Join hosts Emma Ractliffe and Austin Unruh as they explore what’s broken in our food system, and what it looks like to build something better. Visit agrarianfuturespod.com to join our email list for a heads up on upcoming episodes and bonus content. Agrarian Futures is produced by Alexandre Miller, who also wrote our theme song. Instagram: @agrarianfuturespod Twitter: @agrarianfutures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/103857304/
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The Deal podcast network brings The Deal’s award winning coverage in M&A, activist investing, private equity and restructuring to your airwaves. With a suite of offerings, including Activist Investing Today (hosted by Senior Editor Ronald Orol), Drinks With The Deal (hosted by Senior Writer David Marcus and Senior Reporter Bill Meagher), Behind The Buyouts (hosted by Senior Reporters Steve Gelsi, Nikitha Sattiraju and Senior Writer Chris Nolter) and Fresh Start (hosted by Senior Reporter Ste ...
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Drinks With The Deal: Rob Kindler of Paul Weiss on Career, Connectivity
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23:43Rob Kindler, an M&A partner at Paul Weiss, discusses his career as an M&A lawyer and banker, doing deals at Morgan Stanley and the importance of lifelong connectivity.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Eldar on Anti-Activist Pill Evolution
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23:11When corporations install anti-activist poison pills they are less likely to implement new share buybacks and their operationally-focused capital expenditures tend to be higher, UC Berkeley School of Law professor Ofer Eldar explains.By The Deal
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Breaking the Beef Monopoly with Cole Mannix of Old Salt Co-Op
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59:12What do we lose when our food comes from nowhere in particular? For Cole Mannix, that question is at the heart of his work. He’s part of Old Salt Co-op, a group of ranchers outside Helena, Montana working to unseat Big Beef—not with billion-dollar backing or slick marketing, but with community, collaboration, and a commitment to place. In today’s e…
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Drinks With The Deal: Joele Frank on Building an M&A PR Behemoth
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29:55Joele Frank discusses how she came to public relations and her approach to growing her own firm.By The Deal
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Behind the Buyouts: Solomon's Shea on Residential and Facilities Services Frenzy
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31:36Solomon Partners head of business services Tim Shea discusses private equity's growing interest in residential and facilities services and dealmaking activity in the market in 2025.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Okapi's Goldfarb on Client Service, Firm Launch
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37:46Bruce Goldfarb, CEO and president of Okapi Partners, discusses launching the proxy solicitor in 2008 and how the client service skills he learned working in his father's dry cleaning business are relevant on Wall Street.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Petillo-Decossard Talks Changing Firms, Work-Family Balance
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33:55Kimberly Petillo-Decossard, the co-head of M&A at White & Case, discusses building her career, her decision to change firms and how her husband's willingness to retire from his career as a banker has been pivotal to her success.By The Deal
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Behind The Buyouts: TSG's LeComte on Consumer M&A in 2025
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25:53TSG managing director Pierre LeComte dives into the consumer-focused firm's investment strategy.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Debevoise's Regner Discusses Delaware Amendments, Mentor
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20:55William Regner talks about legal amendments enacted last month and what he learned from Debevoise's Meredith Brown.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Gottfried Seeks Disclosure Regime Revamp for Activism
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24:51A disclosure regime set up for hostile takeovers and tender offers needs to be completely revamped for today’s modern activism campaign environment, defense adviser Keith Gottfried explains.By The Deal
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Lessons Learned Roadtripping Through a Divided America with Anthony James
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52:46It’s no secret our world is in upheaval right now—climate disasters, political unrest, economic uncertainty. But in the midst of it all, there are also stories of resilience, adaptation, and new ways forward. That’s a theme Anthony James, host of The Regen Narration Podcast, has explored deeply. From an extended road trip across the U.S., interview…
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Drinks With The Deal: Chardan's Barudin Calls SPAC Market Normal
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33:17Managing director Guy Barudin of Chardan Capital Markets discusses how the investment bank has navigated the SPAC sector. Guest hosted by Bill Meagher, senior reporter.By The Deal
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Bringing Money Back Down to Earth with Claude Arpels
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32:02If we want regenerative farms and food businesses to thrive, we have to talk about money. How do we help them grow without forcing them to sell out their values? That’s exactly what Claude Arpels - and Slow Money NYC - is working to solve. Claude has spent years rethinking investment strategies to support regenerative food systems. After a first ca…
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Drinks With The Deal: Fried Frank’s Luftglass Talks About Mentors, Delaware Law
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35:04Scott Luftglass, an M&A litigator and vice chairman of Fried Frank, talks about mentorship, how he developed a specialty in Delaware corporate litigation and the proposed changes to the state's corporate law.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Lazard's McMaster Talks Corporate Splits, Approach to Banking
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27:59Mark McMaster, the global head of M&A at Lazard, discusses his career as a banker and his work with several companies that have created significant value by breaking themselves up.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Mansouri on 'Defensive Refreshes,' Independent Boards
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19:39Richard Mansouri, who recently joined Arkhouse, discusses the phenomenon of companies replacing problem directors only when activists show up and why board members often just aren't independent.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Hunton's Danon Talks Firm Culture, Associate Goals
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29:33Sam Danon, the managing partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, talks about the importance of firm culture, what associates want out of a law firm and how building his litigation practice helped him establish credibility as a manager.By The Deal
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Behind the Buyouts: Searchlight's Frey Unpacks Firm's Fiber Strategy
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31:18Searchlight Capital partner Andrew Frey discusses the firm's investment in Ziply, its preference for backing existing telephone companies over greenfield fiber and trends in telecom deals.By The Deal
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Behind the Buyouts: American Securities' Wolff on Industrials Rebound
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31:04American Securities president and managing director Scott Wolff dives into the firm's approach to investments and value creation, its specialty chemicals platforms and the industrial sector's slow recovery.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Paul Weiss' Lu Talks Dual-Class, M&A, Multiple Insurgents
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16:41Carmen Lu, a partner focused on activism defense at Paul Weiss, discusses why one should never assume multiclass share companies are 'bulletproof' from activists, and she offers views on M&A and tech activism, plus white squire defenses.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Cleary's Gerstenzang Talks AI's Effect on Legal Practice
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26:29Michael Gerstenzang, managing partner at Cleary Gottlieb, believes generative AI will fundamentally change the practice of law. Our conversation with Michael is the second in a four-podcast miniseries with law firm leaders.By The Deal
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Behind The Buyouts: Brightstar's Weinberg on Generational Wealth Transfer
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31:15Brightstar founder and CEO Andrew Weinberg discusses the firm's investment strategy for family- and founder-owned businesses and its focus on resilient industry verticals.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Davis Polk's Barr Discusses Compensation, Comcast
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30:15Neil Barr, chair and managing partner of Davis Polk, talks about the logic behind the firm's 2020 change from lockstep compensation, his work for Comcast and why being a tax lawyer helped prepare him to run his firm. Our conversation with Neil is the first in a four-podcast miniseries with law firm leaders.…
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Behind the Buyouts: FEP's Esposito on Family-Owned Franchise Opportunities
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39:06Franchise Equity Partners founder and co-managing partner Michael Esposito dives into the investment firm's growth since its launch in 2021; its investments in restaurants, residential services and the auto aftermarket; and M&A expectations for 2025.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Freshfields' Murti Talks About Associate Years, Changing Firms
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31:37Sanjay Murti, an M&A partner at Freshfields in New York, discusses how he approached being an associate, the grueling year before making partner and his decision to lateral to Freshfields from Cravath.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Anson's Gupta Talks TMT Sector Focus
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25:31Sagar Gupta, who oversees Anson Fund's activism activities, discusses why sector specialization is vital for an activist, and he also talks about recent campaigns at Twilio, Globalstar and Lionsgate.By The Deal
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Financing Native Food Sovereignty with Skya Ducheneaux
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52:28On this show, we’ve talked a lot about how traditional banking and financial systems make it tough for new farmers or those without direct land ownership to get a fair shot. But those challenges run even deeper for agricultural producers in Indian Country. Enter Skya Ducheneaux, who’s tackling these barriers head-on as the leader of Akiptan—the fir…
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