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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

  • Aug 6, 2020

    Lebanon urgently needs international aid

    A man carries away an injured girl in Beirut, Lebanon.
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    Lebanon’s economy minister said the country would have to rely at least partly on foreign aid to rebuild. One year since Kashmir lost so-called special economic status, has the Indian government kept its promises about boosting the region’s business opportunities?

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  • Aug 5, 2020

    Blast in Beirut hits a country already deep in crisis

    Teams of emergency workers and medical personnel are on their way to Lebanon from France, Russia, Jordan and other countries.
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    The explosion killed at least 100 people, wounded 4,000 and caused between $3 billion and $5 billion in damage. U.S. private payrolls added fewer jobs than expected in July. The U.S. and China reportedly plan to review their trade deal.

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  • Aug 5, 2020

    Oh, right. The national budget. That old thing.

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the funeral of Rep. John Lewis in Washington, D.C.
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    In addition to coronavirus relief aid, Congress has another issue to attend to: the national budget. Plus, President Trump signs the Great American Outdoors Act. And, the role of the pharmacy store is changing during the pandemic.

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  • Aug 5, 2020

    Can Lebanon cope with devastating loss of vital port?

    The Port of Beirut has been largely destroyed by the blast.
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    Fears for food security in Lebanon with the main port destroyed, in a country where almost 80% of consumer goods are imported. Also, did Sweden’s approach to COVID-19 help protect its economy better than the rest of Europe?

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  • Aug 4, 2020

    For the first time in months, global manufacturing expanded

    More automation could be a solution to crowded, hands-on production lines.
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    Manufacturing is not only up but growing. Plus, President Trump wants the U.S. government to get a cut of any American deal with TikTok. And, research on hits to the health care industry and how that affects the wider economy.

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  • Aug 4, 2020

    Coronavirus relief via executive order?

    President Trump has said he wants to bring back some of the coronavirus pandemic relief himself, through executive orders.
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    President Trump is proposing bringing back the eviction moratorium and enacting a payroll tax cut through executive orders. Tyson Foods has a new CEO. And, we hear from the unemployed people in this country who still have not gotten payments.

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  • Aug 4, 2020

    Oil giant BP reports record $6.7 billion quarterly loss

    Oil giant BP reports record $6.7 billion quarterly loss
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    The oil giant BP has reported a record quarterly loss of $6.7 billion. Plus, $3,500 fines for people breaching COVID-19 restrictions in Melbourne, Australia. And, Ghana offers Americans of African ancestry the opportunity to move.

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  • Aug 3, 2020

    With the dollar down, where are global investors turning instead?

    With the dollar down, where are global investors turning instead?
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    Is it all bad news that the U.S. dollar is down? Still no agreement to extend additional unemployment aid. U.S. action on Chinese companies may go beyond TikTok. And, amid calls for more police accountability, body cameras get more attention.

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  • Aug 3, 2020

    Tick-tock for TikTok? The latest on U.S.-China tensions

    The founders were concerned countries would try to meddle in the U.S., so they passed measures like the Emoluments Clause which prohibits office holders from taking gifts from foreign officials.
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    Last week, President Trump threatens to ban TikTok. Now, Microsoft says it’s in talks to take over the app’s U.S. operations. Where do things stand? Plus, Disney earnings this week. And, social impact investing is alive and well.

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  • Aug 3, 2020

    ByteDance urges U.S. to allow Microsoft-TikTok deal

    TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance remains under pressure in the U.S.
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    Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the U.S. operations of TikTok. HSBC sees profits plunge amid protests in Hong Kong. And, two years after a deadly bridge collapse in Genoa, the Italian city has a replacement.

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