Name: The New News Thing by Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
Duration: 51 min 48 s
Description: Ben Smith on why he left his media column at The New York Times to launch news startup Semafor with the CEO of Bloomberg Media. His book is Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral.

Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben are the duo behind the Miami-based movie studio rakontur. The two are perhaps best known for their 2006 documentary, "Cocaine Cowboys," which recounted the early-1980s South Florida drug wars. Spellman and Corben boast a string of successes and a cult following. And they’ve redefined the Hollywood business model with their unique approach to filmmaking. They share their trade secrets with host Roben Farzad. They are also joined by Robert “Bobby Black Tuna” Platshorn — America’s longest imprisoned nonviolent marijuana offender. Platshorn served a 30-year sentence for smuggling pot into Florida. No surprise that he was once the subject of a rakontur documentary. 


Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: The Disruptors

How steep gambling debts, credit-card debt and a debt to society brought two troubled men together and on the straight and narrow: a true story.

Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: Indebted

Ben Smith on why he left his media column at The New York Times to launch news startup Semafor with the CEO of Bloomberg Media. His book is Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral.

The New News Thing


Full Disclosure presents Jerry Parker, famed Turtle Trader and CEO of Chesapeake Capital 

Go Midwest, Young Turtle: Jerry Parker's Journey

Here's Lakshmi beating a piñata and dancing to this track, no shit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDEpEzRT64&feature=youtu.be

The second half was written especially for Sean Rameswaram's "STUDIO 360’S SIDESHOW LIVE! LAKSHMI WEARS THE HAT" event, May 27th 2015: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2015/may/26/studio-360s-sideshow-live-lakshmi-wears-hat/

Oh yeah.

THE VIDEO

The Lakshmi Singh Drop (video in description)

Trevor Rabin, longtime guitarist for the band Yes, recalls the life of his pal Chris Squire, the band's bassist and co-founder.

Remembering the CEO of Yes

Eurasia Group president and Time foreign affairs columnist Ian Bremmer joins us to talk the Middle East, Vlad Putin, oil and the 2016 election.

The World According to Ian Bremmer

Miami dodged catastrophe when Hurricane Irma swerved. Even so, much of its downtown ended up submerged. Keeping the sea at bay has rapidly become costlier and more complicated for this Pan-American boomtown, whose skyline holds record foreign wealth. What if...? I talked to condo power broker Alicia Cervera Lamadrid and the Miami Herald's Nick Nehamas. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio

Miami Water Torture

The concert Nada Surf performed for a taping of Full Disclosure at RVA's National. You can hear the band's interview on iTunes at link FullDRadio.com and on NPR.org / NPR One

Nada Surf on Full Disclosure (Full Set)

The business of culture. The culture of business. Policy; media & tech; entrepreneurs and more.

The New News Thing

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