Is Business Broken?

Curt Nickisch

jayfei@bu.edu

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Booking Overview

“Is Business Broken?” looks at the role of business in society through issues like sustainability and the ethics of finance—connecting policy, markets, and real-world decision-making. For PR pros, it’s a strong outlet for credible business leaders and researchers who can explain systems-level impacts and what responsible practices should look like.

Metrics

Episodes: 36

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.2/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 24 subscribers

Instagram: 148 followers

Contact Information

jayfei@bu.edu

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Host

Curt Nickisch - Host who leads conversations about the role of business in society, unpacks complex questions for broad audiences, and moderates expert guests from business, academia, industry, and journalism.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior business executives, industry leaders/consultants, investigative journalists, and university researchers/professors—especially those with expertise tying market behavior to societal outcomes (ethics, governance, regulation, sustainability, labor/community impacts).
Required Achievements:  
Pulitzer Prize or major investigative awards (for journalists), Leadership roles in major industry organizations/standards bodies, Academic professorships and published research in markets/public policy/operations, Cofounding leadership in investment or advisory firms

Recent Guest Discussions

Justin Ren - Operations/technology Approach To Decarbonization And Sustainability Decision-making

Valerie Thomas - Engineering/operations Perspective On Sustainability And Industrial Transition

Chris Wiernicki - Shipping Industry Decarbonization; Feasibility, Timelines, And Operational Constraints

Amulya Mohapatra - Sustainability And Maritime Decarbonization; Strategic Investment Decisions Under Emerging Technology Risk

Ravi K. Mehrotra - Business In Society; Sustainability/green Shipping; Market Incentives And Risk For Sustainability Transitions

Recent Topics

Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Private Equity, Markets, Business Ethics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Is Business Broken?
:

Does the Future of Sustainability Lie in the Shipping Industry?

April 23, 2026

Ocean shipping carries close to 90% of global trade, and it accounts for about 3% of global emissions. The International Maritime Organization has set ambitious targets to reduce those by 20% by 2030, by 70% by 2040, and reach net zero by 2050. Ships are expensive and pay for themselves over decades, and the technology for green fuels is still developing. What are you supposed to do if you're a shipping company? Do you invest early and take on the risk? Do you drag your feet? And why should ...

Can Private Equity Be a Force for Good?

April 16, 2026

We are living through a massive migration of wealth. More and more capital is leaving public markets and flowing into private equity. There's even a growing push to let everyday investors put their retirement savings into private markets. But as private equity's footprint expands, so does the debate over who actually benefits. Has private equity made the economy more efficient, innovative, and productive — or has it become a system for extracting wealth at the expense of workers, consumers, ...

Vote for "Is Business Broken?" in the Webby Awards!

April 13, 2026

Exciting news! Is Business Broken? has been nominated for a Webby Award in the Business category! We couldn't be prouder of all of our listeners who helped make this possible. And with this nomination, we're up for a People's Voice award. We’d be so grateful if you’d take a moment to vote for us: https://wbby.co/57452N. The voting period ends this Thursday, April 16th. Thank you so much!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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