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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

  • Nov 22, 2019

    Chile’s lost miracle

    Protesters in Chile hold a flag calling for the resignation of Sebastián Piñera. (Credit: Getty Images)

    ECB boss Christine Lagarde calls for more government spending. A Chilean protester tells us why a subway fare hike sparked the biggest civil unrest in decades. British band Coldplay goes green.

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  • Nov 21, 2019

    The state of state spending is strong

    The state of state spending is strong
    Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    GM and Fiat Chrysler get caught in a union bribery scandal. Retailers are itching to unload their holiday inventory. States are spending more thanks more tax revenue.

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  • Nov 21, 2019

    One way to stop your package from getting stolen: get it sent to the police station

    Round Rock police Chief Allen Banks recently won an award at the International Association of Police Chiefs conference for Operation Front Porch, which allows residents to send their packages to the police department for safe keeping instead of having them delivered to their homes.
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    Warehouse clubs lower prices to stay competitive. Trump gives some companies a reprieve to work with Huawei. Police get creative to combat porch pirates. 

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  • Nov 21, 2019

    Do you fake sickness to escape work?

    Do you fake sickness to escape work?
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    The OECD downgrades its 2020 global growth forecast. The mother of an anti-government student protester in Hong Kong speaks her mind. A BBC survey shows two in five British adults fake a sick day.

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  • Nov 20, 2019

    Is Georgia on national Democrats’ minds?

    The debate stage is seen as it is prepared for the Washington Post and MSNBC fifth Democratic presidential primary debate at the from Tyler Perry Studios on November 19, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Will tariff exemptions come up on Trump’s visit to Apple’s Texas factory. Home Depot underperforms. Georgia Dems think they can win in 2020, but with some help.

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  • Nov 20, 2019

    Toy tariff story

    Much of what Hobby Works sells is from China — and destined for a 15% tariff scheduled to start Dec. 15.
    Nancy Marshall Genzer/Marketplace

    The World Bank has a lesson for recession. Bankruptcy leaves GM off the hook. The holidays are even more stressful at one toy store thanks to tariffs.

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  • Nov 20, 2019

    The fight for Hong Kong

    Items of clothing are used to make an SOS sign on the ground at the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. (Credit: Getty Images).

    Airbus overtakes Boeing in sales at the Dubai Air Show. Japan’s leader breaks a record. We hear from a protester in Hong Kong.

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  • Nov 19, 2019

    Could Netflix theaters be a thing?

    Could Netflix theaters be a thing?
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    Home builders like these lower interest rates. Movie studios could have their own theaters if the DOJ gets its way. Trump makes nice with the Fed.

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  • Nov 19, 2019

    Get rich, AI buyin’

    Get rich, AI buyin’
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    The FCC auctions off airwaves to make way for 5G. PG&E tries to get out its financial responsibility to those affected by west coast fires. Technology is squeezing finance middlemen.

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  • Nov 19, 2019

    Where art meets anger

    Where art meets anger

    The U.S. and Korea fight over military funding. Why is the humble onion causing so much trouble in south Asia? We hear from a 19-year-old student protester in Iraq.

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