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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 18, 2019

    Switzerland’s best kept secret?

    A wine cellar in Vevey, Switzerland. (Photo by Prisma by Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

    Interest rate cuts in Asia. Netflix goes for growth overseas. The Swiss are famous for chocolate and cheese. What about wine?

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  • Jul 17, 2019

    A pop-up oasis in South L.A.’s food desert

    South LA resident Olympia Auset started a produce stand three years ago and now wants to expand into a physical store.
    John F. Peters

    Summer gives way to stable markets. A look at the systemic problem of low African-American homeownership. An activist is opening up her own healthy grocery store where there is none.

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  • Jul 17, 2019

    The dismal science meets climate science

    Democratic Senator and presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, wipes sweat from his face as he greets supporters after a speech at a packed rally inside the gymnasium at Clinton College, a historically black college, before a rally in Rock Hill, SC on June, 23 2019.
    LOGAN CYRUS/AFP/Getty Images

    The WTO rules against both the U.S. and China over trade. All this hot weather is cutting into productivity. Sotheby’s caters to sneaker heads.

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  • Jul 17, 2019

    Sweden’s immigration debate

    The Swedish flag is displayed in the capital Stockholm. (Photo by Luca Teuchmann/WireImage)

    The Nordic nation’s economic model faces strain. Amazon retreats in China.

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  • Jul 16, 2019

    Cashing in on e-scooter excitement

    Cashing in on e-scooter excitement
    TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

    An uptick in retail sales and U.S. factory production shows vigor in the economy. G7 finance ministers take a closer look at Facebook’s global digital currency, Libra. And entrepreneurs in Philadelphia want to bring e-scooters to the city. 

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  • Jul 16, 2019

    A deal on the debt ceiling?

    Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera, is escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on Feb. 22, 2014 in Mexico City.
    RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

    Talks continue on a debt ceiling deal. Big Tech faces antitrust questions on Capitol Hill. And Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán awaits sentencing, as U.S. puts a price tag on years of violent crime.  

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  • Jul 16, 2019

    China’s hidden debt

    A Chinese clerk counts banknotes. (Photo by Jie Zhao/Corbis via Getty Images)

    Germany’s defense minister fights for the EU’s top job. Is the end of the printed textbook in sight? A new study lifts the lid on China’s “hidden debt”.

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  • Jul 15, 2019

    Would you pay to block robocalls?

    Would you pay to block robocalls?
    pxhere

    How are U.S. business in this trade spat? AT&T will offer a paid robocall blocker. Who loses when companies solely focus on the short term?

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  • Jul 15, 2019

    When a $5-billion fine is still chump change

    Signs for company Cambridge Analytica in the lobby of the building in which they are based on March 21, 2018 in London, England.
    Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

    The FTC is set to issue a $5-billion fine against Facebook over data breaches. The Big Three will negotiate a new contract with its auto unions. Why U.S. banks should be thankful for regulation.

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  • Jul 15, 2019

    Double trouble for Turkey

    Turkish President and the leader of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen behind a Turkish Flag (Photo by Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

    It’s not all bad news as China’s economy slows again. Will Turkey cope with new U.S. and E.U. sanctions?

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