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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

  • Jun 14, 2019

    U.S. parental leave leaves much to be desired

    U.S. parental leave leaves much to be desired
    pxhere

    Retail sales are up. The U.S. could do a lot more for new parents. So much for cutting back on energy consumption.

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  • Jun 14, 2019

    Want a lower credit card APR? Just ask.

    Want a lower credit card APR? Just ask.

    Manufacturing is up, but not where we need it. Getting a lower credit card APR could be as easy as asking. Talking about money gets awkward in our new podcast “This is Uncomfortable.”

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  • Jun 14, 2019

    The unforeseen costs behind a paper calendar

    Figurine sits on a desk calendar open at the date June 30
    Fairfax Media via Getty Images

    Swiss women go on a nationwide strike over unequal pay. E.U. countries finally agree on a common budget. Changing the date of a national holiday is proving to be expensive for U.K. calendar-makers.

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  • Jun 13, 2019

    Lights. Camera. Class action!

    The Bayer Pharma AG building stands on August 29, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
    Adam Berry/Getty Images

    Some are hoping the Fed preemptively cut interest rates next week. Lawyers are counting on all those TV ads for their class-action lawsuit business. Pet supply company Chewy issues a giant IPO.

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  • Jun 13, 2019

    Making pizza the old-fashioned way is the lard’s work

    A Neapolitan pizza made with lard.
    John Laurenson

    Oil jumps after alleged tanker attacks. The economy is growing, but so is the deficit. People pay top euro to make pizza the Napoli way.

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  • Jun 13, 2019

    Oil jumps after suspected attack on tankers

    Workers watch a ship as it sails during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port in the Southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman.
    ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

    Oil prices jump after two tankers in the Gulf of Oman are reportedly attacked. Australia gives the green light to a controversial coal project. Game addiction is a big topic at E3 this week.

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  • Jun 12, 2019

    Parking lots as refuge for homeless college students

    Cameron Jones, 26, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan, prepares to sleep in a Safe Parking LA location near the Veteran's Affairs Los Angeles Healthcare Center in Los Angeles, California, February 11, 2019.
    KYLE GRILLOT/AFP/Getty Images

    Inflation seems to be in check. Big business braces for a recession. California’s homeless college students could soon find safety in school parking lots.

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  • Jun 12, 2019

    Your funds will be made available immediately

    A customer uses an ATM at a Wells Fargo Bank office on February 07, 2019 in San Francisco, California.
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Hong Kong’s name as a business hub gets thrown into question. Where’s the “emergency” in FEMA? Moving money just got a lot faster.

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  • Jun 12, 2019

    Investors worry as Hong Kong protests turn violent

    Police officers stand surrounded by tear gas during a rally by protesters against a controversial extradition law proposal outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong
    ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images

    Massive protests against a controversial new extradition bill in Hong Kong turn violent. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington. We find out why sustainable clothing is making a comeback.

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  • Jun 11, 2019

    The U.S. isn’t everywhere in China… yet

    A sign directing customers to queue at the entrance of a Starbucks Roastery in Shanghai in early 2018, a few months after it opened.
    Jennifer Pak/Marketplace

    American firms have been in China for a while not, but they still want access in restricted sectors. Plus, businesses are expanding, and Senators try to curb foreign lobbyist secrecy.

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