Conversations

Is Your Work Worth It?

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Larry Gennari talks with co-author Jennifer Tosti-Kharis about her new book, Is Your Work Worth It?, a revealing exploration of the questions we ask and the stories we tell about our work.

According to recent studies, barely a third of American workers feel “engaged” at work, and for many people around the world, happiness is lowest when earning power is highest. After a global pandemic that changed why, how, and what people do for a living, many workers find themselves wondering what makes their daily routine worthwhile.

This essential book combines inspiring and harrowing stories of real people with recent scholarship, ancient wisdom, arts, and literature to help us clarify what worthy work looks like, what tradeoffs are acceptable to pursue it, and what our work can contribute to society.

Fifteen Cents on the Dollar

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Larry Gennari and Doug Banks talk with authors Louise Story and Ebony Reed about their new book, Fifteen Cents on the Dollar, a sweeping, deeply researched narrative history of Black wealth and the economic discrimination embedded in America’s financial system.

Fifteen Cents on the Dollar follows the lives of four Black Millennial professionals and a banking company founded with the stated mission of closing the Black-white wealth gap. That company, known as Greenwood, a reference to the historic Black Wall Street district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, generated immense excitement and hope among people looking for new ways of business that might lead to greater equity. But the twists and turns of Greenwood’s journey also raise tough questions about what equality really means.

LIT: Life Ignition Tools

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Larry Gennari and Doug Banks talk with author, Jeff Karp about his book, LIT: Life Ignition Tools, and how we can break free from the routines that limit our thinking and creativity.

In an age of convenience and information overload, it’s easy to go through the motions, pressured, distracted, and seeking instant gratification rather than harnessing our potential for meaningful and impactful lives. In LIT, Jeff Karp, Ph.D., professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and biotech innovator, helps us look to nature as a vital source of humankind’s best wisdom, most inspired action, and greatest good. 

No Right to an Honest Living

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Larry Gennari talks to Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jacqueline Jones, about her new book, No Right to an Honest Living, and the roots of Black entrepreneurialism in Boston.

In No Right to an Honest Living, historian Jacqueline Jones reveals how Boston was a place where the soaring rhetoric of egalitarianism was easy, but justice in the workplace was elusive. Before, during, and after the Civil War, white abolitionists and Republicans refused to secure equal employment opportunity for Black Bostonians, condemning most of them to poverty. Still, Jones finds, some Black entrepreneurs ingeniously created their own jobs and forged their own career paths. 

Walk Ride Paddle

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Larry Gennari of Gennari Aronson shares insights from authors and innovators. Today, Larry talks with US Senator and author Tim Kaine, about his new book, Walk Ride Paddle.

Join Senator Tim Kaine on an epic journey into the faraway nearby. This captivating memoir of travels through Virginia’s wilderness blends adventure, reflection, and political insight.

Over a period of several years, Senator Kaine undertook a three-part journey across the Virginia landscape as he hiked, cycled, and canoed across the state.  Walk Ride Paddle is his chronicle of a journey that became an organic reflection of the extraordinary events occurring across America during that time, including impeachment trials, a global pandemic, growing racial protests, the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and more.

Actual Malice

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Larry Gennari of Gennari Aronson and Doug Banks from the Boston Business Journal talk with author Samantha Barbas about her new book, Actual Malice.

Actual Malice tells the full story of New York Times v. Sullivan, the dramatic case that grew out of segregationists’ attempts to quash reporting on the civil rights movement. In its landmark 1964 decision, the Supreme Court held that a public official must prove “actual malice” to win a libel lawsuit, providing critical protections for free speech and freedom of the press.
 
Samantha Barbas tracks the saga behind one of the most important First Amendment rulings in history. As the Sullivan doctrine faces growing controversy, Actual Malice reminds us of the stakes of the case that shaped American reporting and public discourse as we know it.

The Little Book of Robo Investing

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Larry Gennari of Gennari Aronson shares insights from authors and innovators. Today, Larry talks with Elizabeth McBride, co-author of The Little Book of Robo Investing.

You don’t need a ton of detailed knowledge about the financial and investment sectors to make impressive returns. This book walks you through how to use techniques like automation, diversification, and indexing to manage your risk and keep things absurdly simple.

Perfect for working professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, young and old,  The Little Book of Robo Investing is a straightforward, engaging, and fun read that will get you ready to put your money to work intelligently and responsibly.

Paved Paradise

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Larry Gennari of Gennari Aronson and Doug Banks from the Boston Business Journal share insights from authors and innovators. Today, they talk with Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise, an engaging and entertaining book on the impact of parking on our society.

Grabar tells a mesmerizing story about the strange and wonderful superorganism that is the modern American city. In a beguiling and often absurdly hilarious mix of history, politics, and reportage, Grabar brilliantly surveys the pain points of the nation’s parking crisis, from Los Angeles to Disney World to New York, stopping at every major American city in between. He reveals how the pathological compulsion for car storage has exacerbated some of our most acute problems—from housing affordability to the accelerating global climate disaster—ultimately, lighting the way for us to free our cities from parking’s cruel yoke.

Sea Ahead

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Larry Gennari and Doug Banks from the Boston Business Journal talk with SeaAhead co-founder and Executive Director, Alissa Peterson, about the important work her company is doing in the Blue Tech arena.

SeaAhead was formed to bring together entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders, and stakeholders to provide support infrastructure and access to funding for the blue economy.

Watch this great discussion to learn more about their mission and the exciting growth of blue tech.