Podcasts and Summaries
The Economic Club of Florida podcast provides an extended platform for discussion to educate, engage, and empower citizens on important economic, political, and social issues. Major topics include the economy, business, investment, politics, public policy, government, education, entrepreneurship, healthcare, defense, space, and sports. New podcast episodes are published monthly.
The opinions expressed on The Economic Club of Florida podcast are those of its guest speakers and members and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Economic Club of Florida.
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“Florida’s ‘Booming’ Economy” | Clark Mica, President of the Institute of Makers of Explosives | June 25, 2024
“We look at the roads, the bridges, the infrastructure, the neighborhoods, the cities, the skyscrapers, none of those things could be built without the aggregate
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“The Opportunity Capital in Florida’s Rocket Ship Economy” | Saif Ishoof, Founder and Managing Partner of Lab22c | May 16, 2024
“Florida is a global economy, sitting at number 16 in the world, with a clear path to get to number 10 within the next decade
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“Towards Precision Medicine Therapies and Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases” | Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Professor and Enterprise Chair of Mayo Clinic’s Department of Neuroscience | April 2, 2024
“This is the epidemic of the century… where the number of cases will exponentially increase without cures.” Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Professor and Enterprise Chair of
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“The Radical Consequences of a Digital Economy” | Bob Rice, Managing Partner of Tangent Capital Partners | March 21, 2024
“This is a clarion call. This is a five-alarm fire. It’s not going away. You can’t ignore it out of existence. It’s going to fundamentally
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“The Challenges of Leadership in Our Times” | Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta | February 6, 2024
“We could see an American Renaissance or we could see an American decline.” Panetta Institute for Public Policy Chairman Leon Panetta discusses the growing challenges and
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“Driving Florida’s Sports Economy” | Angela Adams Suggs, President and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation | November 7, 2023
“It’s not just professional sports…but also includes our recreational, our leisure sports, our amateur sports, and our collegiate landscape.” Angela Adams Suggs, President and CEO
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“Energy of the Future” | Armando Pimentel, President and CEO of Florida Power and Light Company | October 5, 2023
“It makes sense for our customers to reduce the amount of natural gas that we’re burning at Florida Power and Light and increase the amount
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“The Economics of Culture” | Bill Yeargin, President and CEO of Correct Craft | September 12, 2023
“When you have employees that are engaged, employees that are part of something that’s bigger than themselves, they perform really well.” Bill Yeargin, President and
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“It All Starts with Dredging” | Lasse Petterson, President and CEO of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company | August 24, 2023
“What we should do is to build very high dunes and very wide beaches after storms. That costs more and maybe the funding is not
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“What’s in a Name? Perspectives on Name, Image, and Likeness” | Panel Discussion | July 27, 2023
“NIL has definitely been able to help me provide for myself and pay for my education here alongside of my softball scholarship.” A panel that