Episodes

  • What We Know About the Future

    What We Know About the Future

    · Business 20/20

    Guests

    Betty-Sue Flowers

    Host

    Michelle Harven

    Writing and Production

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from Felicia Davis, Nancy McGaw, Miguel PadrĂł, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler, Amina Akhtar, and Rachel Wheeler and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Daniel Woldorff

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode

    Chad Crouch – Algorithms (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Chad Crouch—Negentropy (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

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  • The Humanities & Business Education In an Economic Crisis

    The Humanities & Business Education In an Economic Crisis

    · Business 20/20

    Guests

    Matthew Tadeschi Hora, Lynn Perry Wooten, Pierre Gentin

    Host

    Michelle Harven

    Writing and Production

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel PadrĂł, Felicia Davis, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler and Amina Akhtar and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Phoebe PetrovicMegan Noel OrganMeg MurnaneMichelle StabileLucy Huang

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode

    Chad Crouch – Algorithms (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Chad Crouch – Starlight (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Ketsa – Capable (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License)

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

    Archival Audio

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb 2, 2014

    Facebook page of Senator Josh Hawley, July 29, 2019

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  • Economic crises: A crucible for change?

    Economic crises: A crucible for change?

    · Business 20/20

    Guests

    Maureen Conway, Rana Foroohar, Adam Winkler

    Host

    Michelle Harven

    Writing and Production

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel PadrĂł, Felicia Davis, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Austin MadertLorry SaundersDan LebiednikDaniel WoldorffLarry BuhlLucy Huang

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode

    Chad Crouch – Algorithms (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Chad Crouch—Negentropy (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Kai Engel—Dark Alleys (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0)

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

    Archival Audio

    CNN, September 15, 2008

    CNBC, September 15, 2008

    Associated Press, September 29, 2008

  • Are we still living in Enron’s world?

    Are we still living in Enron’s world?

    · Business 20/20

    Episode Notes

    Guests

    Rick Wartzman, Doug Chia, Mary Gentile

    Host

    Michelle Harven

    Writing and Production

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel PadrĂł, Felicia Davis, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Chiquita PaschalAnny Celsi Michael Bernier

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode

    Algorithms by Chad Crouch (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

    Dark Alleys by Kai Engel (Excerpted form of the track) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Infiltration by Room Of Wires (Excerpted form of the track) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

    The Stork by Ketsa (Excerpted form of the track) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

  • Is History Repeating Itself on Climate, Government, and Business?

    Is History Repeating Itself on Climate, Government, and Business?

    · Business 20/20
    Episode Notes

    Guests

    Rebecca Henderson, Aron Cramer, Earthea Nance

    Host

    Michelle Harven

    Writing and Production

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel PadrĂł, Felicia Davis, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Gail DelaughterJohanna PoschwattaAndrew SeltzerAdeline SireTheresa Diederich

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode

    Algorithms by Chad Crouch (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Ongoing Cases by Blear Moon (Excerpted form of the track) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

    All the Answers by Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Island of Despair by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

    Archival Audio

    C-SPAN – June 11, 2001

  • Two Geopolitical Shocks of 2001

    Two Geopolitical Shocks of 2001

    · Business 20/20
    Episode Summary

    September 11th, 2001, was a day of horror that changed our sense of self and our place in the world. It also changed the US economy, shaping everything from government policy to how businesses operate. This episode explores the decades-long aftershock of that day, alongside those of another day in 2001: December 11th, when China joined the WTO. Examining these stories together challenges simple narratives that globalization will make societies richer and in time, more democratic. What comes next—and how should businesses prepare?

    Episode Notes

    Guests

    Linda Bilmes, Jim Barkley, Regina Abrami

    Host

    Michelle Harven

    Writing and Production

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel PadrĂł, Felicia Davis, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Chiquita PaschalMary DooeYahya ChaudhryWayne Davis

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode

    Chad Crouch—Song Sparrow Serenade (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    All the Answers by Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Brevyn—Dark Depths (Excerpted) Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

    Trees In The Wind by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Betrayal by Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Chad Crouch – Algorithms (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

    Archival Audio

    NBC News, September 10, 2001

    ABC News, September 10, 2011

    NBC News, October 7, 2001

    CNN, October 7, 2001

    Archival Audio – The Associated Press, May 2, 2016

    Cleveland.Com, July 21, 2016

    Bloomberg Business, Oct 15, 2019

    Sky News Australia, August 29, 2019

    Fox Business News, October 14, 2019

  • Lessons for the Techlash from the Tech Crash

    Lessons for the Techlash from the Tech Crash

    · Business 20/20

    In most tellings, the 2000 tech crash is a straightforward story: the music stopped and unprofitable dot-com companies failed, paving the way for the more innovative companies of the Web 2.0 era. This episode explores a very different view of the tech crash: as a key turning point where the idealism of early web entrepreneurs gave way to new business practices that would in time, drive today’s backlash against technology companies—the “techlash.” This fresh look at tech’s evolution suggests new answers for idealism in tech, and for promoting greater equality and innovation in the US economy.

    Guests

    Jerry Davis, Brian McCullough, Jaime Levy

    Host

    Michelle Harven

    Writing and Production

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel PadrĂł, Felicia Davis, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler and edited by Jesse Krinsky. Additional editing by Ben Berliner and Clifton King.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Rebecca Kruth Anny CelsiMarci Krivonan

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode

    The End is Near (Part 1) by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Effemeah Weeps by Uncan Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Typical Babbler by Unconceptual Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Technetium Planet by Lobo Loco Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Asset House by Six Umbrellas Licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

    Sound Samples Featured in this Episode

    Pit_trading » Floor_trading7.wav

  • They Saw the Dark Side of Globalization Twenty Years Ago

    They Saw the Dark Side of Globalization Twenty Years Ago

    · Business 20/20

    In 2019, a global trade war fueled by populist nationalism has raised fears of recession and is forcing businesses to re-think decades-long supply chains. If businesses want to understand this backlash to globalization, they first need to understand it’s been decades in the making. Academics and protesters warned of it in the nineties, culminating in the Battle for Seattle on November 30, 1999. So if the warning of a backlash to globalization was loud and clear twenty years ago, why wasn’t it heeded? And what happens next?

    Guests: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jia-Ching Chen, Susan Ariel Aaronson, Richard Edelman

    Host: Michelle Harven

    Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel PadrĂł, Felicia Davis, and the Business & Society Team.

    Recorded by Ben Eyler & Amina Akhtar and edited by Jesse Krinsky.

    The Business & Society team wishes to thank the audio technicians and everyone involved in the production of this episode, including:

    Russell Simons Craig McDonaldKathryn BarnesChiquita PaschalJennifer York Michael Bush Paige Bloom

    Music Samples Featured in this Episode:

    Chad Crouch – Algorithms (Excerpted form of the track; used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    Weightlessness by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Say It Again, I’m Listening by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Everywhereby Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Thought Bubbles by Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Low Force by Daniel Birch www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Tobacco Road – Storyblocks Audio

    Archival Audio:

    https://archive.org/details/ddtv_186_b_showdown_in_seattle

    https://archive.org/details/ddtv_186_e_showdown_in_seattle

    https://archive.org/details/PeppersprayProductions-IndymediaPresents371ShowdownInSeattleWTOpart2979

    Archival Audio – The Associated Press, May 2, 2016

  • Introducing

    Introducing "Business 20/20"

    · Business 20/20

    Launching soon, the Business 20/20 podcast is a series that explores the changing relationship between business and society from 1999 to today. Each episode unpacks a key event—from the Seattle WTO protests to the global financial crisis and beyond—to find insights for the future. Produced by the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program and hosted by Michelle Harven.