In my second interview with the Director of Global Equity Products for Jefferies & Co. since May of last year, we contrasted the much changed economic and investment landscape. Topics discussed includes the game changer called Lehman, the forces of deleveraging, the impact of ETFs on their underlying holdings, and the sectors and styles in and out of favor.
My interview with the author of "Quantitative Strategies for Achieving Alpha" explored the value proposition for quantitative strategies, predictive elements of quantitative analysis, how to incorporate quantitative analysis into traditional fundamental analysis, and utilizing a multi-factor approach. 
In my second interview with the Chief Economist at Strategas Research Partners we explore the probabilities of multiple economic Ws, the importance of monitoring interest rate sensitive industries, capex for signs of economic stability, and the multiplier effect of the monetary and fiscal stimulus, and the need for global coordination of economic stimuli. 
In his first Beyond the Sound Bite interview last April, the Chief Investment Strategist for Ned Davis Research accurately portrayed the markets with his maximum underweight in equities and other insightful comments. In this interview, we get an updated perspective from Tim, which is considerably more optimistic than last spring. 
Today's Planet Money interview discussed two factors related to the Japanese economy: the effect felt from the US Senate's rejection of the auto bailout and currency issues.
I was able to catch the the President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (www.itif.org) between his meetings with the Obama transition team for a most informative discussion that included his views on the importance of productivity enhancing public policy, the intricate blend of old fashioned consumer demand, industrial style infrastructure spending, and technological tax policy, and the key role innovation economics can play in producing sustainable growth for the US economy.
My interview with the Chief Market Technical Analyst for Miller + Tabak includes the conditions necessary for a successful stock market bottom, the positive secular story for commodities (especially agriculture), attractive market action in water related companies, and a dismal longer term outlook for financials and info tech and telecom.
My conversation with Standard and Poors' Equity Research Chief Investment Strategist includes how stocks tend to perform when one party controls government, fourth quarter of an election year stock performance, first year of a new administration and stock performance, and the earnings estimate split between bottom up analyst forecasts versus top down driven estimates.
