Archives: Podcasts

Just under one-third of working Americans have increased their retirement saving contributions compared to last year, but it’s double the rate of 2011. Bankrate.com Chief Financial Analyst Greg McBride joins the Morning Show to discuss the steady increase of contributions and why people aren’t saving more

Have Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple gotten so big they are now stifling competition? The federal government is investigating and now a bipartisan group of states will do its own joint anti-trust probe. Technology Correspondent Larry Magid joins the Morning Show to discuss the issue.

Facing a Trump administration rule that forbids recipients of Title X funds to refer patients for abortions, Planned Parenthood has rejected federal funding. CBS Correspondent Bill Rehkopf joins Joe to discuss the rule and the organization’s decision to refuse the funds

Host Guy Occhiogrosso talks with Diana Campbell of PFLAG, Kyann Flint of Abilitrek and Ramona Abbott of Bellingham Technical College about equality, inclusion. and accessibility with focus on business interaction with the LGBTQ community, disabled community and diverse racial community.

The White House says the economy is fine, but a recent survey of business economists show the majority believes a recession is coming by 2021. White House Correspondent Steven Portnoy joins the Morning Show to discuss the economy and talk of recession.

Hosts Dick Donahue and Camille Koppenberg bring the week’s financial news.

Host Dick Donahue talks about those crazy negative interest rates, the trade and geopolitics of the top investor concerns for the week, economic reports for July 2019, and a study that suggests dry land farming in southeast Washington with areas that are now irrigated and how it will not work.

Host Kris Halterman interviews Garrett O’Brien on his recent primary election campaign for Mayor of Bellingham.

Host Mary Kay Robinson talks HOA’s… and specifically the Sudden Valley HOA with board members from the community.

Violent video games are being blamed in part for the mass shootings in El Paso and Ohio. Technology Consultant Larry Magid joins the Morning Show to discuss what studies say regarding video games and violence.