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Veteran market-watcher Herb Greenberg -- Empire Financial Research and the "Herb on the Street" newsletter; a regular on CNBC -- on the need for perspective amid 2023's banking panic. Discipline and independent thinking has historically rewarded investors.

NPR Planet Money's Mary Childs on inflation: recognizing it; living with it; profiting from it; hedging against it; fighting it. Does the Federal Reserve have to sink the economy in order to rescue it?

In case you missed it, a rewind back to recent interviews, including new-generation ad exec Omid Farhang; acquisitive chef Mike Lindsey; CNBC media correspondent Alex Sherman and the exclusive Underground Kitchen's pivot to feeding the food-insecure.

Do well. Do good. Do both. The Underground Kitchen, one of the most exclusive fine-dining tickets across dozens of cities (refresh browser, hope, refresh browser), is now also bent on nourishing the food insecure. How these paths converged.

Streaming viewership just surpassed traditional TV. But profits are elusive, costs are out of control and there's just so much login fatigue right now. CNBC media reporter Alex Sherman on who needs to merge with who. Plus, a flashback to our interview with the kidney doctor who became a full-time Apple guru.

Chef Michael Lindsey -- Lillie Pearl; Buttermilk and Honey; ML Steak -- on how he and his wife / business partner went off on their own during the pandemic to open seven Richmond restaurants (and counting)...

Omid Farhang on starting Majority, the award-winning Atlanta creative agency that markets diversity as "the ultimate competitive advantage." His co-founder is NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal.

In case you missed it, excerpts from our talks with rookie standup comic Cole Mier; CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane; Chef Daniel Harthausen, winner of HBO Max's "The Big Brunch"; and Paige Wilson, founder and CEO of Naborforce.

"Why is there nowhere to turn for this?" ~Paige Wilson, whose own experience caring for her mother inspired her to found Naborforce, a venture-backed startup that connects older adults with people in the community -- kind of like backup daughters and sons.

CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane on the new GOP-led House's difficult math; January 6's long reach; social media and the renegade lawmaker; and the usefulness of George Santos to both parties.

A 20-year old college dropout moves to the city and scrapes by with restaurant gigs. Seven years into this vision quest, he gets called to appear on an HBO cooking tournament -- and comes back to town with $300 thousand in grand-prize money. The story of Chef Daniel Harthausen, winner of season one of The Big Brunch.

Aspiring comedian Cole Mier has been doing standup since the wise old age of eight. He's now 21, fresh out of UCLA, waiting tables and taking names -- and gigs. But it's not all laughs all the time.

In case you missed it... From Wall Street whistleblowing to coffee shop "tipflation" to Iran's season of protest -- highlights from recent episodes, for your holiday-travel enjoyment.

Puck co-founder Jon Kelly on his foray into the world of private equity -- to emerge with the business plan and funding for an influence-driven media startup. Puck is breaking news, making waves and winning subscribers; Kelly was recently featured in the New Yorker.

Stocks rally on weak economic numbers; they tank on a great jobs report. What gives? Thanks to inflation and the Fed's tightening campaign, 2022 underscored how markets and the economy don't always move in lockstep. Investopedia's Caleb Silver on how long this disconnect might last -- and what awaits in 2023.

So much for Hollywood's mission to spend-to-no-end. Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount racked up a combined $2.5 billion in streaming losses just in the latest quarter. Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and every streamer is scrambling to rethink strategy. Guests: Felix Gillette, co-author of the HBO history It's Not TV; and Joel Mier, former Netflix marketing director, now Robins School lecturer.

The immigration deficit. The coveted Latino voter. The reddening of Florida. These and other jump balls for guests Chris Porter, chief demographer with John Burns Real Estate Consulting; and Miami-based public opinion research strategist Fernand Amandi.

How one coffee-shop owner is taking on inflation and the Great Quit by *ditching* tips and propelling baristas onto the partnership track.

Karri Peifer, formerly of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, on becoming the first editor of Axios Richmond -- one of well-funded Axios's more than 24 local news efforts across the country ... at a time of spreading news deserts. The quest for a fresh, sustainable business model for local news.

Veteran Wall Street exec Jamie Fiore Higgins on her book, Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs.