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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

  • Jul 9, 2020

    Singapore is next in line for elections during COVID-19

    Singaporean voters will head to polls on July 10.
    Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images

    The wealthy city-state of Singapore heads to the polls amid rising concerns about socioeconomic inequality. Australia ignites more fury from China, its biggest trading partner. As disease ravages global pork stocks, could fake meat be the answer?

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  • Jul 8, 2020

    What are we going to do with schools this fall?

    The decision of whether to keep schools and universities open during the pandemic has been mostly a local decision up to this point.
    Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

    President Trump pushes for schools to reopen this fall. Looking forward to Thursday’s forthcoming jobless claims numbers, as we wait to see if people are getting back to work amid COVID-19 spikes. And, how summer camp closures are hitting parents.

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  • Jul 8, 2020

    An investigation into unpaid labor at rehab centers

    Investigators found rehab participants doing everything from picking cotton in Georgia to doing doing construction on high rises in the San Francisco Bay Area, all with no or little pay.
    Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

    An investigation by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting shows workers in rehab programs often don’t get paid. Plus, global joblessness is rising 10 times faster than during the Great Recession. And, how pay cuts have helped save jobs.

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  • Jul 8, 2020

    Could the UK have an answer for young workers hit by COVID-19?

    A waiter serves drinks to diners in the Soho area of London.
    AFP

    The U.K.’s $2.5 billion “kick-start scheme” to create more jobs for young people after the pandemic. The latest on how the coronavirus is squeezing jobs in China. The CEO of Loon on providing internet to rural Kenya using balloons.

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  • Jul 7, 2020

    Americans are moving because of the pandemic

    The biggest share of the movers was young people ages 18 to 29.
    Cindy Ord/Getty Images

    How COVID-19 is changing where people live. Will we see a rebound in the demand for labor after declines in the spring? Job openings numbers for May are out today. And, how the U.K. has kept its unemployment rate down.

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  • Jul 7, 2020

    The data on PPP loans is out. Many large businesses took advantage of them.

    Larger companies initially took advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to offer forgivable loans to smaller businesses.
    Kameleon007 via Getty Images

    The PPP data raises questions, again, about whether aid helped well-off businesses rather than those most in need. Extended federal unemployment benefits are coming to an end. And, why it matters that carbon dioxide is currently in short supply.

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  • Jul 7, 2020

    TikTok will leave Hong Kong over new security law

    TikTok said it couldn't run its services under the new law for Hong Kong.
    Getty Images

    TikTok has said it will withdraw from Hong Kong after China imposed a new security law on the city. Also, whether the U.K. furlough scheme for workers has saved millions of jobs or just delayed the inevitable.

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  • Jul 6, 2020

    Uber’s food-delivery market move to buy Postmates

    Food delivery is one area where business has been up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

    Uber is buying food-delivery service Postmates. Plus, an early look at why market futures were up all morning. And, how does the cancellation of minor league baseball this year affect the towns where teams play?

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  • Jul 6, 2020

    Warren Buffett’s big energy play

    Berkshire Hathaway Energy's acquisition of Dominion Energy's natural gas storage and transmission business is valued at close to $10 billion.
    Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

    Berkshire Hathaway Energy has announced it will acquire Dominion Energy’s natural gas transmission and storage business. The Louvre Museum in Paris is reopening. And, is a tax on the meat industry and its carbon emissions coming soon?

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  • Jul 6, 2020

    Mona Lisa back on display as Paris’ Louvre reopens

    Lines form outside the Louvre as it reopens. But the museum says it needs foreign visitors.
    Reuters

    Visitors have been welcomed back to Paris’ Louvre Museum for the first time since March. Plus, the biggest shake-up in U.K. accounting in decades. And, two years since the U.S.-China trade war began, where things stand now.

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