Ray McGuire, Vice Chairman of Citigroup, calls for executive action in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black Americans. He recommends companies work to close the opportunity gap in the U.S. with investments in early education technology for Black communities. As he recounts his own journey to Wall Street board ... Show More
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Treasury Secretary Bessent, the Future of Democrats, & ‘Embrace Rage’ 11/25/25
<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses the U.S. relationship with China after <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/trump-xi-call-trade-taiwan-ukraine.html">President Trump’s call with President Xi</a>. In a wide-ranging interview, Sec. Bessent addresses the global soyb ... Show More
39m 57s
Nov 24
5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 11/24/2025
<p>The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: airports expect the busiest day of the holiday travel week to be the Sunday after Thanksgiving, DOGE has been officially dissolved ahead of schedule, Kohl's is keeping its interim CEO on as CEO proper, the FBI ... Show More
2m 9s
Jul 2020
Rapid Response: A new playbook for new times, w/Ford Foundation president Darren Walker
<p>"This was like 1918, 1929 and 1968 in one week," says Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation. With the pandemic, economic crisis, and civil unrest all coming together after George Floyd's death, Walker found himself flooded with calls from CEOs struggling for how to r ... Show More
26m 45s
Jun 2020
Bishop T.D. Jakes and Opal Tometi on the way out of our American crisis
On Monday, May 25, George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, accused of using a counterfeit $20 at a deli, was killed in police custody. The next day video captured by bystanders, and spread widely on social media, revealed how brutal and inhumane Floyd’s arrest and last ... Show More
1h 15m
Mar 2022
Economic Cycles, Investing in Education, and Working Through Grief — with Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, joins Scott to discuss his latest book, “Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail.” Ray also shares his thoughts on where political leaders should focus their a ... Show More
52m 30s
Sep 2022
Are the Central Banks Getting it Wrong? — with Danny Blanchflower
Danny Blanchflower, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, joins Scott to discuss the state of the economy, the imminent recession in the US, and why he thinks the Fed is relying on “guessonomics.” Follo ... Show More
50m 27s
Aug 2019
How African-Americans Advance at Work — And What Organizations Can Do to Help
Laura Morgan Roberts, professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, says that organizations are still falling short on promoting racial diversity, particularly in their most senior ranks. While many large companies have "inclusion" initiatives, most leaders ... Show More
24m 9s