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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

  • Mar 15, 2021

    $1.9 trillion relief plan includes help for food insecurity

    One in eight people in the United States may experience food insecurity this year, according to a projection from hunger relief organization Feeding America.
    Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

    Airline business has started to pick up. The plan could also provide help with ventilation in schools as they plan to reopen.

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  • Mar 15, 2021

    U.K. vaccine rollout gives reasons for economic optimism, says Bank of England

    The success of the UK's vaccine programme is giving reasons for economic optimism the Bank of England says.
    PA MEdia

    The governor of the U.K. central bank, Andrew Bailey of the Bank of England, gave a cautiously optimistic view of the country’s economic prospects for the year ahead, thanks to the vaccine rollout. Also, the Netherlands and Ireland raise concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and Italy heads back to lockdown.  

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  • Mar 12, 2021

    Is the Netflix password sharing free-for-all in danger?

    Some Netflix users are getting this message: "If you don't live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching."
    Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

    The streaming platform is starting to warn people about sharing their passwords with others. It’s not a security thing but a revenue thing. Plus, venue owners that put on concerts and other events are hopeful for recovery with federal aid on the way. And, what a Grammy nomination (or lack thereof) does for a musician’s career.

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  • Mar 12, 2021

    Asia’s tech giant Grab could be the biggest SPAC so far

    Grab previously bought Uber's Southeat Asia operations.
    Charly Two/AFP via Getty Images

    Grab, based in Singapore, started out as a ride-hailing app. It’s grown to become one of Southeast Asia’s best-known tech businesses. Plus, what makes people truly happy at work, and what can we learn from them?

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  • Mar 12, 2021

    Sen. Warren on taxing the ultrawealthy

    "This going to be good for our economy," Warren, D-Mass., said of the wealth tax legislation she introduced last week.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. joins the show to discuss the wealth tax she introduced last week, which would impose a 2% tax on individual net worth above $50 million and an additional 1% surtax on net worth above $1 billion. Plus, COVID relief payments could hit bank accounts as soon as this weekend. And, China’s antitrust regulator fines some of the country’s largest tech giants.

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  • Mar 11, 2021

    Early signs of hiring to come this spring?

    Early signs of hiring to come this spring?
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Weekly jobless claims numbers are moving in the right direction after a decline in initial unemployment benefits applications last week. Does this foreshadow more hiring in the weeks and months to come? Plus, what’s in the COVID relief package schools. Also, inequities in Black representation in film and TV. And, high school basketball through the frame of wealth and poverty. We revisit the 1994 documentary “Hoop Dreams.”

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  • Mar 11, 2021

    “Hoop Dreams”: A lesson on money and basketball

    "Hoop Dreams" documents over five years the lives of two high school basketball players from families struggling economically in Chicago as they work toward pro careers.
    Andy Lyons/Getty Images

    Our Econ Extra Credit documentary selection for March is about wealth, poverty and basketball. Plus, what the COVID relief package provides in terms of making health care more affordable. And, Mexico makes progress on legalizing recreational marijuana.

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  • Mar 11, 2021

    Mexico could become one of the largest legal cannabis markets

    Mexico's government says legalization could help tackle the country's drug cartels.
    Claudio Cruz/AFP via Getty Images

    If lawmakers in Mexico pass a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, thousands of small farmers could be brought into the formal economy. Also, European central bankers are set to discuss whether mounting levels of debt could push up inflation. And, the race among central banks to mint new digital currencies.

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  • Mar 10, 2021

    What the COVID relief package allocates for vaccines

    What the COVID relief package allocates for vaccines
    Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

    There’s about $14 billion to speed up the distribution and administration of vaccines across the country, and $46 billion to expand COVID testing and to enhance contact tracing capabilities. Plus, the Nasdaq’s correction this week and wider trends about where investors are putting their money and why.

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  • Mar 10, 2021

    $40 billion for child care

    Nearly $15 billion would help fund child care for low-income families, and about $24 billion would go to child care providers to help cover operating expenses.
    RainStar via Getty Images

    We break down where funding in the COVID relief package is directed, including aid for child care and money for restaurants. Plus, Black-owned businesses in Nashville, Tennessee, hope to capitalize on tourist foot traffic in one of ​the city’s most iconic business districts.

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