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 13, 2019
The US isn’t doing its civics duty
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Are big media companies discriminating against content produced by minorities? Tesla’s first European factory will be in Berlin. The EPA wants scientists to share its confidential data on climate change. The U.S. needs to close its “civics empowerment gap.”
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Nov 13, 2019
Are the BRICS still relevant?
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Tesla picks Berlin for its first European factory. Have Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have met their economic potential over the last decade? Who will use Africa’s first high-speed rail?
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Nov 12, 2019
On a dream, undeterred
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SCOTUS takes up Trump’s plan to end DACA. German investors are optimistic about the global economy. It turns out mortgage banking algorithms also discriminate.
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Nov 12, 2019
Tensions on the southern borders
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More and more Americans can’t afford their medications. Google moves into the medical data business. U.S. immigration policies hit the Mexico-Guatemala border.
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Nov 12, 2019
Disney Plus might not have a fairy tale outcome in China
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The House of Mouse joins the global streaming wars, but what works in America won’t necessarily translate abroad. Racing giant Formula One plans to become carbon neutral by 2030. Singapore tests out a flying taxi.
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Nov 11, 2019
Is Apple’s credit card all about the patriarchy?
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Apple’s credit card is accused of sexism. Hong Kong is worrying investors. One woman on the opportunity afforded to her by the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Nov 11, 2019
This impeachment brought to you by…
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How TV networks might still cash in on ads during impeachment proceedings. Singles Day sales hit $8 billion in 68 seconds. Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years later.
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Nov 11, 2019
Single’s Day: $1 billion in sales in one minute 8 seconds
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China’s Alibaba rakes in tens of billions on the world’s biggest online shopping day. Australia’s worst wildfires in a decade head towards Sydney. Africa’s first commercial gene bank launches in Nigeria.
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Nov 8, 2019
Taking success back to school
Notre Dame
A possible U.S.-China trade is driving up interest rates. Spain is holding yet another election. Older people who’ve had success in the real world are heading back to school.
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Nov 8, 2019
They bought some land in Reno, just to watch rents rise
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Chinese consumers might shun American good on the biggest shopping day of the year, and it’s not Black Friday. Electric trucks take over a former GM plant. How Reno became a tech hub.
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