Wharton Business Daily

Alexandra Dean, Founding Partner and Contributor at Reframed Picture, joins host Dan Loney to discuss her new documentary film "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story" about the film career of legendary actress Hedy Lemarr and her success as an inventor on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tamim Bayoumi, Deputy Director in the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), joins host Dan Loney to discuss his new book "Unfinished Business: The Unexplored Causes of the Financial Crisis and the Lessons Yet to Be Learned", tracing how under-regulated trading between European and U.S. banks led to the 2008 financial crisis on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the 1920's the U.S. Radium Corp hired young women to work on radium wristwatches which glowed. The women ended up glowing themselves and, unbeknownst to them the radium was eating their bones from the inside. Host Dan Loney talks with author Kate Moore about her new book, "The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women" about the tragic death of these workers and the resulting lawsuit that changed American workplace regulations on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leslie Berlin, Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University, joins host Irina Yuen to discuss her new book, "TROUBLEMAKERS: How Silicon Valley Came of Age” about how Silicon Valley during the 1970s set the stage for our modern high-tech world on Bay Area Ventures. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rachel Blumenthal, Founder and CEO at Rockets of Awesome, joins host Karl Ulrich to discuss her unique children's clothing subscription service on Launch Pad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gene Marks, Columnist, Author, and Owner of the Marks Group PC, joins host Loren Feldman to discuss the newly passed tax bill under the Trump Administration and what affect it might have on small business owners moving forward on Mind Your Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Whipple, Author and Owner/CEO of CCWHIP Productions, joins hosts Mike Useem and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss just how much power a White House Chief of Staff wields as covered in his best-selling book "The Gatekeepers" which includes intimate interviews with all seventeen living former chiefs of staff. Find out about their unparalleled access to the leaders of the free world and their influence on US history on Leadership in Action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert Pozen, Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss how to work smarter, not harder, and how to manage all of those emails piling up in your inbox post-holidays on Work and Life. Robert's book is called "Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What is Santa concerned with most regarding his team at the North Pole? How has the recent policy changes in the US affected his operations? What did Putin ask for this year? Is he on the Naughty List? Is Santa feeling threatened by the Amazon takeover? Has Disney tried to purchase the rights to the North Pole? Hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara talk with the big man in red himself, Nicholas (Santa) Claus, to find out the current landscape in the arctic workshop on In the Workplace. Happy Holidays! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Gimbel, Founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss the ins and outs of job searching during the holidays - what you can expect and insight into holiday hiring on Career Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve Wanczyk, Account Supervisor at Braithwaite Communications, joins host Americus Reed to discuss a recap of the Biggest Brand Blunders of 2017 and Crisis Communications Tips for the New Year on Marketing Matters. Happy Holidays! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The faces of five women, including celebrities Taylor Swift and Ashley Judd, appear on TIME’s 2017 Person of the Year cover, representing the “The Silence Breakers” — the thousands of people across the world who have come forward with their experiences of sexual harassment and assault. Josh Levs, Author, Communications Consultant and Gender Equality Activist, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss the #MeToo movement and how it affects men and women at work on Women@Work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lindsey Roy, CMO of Greetings at Hallmark Cards, talks to host Americus Reed about how the company is gearing up to help people prepare for the holidays! Then, Merrilee Kick, Founder and CEO of BuzzBallz, talks with Americus about the Buzz around her great new stocking stuffer - booze to go! - on Marketing Matters. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Federal Reserve increased short-term interest rates by a quarter of a point. Host Dan Loney speaks with Lisa Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University, to discuss this move and how the Fed may change as Janet Yellen wraps up her term as chair on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Baker, Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his recent presentation on research he’s been doing on the regulation of robo-advisors, particularly within the financial services industry, he gave to Capitol Hill Staffers as part of Wharton's B-School for Public Policy seminars on Knowledge@Wharton.For more information about how to get involved with Penn Wharton B-School for Public Policy, visit: https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/b-school/get-involved/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.