Ali Velshi, MSNBC: Journalism and the Business of Making People Smarter

09/25/17 • 23 min

Ali Velshi, MSNBC Anchor and Business Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, joins the podcast to talk about the big issues of our time: fake news, the global decline in trust, corporate responsibility, wealth inequality, and Donald Trump. It’s all on the table. Listen to this episode to learn: • Why we all have to “triangulate” our news from a variety of sources • What’s contributing to society’s rapid decline in trust, and what we can do about it • The consequences of wealth inequality and globalism • Why Donald Trump might be a “brilliant” communicator

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