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Brian Allison

Technical Director

Brian is a technical director with the media production team at Marketplace. His job is to make sure the shows get on the air and sound as good as they can.

Before coming to Marketplace in 2016, he was a freelance audio engineer with clients such as Nickelodeon, Disney and Los Lonely Boys. Prior to that, he worked as an engineer at Interscope Records in Los Angeles with artists such as Usher, Christina Aguilera, Black Eyed Peas and American Idol.

Brian graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2008 with a degree in music production and engineering.

Latest from Brian Allison

  • Jan 12, 2022

    Inflation worries are kind of different in China

    While prices are rising in China, they are doing so at a slower rate than expected.
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    From the BBC World Service: While high inflation concerns are keeping policymakers up at night in many parts of the world, prices in China are rising, but a slower rate than expected. Plus, Quebec plans to impose a tax on people who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. And, the English company that’s looking to use nuclear fusion to help generate cheaper, greener power. 

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  • Jan 11, 2022

    Does “default” option mean “best” option?

    Lower-income households are starting to worry about losing eviction protections and unemployment benefits.
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    Also today: Susan Schmidt joins us for our chat about the markets. Vaccine mandates could disrupt truckers heading into Canada from the United States, which could further compound supply chain issues.

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  • Jan 11, 2022

    The vice chair of the Fed turns in an early resignation

    The first Black Federal Reserve governor wasn't until 1966.
    Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

    Also today: Childrens’ data hits the dark web. California remains a holdout for legalized sports gambling, and many groups are jostling for position to control that potentially lucrative scene.

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  • Jan 11, 2022

    As winter bears down, an urgent appeal for more help for Afghanistan

    Millions in Afghanistan have no money for food or even fuel to keep warm as the country faces a bitterly-cold winter.
    BBC News

    From the BBC World Service: The United Nations is asking for $5 billion to help alleviate a worsening humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, with around half the population struggling to find enough to eat. Also, data show Heathrow Airport saw fewer travelers in 2021 than even during the height of the pandemic in 2020.

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  • Jan 10, 2022

    How do rising mortgage rates affect housing prices?

    Though the housing market is still competitive, price gains are beginning to slow.
    Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

    Also today: The Chinese city of Tianjin’s 14 million residents are going to undergo COVID testing after more than 40 cases popped up there over the weekend. The BBC reports on how people in rural Spain are campaigning for more investment and better infrastructure.

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  • Jan 10, 2022

    The pandemic is widening the pay gap between travel, staff nurses

    Travel nurse Tiquella Russell of Texas prepares to administer a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at a clinic at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles on February 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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    Also today: The Biden administration want to help small business. The art of the side hustle could be more complicated when it comes to taxes.

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  • Jan 10, 2022

    China education crackdown sees private-tutoring firm sack 60,000 employees

    The founder of the New Oriental private-tutoring firm said the company's profits plunged by 80%, forcing him to lay off more than half its workforce.
    NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: That’s more than half of all employees at New Oriental, one of China’s biggest private-tutoring companies. It comes after Beijing implemented stricter rules on private education sector last summer as it tightens regulation in various industries. Plus, the Philippines is the latest Asian country to appeal to Indonesia to lift its ban on coal exports. And, people in rural Spain are campaigning for more investment and better infrastructure.

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  • Jan 7, 2022

    Takeout liquor laws can set the bar for restaurants’ business during the pandemic

    A sign in a restaurant window advertises beer and margaritas for takeout during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City.
    Cindy Ord/Getty Images

    Also today: Julia Coronado joins us to discuss the release of the latest jobs data, which shows a somewhat underwhelming December. In an effort to turn things around, GameStop is about to explore the space of cryptocurrency and NFTs.

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  • Jan 7, 2022

    One thing to count on in the labor market? Help will be wanted. A lot.

    A "Now Hiring" sign is posted in the window of a San Francisco FedEx store on Sep. 16. Last week was the first week with fewer than 300,000 initial unemployment claims since March 14, 2020.
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    Also today: While inflation has been seen as a kind of economic dark cloud by many, some marketing possibilities might exist within it. The BBC reports on steel tariffs in the United Kingdom.

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  • Jan 7, 2022

    Investors want pharma exec bonuses linked to fairer COVID vaccine distribution

    Investors say fairer vaccine distribution makes humanitarian and financial sense.
    PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: A large coalition of investment firms is calling on the world’s biggest COVID vaccine makers to improve global jab distribution. Plus, though the fuel price cap has been reimposed in Kazakhstan, life in the commercial capital of Almaty is getting increasingly difficult. And, how British steel companies are dealing with the ongoing impact of U.S. import tariffs. 

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