Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

Interviews with scholars of business, management and marketing about their new books.

Lior Arussy, "Dare to Author!: Take Charge of the Narrative of Your Life" (Greenleaf, 2024)

November 11, 2024

Dare to Author!

Lior Arussy
Hosted by Drora Arussy

In this episode Drora Arussy interviews her husband, Lior. As this book brings in personal accounts and builds on experiences, there was some banter a…

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, "Corporatocracy: How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians" (NYU Press, 2024)

October 7, 2024

Corporatocracy

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Hosted by Susan Liebell

What threatens American democracy and the rule of law? In her new book, Corporatocracy: How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicia…

The Rewards (and Challenges) of Running One's Own Historical Consulting Firm (with Scot McFarlane)

October 3, 2024

The Rewards (and Challenges) of Running One's Own Historical Consulting Firm

Scot McFarlane
Hosted by Patryk Babiracki

I talked to the river historian Scot McFarlane who runs his own historical consulting firm, the Oxbow History Company. My guest shared how he transla…

Ellen T. Meiser, "Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen" (Rutgers UP, 2024)

September 27, 2024

Making It

Ellen T. Meiser
Hosted by Michael Johnston

The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Ye…

S4E7 Ethical Machines: A Conversation with Reid Blackman

September 25, 2024

Ethical Machines

Reid Blackman
Hosted by Laura Laurent

Join us as we discuss Dr. Reid Blackman’s new book: Ethical Machines: Your Concise Guide to Totally Unbiased, Transparent, and Respectful AI (Harvard …

Lisa Fletcher and Elizabeth Leane, "Space, Place, and Bestsellers: Moving Books" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

September 20, 2024

Space, Place, and Bestsellers

Lisa Fletcher and Elizabeth Leane
Hosted by Jen Hoyer

From airport bookstores to deckchairs, as audiobooks downloaded by commuters, and on Kindles and other portable devices, twenty-first century bestsell…

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson, "Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer" (U California Press, 2024)

September 17, 2024

Handcrafted Careers

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson
Hosted by Michael Johnston

Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer (U California Press, 2024) unpacks the problems and privileges of pursuing a career of …

Think Outside the Community!: About Improving Interaction between Academia and Industry for Better Practice and Better Research

September 14, 2024

Think Outside the Community!

A Discussion with Rick Rabiser
Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Rick Rabiser, Professor for Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Systems, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. We t…

Alison Fragale, "Likeable Badass: The New Science of Successful Women" (Doubleday Books, 2024)

September 7, 2024

Likeable Badass

Alison Fragale
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Behavioral scientist Alison Fragale offers powerful new insights and a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, full of tips, tricks,…

Futurism, Brand Strategy, and the Magic Ingredient of Time (with Jasmine Bina)

September 5, 2024

Futurism, Brand Strategy, and the Magic Ingredient of Time

Jasmine Bina
Hosted by Patryk Babiracki

I talked to the CEO of Concept Bureau Jasmine Bina about her work in cultural consulting, futurism, and brand strategy. Jasmine studied English liter…

Susan Greenhalgh, "Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

August 31, 2024

Soda Science

Susan Greenhalgh
Hosted by Garima Garg

Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola (U Chicago Press, 2024) takes readers deep inside the secret world of corporate science, where power…

Robert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)

August 22, 2024

Business and Human Rights

Robert McCorquodale
Hosted by Alex Batesmith

Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume…

Nick Grono, "How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World" (BenBella Books, 2024)

August 16, 2024

How to Lead Nonprofits

Nick Grono

Non-profit organizations play an indispensable role in the world today, and are consistently rated higher than governments, the media or businesses in…

Matthew Archer, "Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability" (NYU Press, 2024)

August 16, 2024

Unsustainable

Matthew Archer
Hosted by Robin Steiner

In recent years, companies have felt the pressure to be transparent about their environmental impact. Large documents containing summaries of yearly e…

Craig Gent, "Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work" (Verso, 2024)

August 13, 2024

Cyberboss

Craig Gent
Hosted by Louisa Hann

Across the world, algorithms are changing the nature of work. Nowhere is this clearer than in the logistics and distribution sectors, where workers ar…

Leslie Ramos, "Philanthropy in the Arts: A Game of Give and Take" (Lund Humphries, 2023)

August 11, 2024

Philanthropy in the Arts

Leslie Ramos
Hosted by Nick Pozek

In an era where the financial stability of many arts organizations is increasingly precarious, arts philanthropy stands at a critical juncture. The re…

Lucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 21, 2024

Capitalist Humanitarianism

Lucia Hulsether
Hosted by Jacob Barrett

The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades – to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the …

History and Digital Media: A Discussion with Allison Tourville

July 3, 2024

History and Digital Media

Allison Tourville
Hosted by Patryk Babiracki

After she earned her BA and MA in history, Allison Tourville decided to pursue a career in social media strategy. For nearly a decade, she worked for…

Faith, Business, and the Nature of Desire: Luke Burgis on René Girard and Mimetic Desire

June 26, 2024

Faith, Business, and the Nature of Desire

Luke Burgis
Hosted by Annika Nordquist

Why do we want what we want? Philosopher, theologian, and literary critic René Girard posits that we draw our desires largely from the people around u…

Allison Elias, "The Rise of Corporate Feminism: Women in the American Office, 1960-1990" (Columbia UP, 2022)

June 22, 2024

The Rise of Corporate Feminism

Allison Elias
Hosted by Jane Scimeca

From the 1960s through the 1990s, the most common job for women in the United States was clerical work. Even as college-educated women obtained greate…