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Business 20/20

9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

This podcast series 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.

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Episodes

What We Know About the Future

October 30, 2020 16:33 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Guests Betty-Sue Flowers Host Michelle Harven Writing and Production Written by Keith Schumann with input from Felicia Davis, Nancy McGaw, Miguel Padró, 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 – Alg...

The Humanities & Business Education In an Economic Crisis

July 30, 2020 21:45 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

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 Padró, 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 Petrovic Megan Noel Organ Meg Murnane Michel...

Economic crises: A crucible for change?

March 31, 2020 21:09 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Guests Maureen Conway, Rana Foroohar, Adam Winkler  Host Michelle Harven Writing and Production Written by Keith Schumann with input from T.A. Frank, Miguel Padró, 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 Madert Lorry Saunders Dan Lebiednik Daniel Woldorff Larry Buhl Lucy Hu...

Are we still living in Enron’s world?

March 03, 2020 22:22 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

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 Padró, 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 Paschal Anny Celsi  Michael Bernier Music Samples Featured i...

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

February 25, 2020 16:48 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

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 Padró, 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 Delaughter Johanna Poschwatta Andrew Seltzer Adeline Sire ...

Two Geopolitical Shocks of 2001

December 18, 2019 15:53 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

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, mo...

Lessons for the Techlash from the Tech Crash

December 03, 2019 20:44 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

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 ...

They Saw the Dark Side of Globalization Twenty Years Ago

November 25, 2019 21:25 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

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...

Introducing "Business 20/20"

March 26, 2019 20:25 - 2 minutes - 2.8 MB

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.

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