how the venerable institution has evolved alongside science and technology—and the challenges of sustaining a major non-profit landmark each year on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heidi Patel, Partner at Rethink Impact, joins hosts Doug Collom and Irina Yuen to discuss how the early stage venture capital firm focuses on companies with female leadership teams that are using technology to create positive social and environmental impact at massive scale on Bay Area Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noelle St. Clair, Community Development Advisor and Outreach Manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, joins hosts Sherryl Kuhlman and Katherine Klein to discuss the Federal Reserve System’s economic growth objectives by promoting community development in low- and moderate-income communities and fair and impartial access to credit in under-served markets on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO of Okapi Partners, joins hosts Jeff Klein, Anne Greenhalgh, and Mike Useem to discuss his work as a proxy solicitation strategist, assisting clients in the execution for mergers and acquisitions, proxy fights and other extraordinary transactions on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Bungay-Stanier, Founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company known for teaching 10-minute managerial coaching, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss his new book "The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever” on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, joins hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Jeremy Seigel to discuss interest rates, inflation concerns, and when we might see an end to this rally in stocks. They’ll also get his thoughts on President Trump’s nominee to be the next Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.