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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

  • Feb 28, 2020

    Let’s put these market drops in context

    Screens show drops in stock prices on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on February 27, 2020 in New York City.
    Scott Heins/Getty Images

    A global recession on the horizon? An official reading on consumer spending. The worst day for the Dow since February 2018.

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  • Feb 28, 2020

    COVID-19 hits travel and tourism shares

    Vietnam Airlines staff wear protective suits as they disinfect a plane at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
    AFP/Vietnam Airlines

    COVID-19 coronavirus weighs heavily on global markets. Airlines and hotels hit hard as cancellations mount. The important difference between points and percentages in the stock markets.

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  • Feb 27, 2020

    World economy forecasted to slow to Great Recession pace

    Bank of America has cut its global growth forecast for 2020 to 2.8%, which would be the lowest reading since 2009.
    Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images

    Can economic policymakers compensate for this virus? Housing shortages move to the heartland. Contrary to Keynes’ prediction, the American workweek is still really long.

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  • Feb 27, 2020

    Technology keeps improving, but we keep working more

    A man walks in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the early hours of the morning.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Europe’s markets down hard over the ebbing and flowing of concern around COVID-19. The rural areas in America seeing a business boost. Why the American workweek is not shrinking.

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  • Feb 27, 2020

    Markets continue to feel COVID-19 chill

    Markets continue to feel COVID-19 chill

    Global markets still feeling coronavirus fears. Northern Italian towns remain on lockdown. South Korea keeps interest rates on hold, despite coronavirus spread and a weakened economy.

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  • Feb 26, 2020

    Unionizing is about to get harder for some workers

    FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - MAY 23: People gather together to ask the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demanding the right to a union on May 23, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The nation wide protest at McDonald’s was held on the day of the company’s shareholder meeting.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Uncertainty over how COVID-19 will affect near-term bottom lines. National Labor Relations Board plans to make it harder for certain workers to unionize. The $24-billion industry of secondhand clothing.

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  • Feb 26, 2020

    With COVID-19 fear comes U.S. consumer confidence decline

    Amid developing news on COVID-19, U.S. consumer confidence has fallen back to its level at the start of 2020.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    U.S. consumers primarily view the coronavirus as a risk to global economic growth. Companies in the travel business are managing the fallout from COVID-19. Some financial innovation geared toward retirement plans.

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  • Feb 26, 2020

    COVID-19 fears force markets even lower

    A pedestrian walks past a display showing information of global stock markets outside a securities office in Tokyo, Japan, 26 February 2020.

    Global markets down again on fears of coronavirus spread. Hong Kong dishes out cash to its residents. South Africans brace for a crucial budget. Why European banks keep losing chief executives.

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  • Feb 25, 2020

    Looking for a COVID-19 vaccine

    There are at least 18 companies hard at work looking for something to knock down or vaccinate against COVID-19.
    Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images

    The 10-year Treasury yield briefly falls below its record closing level. HHS Secretary Alex Azar appears at four congressional hearings this week. The race is on for a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Feb 25, 2020

    Dow, S&P 500 erase all 2020 gains

    Traders work during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 24, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City.
    Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

    U.S. stock index futures steady after Monday meltdown. The consequences of campaign fundraising. A window into the world of car insurance pricing.

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