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

Feb 1, 2021
Silver is surging. What’s fueling the price increase?
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The precious metal commodity has reached its highest level since 2013. Also, India’s budget boosts vaccine and infrastructure spending. And, will restaurants in France and Hungary defy pandemic restrictions?
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Feb 1, 2021
Is silver the new GameStop?
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Retail traders around the globe are taking aim at silver now. Plus, what the last few months looked like for overextended shipping companies like UPS. And, how online sign-ups are actually hampering access to COVID vaccinations.
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Jan 29, 2021
Too much success for online trading platforms?
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Robinhood is among the brokerages in the hot seat after locking down some trading and raising a whole lot of money to prop itself up. Plus, the “economic anger” underlying all of those who are putting the squeeze on hedge funds and other institutional investors. And, how one year of working on the COVID front lines is taking a toll on health care workers’ mental health.
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Jan 29, 2021
Is it legal to put the brakes on an online stock frenzy?
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It’s a question we’re asking after some brokerage firms like Robinhood stopped customers from buying shares of GameStop and other stocks on Thursday. Plus, GM’s plan to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2035. And, checking in on the status of vaccine distribution in Appalachia.
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Jan 29, 2021
Vaccine rollout woes, GameStop saga send European markets down
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Stock markets in Europe faced an unsteady end to the week with disputes over the supply of vaccines and the GameStop stock roller coaster weighing on investors. Also, GDP readings for European countries illustrate the economic pain cause by additional rounds of lockdowns. And, the illustrator whose viral coronavirus diary has been turned into a book.
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Jan 28, 2021
The U.S. economy did indeed shrink in 2020
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Plus, Apple says it will roll out changes to privacy notifications for apps tracking user behavior. And, how President Biden’s executive order intended to boost the amount of American-made goods the federal government buys might affect small businesses.
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Jan 28, 2021
Gamifying investing can have real-life consequences
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The GameStop, AMC and other short squeezes on their own aren’t necessarily that disruptive, says one business school professor. He said there’s a broader trend about the “gamification of finance” that’s more alarming. Plus, what Fed Chair Jerome Powell had to say about the stock market, the housing market and more.
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Jan 28, 2021
Are we ready for the largest vaccine distribution operation ever?
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UNICEF is preparing to distribute 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year. Plus, the “Reddit rally” which saw GameStop shares soar is spreading beyond Wall Street.
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Jan 27, 2021
For-profit prisons fall out of favor
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Biden cracks down on the private prison industry by executive order. Plus, a push to reopen the Obamacare enrollment window during the pandemic. Also, a quick explainer on what’s happening with GameStop’s stock. And, we’ll learn today if Apple was able to keep up its strong pandemic performance.
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Jan 27, 2021
How hard it can be to keep college costs down
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One example of the lengths to which a family will go to in order to pay for a college education — or, in this case, how far people will go to save money on that education. And, U.S. sales for Starbucks have taken a hit. But the company is optimistic over increasing sales in China.
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