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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 23, 2019

    China escalates tariff beef

    Chinese and US flags are seen on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the maintenance room of a dealership in Shanghai on August 24, 2018. - From Harley-Davidson motorcycles and US bourbon to Chinese parts and machinery, the world's two largest economies have exchanged punitive tariffs that slice through a wide swath of products.
    JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images

    China announces in-kind tariffs on $75-billion worth of U.S. goods, making markets even more squeamish.Conservative billionaire backer David Koch dies. Local governments are dealing with cyberattacks.

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  • Aug 23, 2019

    A year-and-a-half late and $1 million short

    A year-and-a-half late and $1 million short
    Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images

    When Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks, markets listen. Looking at the massive pay gap between Black women and white men. Is Victoria Secret’s inclusivity play too little too late?

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  • Aug 23, 2019

    French president warns “our house is burning”

    A firefighter works during a wildfire near in Bolivia
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    Emmanuel Macron calls for urgent action on climate change at the G7. Why British brands are so popular with foreign buyers. What more U.S. interest rate cuts could mean for Turkey.

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  • Aug 22, 2019

    The state of the unions is not strong

    Not all the Fed governors agreed on July’s interest rate cut. Union membership drops. The Midwest struggles with the aftermath of flooding.

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  • Aug 22, 2019

    Who else loses after an ICE raid?

    ICE agents executing a federal search warrant at a poultry processing plant in Mississippi on Aug. 7, 2019.
    Photo courtesy of ICE

    The Fed gives us a peek into its reasoning behind July’s interest rate cut ahead of its big summit in Jackson Hole. How do immigration raids affect families and businesses in their wake?

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  • Aug 22, 2019

    Greenland thaws to mining business

    Greenland is looking to diversify its economy and grow its mining sector

    Delays in Boeing 737-Max plane deliveries could see layoffs. Greenland’s rare earth minerals are of growing interest to the U.S.

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  • Aug 21, 2019

    Matters of import

    Chinese employees work on manufacturing products that will be exported to the US at a factory in Binzhou in China's eastern Shandong province on May 17, 2019.
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    Investors focus on retail and the Fed Wednesday. Planned Parenthood forgoes federal money over abortion. Businesses are finding workarounds to deal with tariffs hitting in September.

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  • Aug 21, 2019

    The Arctic monies

    A little auk (Alle-alle) flies near the Kronebeene glacier in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean, on July 21, 2015.
    DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images

    Japan tries to avoid a tax war. One of Trump’s proposed stimulus tax cuts could have little effect. The race for resources under Arctic ice.

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  • Aug 21, 2019

    Britain steps up Brexit planning… in Germany

    Demonstrators protest at the Pulse of Europe demonstration on March 31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
    Adam Berry/Getty Images

    Prime Minister Johnson meets Chancellor Merkel as he seeks to renegotiate the U.K. leaving the E.U. We hear why Norway’s sovereign wealth fund matters to its citizens. Do you love or hate e-Bikes?

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  • Aug 20, 2019

    You can now rent a Tesla… sort of

    Tesla plans to rent solar panel systems to customers starting at $50 per month.
    Tesla

    Global uncertainty is stifling Germany’s economy. Tesla revamps its solar panel business with a rental plan.

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