Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMary Pilon, "The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game" (Bloomsbury, 2015)
Episode 984
The inside story of the world's most famous board game-a buried piece of American history with an epic scandal that continues today.
The Monopolists: …
5 years, 5 months ago
Tim Jackson, "Post Growth: Life after Capitalism" (Polity, 2021)
Episode 65
I spoke with Prof. Tim Jackson about his latest book: Post Growth, Life after Capitalism, published by Polity Books in 2021.
The book starts with a re…
5 years, 5 months ago
Lila Corwin Berman, "The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 219
For years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues extending f…
5 years, 5 months ago
C. G. Faricy and C. Ellis, "The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures" (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021)
Episode 105
In The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021), political scientists Christopher Ellis …
5 years, 6 months ago
Michael Blakey: Entrepreneur, Angel and Seed Investor
Episode 62
In this podcast Michael Blakey describes how as a strongly dyslexic child his relationship with schooling and formal education was very challenging. …
5 years, 6 months ago
Rachel Z. Friedman, "Probable Justice: Rethinking the Politics of Risk" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Episode 31
The emergence of individual and commercial insurance in Early Modern Europe required an understanding of probability. In Probable Justice: Rethinking…
5 years, 6 months ago
Karen Petrou, "Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America" (Wiley, 2021)
Episode 102
Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping strugg…
5 years, 6 months ago
Pedro Gustavo Teixeira, "The Legal History of the European Banking Union: How European Law Led to the Supranational Integration of the Single Financial Market" (Hart, 2020)
Episode 44
Today I talked to Pedro Gustavo Teixeira about his new book The Legal History of the European Banking Union: How European Law Led to the Supranationa…
5 years, 6 months ago
Mungo Keulemans: CEO and Entrepreneur
Episode 59
Mungo Keulemans talks about growing up in South Africa, working in the family business, his army experiences, his move to Europe, Japan and back to E…
5 years, 6 months ago
Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer, "The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders" (Harvard Business Press, 2021)
Episode 49
Today I talked to Adam Bryant about his new book (co-authored with Kevin Sharer), The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders …
5 years, 6 months ago