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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

  • Oct 28, 2021

    How unvaccinated workers could get pricey for their companies

    Hold tight to that vaccine certificate, especially if you want to travel internationally.
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    Also today: A study has found that the average increase in tuition at public and private colleges did not keep up with inflation for this school year. Diane Swonk discusses the state of the markets heading into Halloween in terms of spending (it’s not all on candy corn) and rebuilding inventories.

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  • Oct 28, 2021

    More people in the US are getting COVID vaccine booster shots, but what’s next?

    Increasing vaccine access around the world "is clearly the No. 1 policy priority," says Malhar Nabar of the IMF. "That's the only way we're going to really beat back this pandemic."
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    Also today: We also discuss a potential breakthrough in the tortuous negotiations among Democrats and the White House over President Biden’s domestic spending agenda.

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  • Oct 28, 2021

    If energy prices are driving inflation, what can central banks actually do?

    Fresh data from Spain shows inflation in October rose at its fastest pace in 29 years, compared with October 2020.
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    From the BBC World Service: The European Central Bank’s meeting today is under the spotlight as inflation continues to skyrocket across parts of Europe. Plus, police in Brazil have uncovered a criminal operation to remove nearly a metric ton of gold each year from protected indigenous lands in the Amazon. And, we hear from an experiment on the English coastline to use a sand barrier to protect a gas terminal against sea erosion.

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  • Oct 27, 2021

    Restaurant workers are heading out of the kitchen and into different careers

    Many find better hours and benefits away from the high-octane atmosphere of the restaurant kitchen.
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    Also today: Lindsey Piegza joins us to discuss how there’s been a drop in the buying of durable goods such as factory machines and home washers and dryers. Appliances are actually becoming harder to get for home builders. Google’s parent company Alphabet is having a good year. It just reported its third straight quarter of record profit. 

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  • Oct 27, 2021

    A look at the dynamics behind “The Big Quit”

    The pandemic has led to a record number of people deciding to leave their jobs.
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    Also today: The Democrats are adding a corporate minimum tax in an attempt to help pay for President Biden’s social spending plan.

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  • Oct 27, 2021

    What could be in Britain’s “budget for an optimistic future”?

    Britain's finance minister, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will present the government's budget and spending review on Wednesday.
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    From the BBC World Service: U.K. finance minister Rishi Sunak will unveil London’s latest spending priorities today, with details already trickling out including plans for a higher national living wage, new spending on public transport projects and money to tackle backlogs in the National Health Service. Plus, as Russia threatens to suspend gas exports to Moldova, is Moscow using energy as a political weapon?

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  • Oct 26, 2021

    The Treasury Department is taking on systemic racism

    Long-term bonds would help the Treasury borrow while locking in the current low interest rates.
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    Also today: A working paper from researchers at USC and UCLA found that the vaccine-averse aren’t receptive to financial incentives to get vaccinated. In some cases, it might have the opposite effect. Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak drops in to share some details about Goldman Sachs establishing a deeper foothold in China. 

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  • Oct 26, 2021

    Unpacking the HR mistakes that flipped over the lives of some Amazon workers

    Union votes at Bessemer, Alabama's, Amazon facility were set to be counted on March 29.
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    Also, Tesla has now become a trillion-dollar company after rental car company Hertz ordered up 100,000 Teslas to add to its fleet.

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  • Oct 26, 2021

    The Treasury Secretary’s late-night video call to China

    The Treasury Secretary previously pledged greater U.S. co-operation with international partners, including China, than under the Trump administration.
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    From the BBC World Service: Janet Yellen had a “frank” conversation about economics and trade with China’s Vice Premier Liu He, who laid bare Chinese concerns over U..S tariffs and treatment of Chinese companies. Plus, Australia – one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel exporters – pledges to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. And, with international funds to Afghanistan frozen since the Taliban took over in August, we hear about crippling food shortages and other challenges facing people in the country.

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  • Oct 25, 2021

    How the FCC can better serve Indigenous communities with faster internet

    Navajo Nation is currently expanding internet capacity at local government and community centers that function like libraries through E-Rate, a Federal Communications Commission program that helps schools and libraries access affordable broadband.
    Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

    There’s a program called “E-Rate” that subsidizes broadband data connections for schools and libraries. But libraries on tribal lands were excluded. Also, we’ll get yet another wave of signs about where the economy is headed (and where it’s most recently been) from profit and revenue reports for companies like Apple, Ford and General Electric — as well as the latest calculation of U.S. economic growth for Q3. And, AMC movie theaters are rolling out open captioning for those with hearing loss.

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