This Week in Business

The Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize at the University of Pennsylvania is an annual global prize that celebrates leadership and innovation in the social sector with an emphasis on impact and transferability of practices. In this Leadership in Action special, we meet the 2019 honorees. In this segment, we interview Lisa Moon, President and CEO of the Global FoodBanking Network, an international non-profit organization based in Chicago that nourishes the world’s hungry through launching and strengthening food banks in more than 30 countries. Last year, GFN member food banks rescued and redirected food to more than 9 million people facing hunger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize at the University of Pennsylvania is an annual global prize that celebrates leadership and innovation in the social sector with an emphasis on impact and transferability of practices. In this Leadership in Action special, we meet the 2019 honorees. In this segment, we speak with Ayla Goksel, Vice President and CEO of ACEV, an organization that works to provide quality education in early childhood and that also supports parents and young women in need. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize at the University of Pennsylvania is an annual global prize that celebrates leadership and innovation in the social sector with an emphasis on impact and transferability of practices. In this Leadership in Action special, we meet the 2019 honorees. In this segment, we speak with David Neiswander, CEO of World Bicycle Relief, an organization committed to helping people conquer the challenge of distance, achieve independence, and thrive. To date, they have donated close to 500,000 bikes to deserving and needy children.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize at the University of Pennsylvania is an annual global prize that celebrates leadership and innovation in the social sector with an emphasis on impact and transferability of practices. In this Leadership in Action special, we meet the 2019 honorees. First we speak with the founder of the prize, investor and philanthropist Barry Lipman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: We look at the the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed single-payer health care model (like Medicare-for-All), how it could affect the current and future state of the health care industry, how such a system could impact your health care experience. In this segment, host John Barkett talks with Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics at MIT and a key contributor to both Romneycare in Massachusetts and Obamacare, to discuss the projected economic impact if the US were to adopt a single-payer health care system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: We look at the the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed single-payer health care model (like Medicare-for-All), how it could affect the current and future state of the health care industry, how such a system could impact your health care experience. In this segment, host John Barkett talks with Maura Calsyn, Managing Director of Health Policy at The Center for American Progress, to discuss the positive implications and changes a single-payer health care system could create in the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: We look at the the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed single-payer health care model (like Medicare-for-All), how it could affect the current and future state of the health care industry, how such a system could impact your health care experience. In this segment, host John Barkett talks with Thomas Nickels, EVP for Government Relations and Public Policy for the American Hospital Association (AHA), to discuss the implications any single-payer health care reform would have on existing health care providers and how the existing system is currently working (or not working) today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: We look at the the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed single-payer health care model (like Medicare-for-All), how it could affect the current and future state of the health care industry, how such a system could impact your health care experience. In this segment, host John Barkett talks with Matt Eyles, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), to discuss the risks to insurers associated with Medicare-for-All and the impact it would have on existing providers and systems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: We look at the the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed single-payer health care model (like Medicare-for-All), how it could affect the current and future state of the health care industry, how such a system could impact your health care experience. In this segment, host John Barkett talks with Jonathan Cohn, Senior National Correspondent at HuffPost, to discuss the current health care landscape and what he thinks implementing Medicare-for-All would mean for the United States. Jonathan is also the author of Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis—and the People Who Pay the Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

American adults spend more than 11 hours per day watching, reading, listening to or simply interacting with media, according to a recent study by market-research group Nielsen. Cal Newport, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, joins host Stew Friedman on Work and Life to talk about how we can all take a step back and remember the offline world, where you can get lost in a good book or hold a conversation without constant glances at your smartphone. Cal's most recent book, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, offers lessons on how to set rules and boundaries that help us find the quiet in this tech-saturated world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.