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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 4, 2021

    Texans deal with exorbitant electricity bills

    High voltage transmission towers on Feb. 21 in Houston.
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    Sky-high electricity bills for utilities and individual customers alike as a result of the deadly power outage last month, and how Texas is dealing with them. Plus, a forecast for the February jobs report from the government due out tomorrow. And, critical pandemic oxygen shortages in a barely regulated market in Mexico.

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  • Mar 4, 2021

    Austria plans to develop COVID vaccines with Denmark and Israel

    Leaders from Austria, Denmark and Israel will discuss production of vaccines against new COVID variants.
    Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP via Getty Images

    Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says the European Union’s medicines regulator is too slow at approving vaccines. Also, how will central banks grapple with rising inflation fears? And, a cargo port development in Sri Lanka sees stiff competition between India and China.

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  • Mar 4, 2021

    The status of new stimulus checks

    The status of new stimulus checks
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    President Joe Biden is apparently backing a compromise in the Senate that makes fewer people eligible for $1,400 dollar relief checks. Plus, just how high weekly unemployment claims have been throughout the pandemic. And, a push for the Biden administration to decriminalize sex work — an industry transformed by the pandemic — as part of its criminal justice reform.

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  • Mar 3, 2021

    The unmasking of Texas and Mississippi

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (right) issued an executive order lifting the state's mask mandate on Tuesday.
    Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

    The governors of Texas and Mississippi are ending requirements to wear masks, given a drop in COVID cases. Plus, the latest reading on the employment picture in the U.S. And, monetary policy solutions for inequality that could come from the Fed.

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  • Mar 3, 2021

    Blaming the Fed

    Karen Petrou, author of "Engine of Inequality," laments that investors win and savers lose. "Every time the Fed steps into the market, the markets go up. The markets run by the Fed's clock," she says.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    Karen Petrou, co-founder of of Federal Financial Analytics, is out with a new book that holds the Federal Reserve responsible, in part, for inequality in the U.S. Plus, Samsung is looking to build a chip factory in the U.S., at a price for local governments. And, what happens if letting carbon dioxide loose is no longer free?

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  • Mar 3, 2021

    What’s inside the U.K.’s big red budget box?

    The U.K.'s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak holds up the red box containing the latest budget proposals outside 11 Downing Street in London.
    Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who controls the U.K.’s purse strings, unveils the latest budget proposal today. Plus, a review of British stock market rules calls for reforms to make the U.K. a more attractive place to raise money. And, a high-level Chinese government report details research on a massive Uighur relocation plan.

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  • Mar 2, 2021

    Artwork value in a world of infinite copies

    Visitors at the Louvre take pictures in front of the "Mona Lisa."
    Eric Feferberg/AFP via Getty Images

    The buying and selling of digital artwork that’s authenticated using blockhain is becoming more popular. Plus, an early look at companies reporting quarterly results this week are affecting the stock market. And, Zoom’s better-than-expected profits and outlook.

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  • Mar 2, 2021

    France reverses course, will let those over 65 get AstraZeneca vaccine

    Some EU countries were reluctant to use the AstraZeneca vaccine on older adults without further trial data.
    Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images

    Now that additional data is available, adults over 65 in France who have existing health conditions can receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Plus, Colombia is the first country in Latin America to get vaccines through COVAX. And, has the pandemic strengthened the case for a universal basic income?

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  • Mar 2, 2021

    An alert on the rise of cryptocurrencies

    "That's what's changed this time — time and the quality of the investors," Jordi Visser, of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, says about Bitcoin's development.
    Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images

    New York Attorney General Letitia James is warning that the hypersonic rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin has brought more crooks into the mix. Plus, high demand for manufactured goods is starting to create bottlenecks in production. And, funeral homes under pressure in a pandemic that has killed more than half a million people in the U.S. alone.

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  • Mar 1, 2021

    Back to the future, in China

    "Hi Mom," a sentimental comedy, has rapidly become one of the most popular films of all time in China.
    Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

    “Hi, Mom” is a box office hit in China, where domestic films are dominating right now. This one is being compared to “Back to the Future.” Plus, a different vibe on the stock market to start this week, compared to last. A rally is picking up steam now. And, the use of blockchain in Britain’s national COVID vaccine program.

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