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BOOM! Southeastern Commerce

BOOM! Southeastern Commerce

By Adams and Reese

BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast brings together regional business, government and legal leaders to discuss what's new and what's next for commerce in the Southeast.

Each episode, you'll hear an in-depth discussion on issues involving trade, economic development, government, business and transportation/logistics. We explore how these drivers shape our unique regional economy, and we explore how trends and changes might affect business operations throughout the Southeast in the years to come.
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From Port to Airport: New Orleans Economic and Trade Trends

BOOM! Southeastern CommerceNov 22, 2019

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Shaping the Future of Business Operations: Turning Threat into Opportunity

Shaping the Future of Business Operations: Turning Threat into Opportunity

As the fourth wave of COVID surges, businesses are left, once again, wondering what to expect in regards to their staff, clients, office space, and more. In Season 2, Episode 5, Adams and Reese’s Managing Partner, Gif Thornton, and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Tim Volpe, join host, Chris Kane, to recount their experiences as leaders navigating the pandemic, how they overcame challenges, and discuss what may be on the horizon as COVID-19 continues to shape the future of business operations.

Sep 16, 202128:48
Fighting Cyber Crime: The $1 Trillion Invisible Threat

Fighting Cyber Crime: The $1 Trillion Invisible Threat

From supply chains to the boardroom, cybersecurity is impacting our economy. It’s no longer a question of ‘if’ your company will be targeted, but “when” will it happen. In Episode 4, Barry Hensley, Chief Threat Intelligence Officer at Secureworks and Souwei Ford, Atlantic/SE Cyber Team Leader at Willis Towers Watson talk to Roy Hadley and Chris Kane about cyber crimes, how it’s become an invisible economic threat, the questions businesses should be asking, and the actions that need to happen now.

Aug 05, 202141:51
Anchors Aweigh: U.S.S. Mobile Sets New Economic Course for the Gulf South

Anchors Aweigh: U.S.S. Mobile Sets New Economic Course for the Gulf South

Season 2, Episode 3 - The City of Mobile has always played an important role in the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Most recently, the U.S. Navy commissioned its newest combat ship, U.S.S. Mobile, in the city it was built, Mobile. Bradley Byrne, former U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st Congressional District, joins Chris Kane for a discussion on the U.S.S. Mobile, the economic incentives it brought to the Gulf South region, and what’s next for the shipbuilding industry in the United States.

May 27, 202128:03
Mega Sporting Events are Super for the Economy
Apr 20, 202136:26
Road to Recovery: The Revitalization of Restaurants

Road to Recovery: The Revitalization of Restaurants

In Season 2, Episode 1, internationally known Chef and Restaurateur John Folse and Stan Harris, President and CEO of the Louisiana Restaurant Association, joins Chris Kane for a discussion about how the restaurant industry is looking beyond COVID and how the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund will play a role in their recovery efforts.

Mar 22, 202149:06
Silver Linings in a Season of Thanks

Silver Linings in a Season of Thanks

In Episode 13, we take a look back at 2020 and ahead to commerce-related developments for Q4 and 2021 in our final episode of Season 1 of Boom! Chris Kane joins Michael Hecht, President and CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc., and Todd Murphy, President of the Jefferson Parish Chamber of Commerce, for a recap of the past year, looking at the bright side as well as challenges we overcame. From the opening of New Orleans’ new airport to the ways COVID-19 changed our lives beginning this spring, to the impact on schools, music, and sports, we revisit topics that shaped the business world throughout the past year. As the pandemic threatens to hang around for a bit longer, we talk with our guests about what’s on their wish lists for the next set of COVID-19-related legislation, and whether the technology boom is here to stay. 

Nov 23, 202037:43
M-m-m-my Corona! Live Music and Recording Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic

M-m-m-my Corona! Live Music and Recording Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In Episode 12, award-winning record producers and engineers Chuck Ainlay and Jeff Balding talk with Chris Kane about how COVID-19 has impacted the recording and live music industries. After decades of transformative change in these industries, learn how technology is shaping music recording and production and live music events in the midst of the pandemic. Chuck and Jeff share how artists are approaching recording new music safely in Nashville studios and explain the challenges of streaming events to promote new music and generate revenue in this new, uncertain climate.

Sep 28, 202032:35
Game Time? The Return of Sports and What It Means for Athletes and Fans

Game Time? The Return of Sports and What It Means for Athletes and Fans

In Episode 11 of BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast, Nashville’s Brent Dougherty, co-host of 3HL on 104.5 The Zone, and Larry Holder, New Orleans sports columnist for The Athletic, talk to Brad Lampley and Chris Kane about the challenges of the return of fall sports across the Southeast as professional, college and high school leagues are starting their seasons, as well as what the fan experience might be like.

Aug 19, 202037:46
New School Year, New Normal: Balancing Education and Public Safety

New School Year, New Normal: Balancing Education and Public Safety

In Episode 10, Chresal Threadgill, Superintendent of the Mobile County Public Schools System, talks to Chris Kane and Suntrease Williams-Maynard about the challenges that students and administrators face as we approach a new school year in the “new normal.”

Aug 10, 202041:22
Robin Autopilot CEO Talks About Innovation, Social Enterprise and COVID-19 Challenges

Robin Autopilot CEO Talks About Innovation, Social Enterprise and COVID-19 Challenges

In Episode 9 of BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast, Logan Fahey, CEO for Robin Autopilots, talks with Chris Kane and Andrew McBride for a discussion on social enterprise, the innovation behind Robin Autopilot and how the market is shaping during the COVID-19 crisis.

Jul 16, 202024:12
Investment in America’s Infrastructure: How Tennessee is Approaching Challenges and Solutions
Jul 01, 202028:37
Acting Administrator for USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Talks About $1 Billion B&I CARES Act Loan Program

Acting Administrator for USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Talks About $1 Billion B&I CARES Act Loan Program

Mark Bordziski, USDA’s Acting Administrator for Rural Business-Cooperative Service, joins Michael Berson and Chris Kane of Adams and Reese for a discussion about the USDA’s Business & Industry (B&I) Cares Act Program and how it’s helping rural businesses have access to capital during the COVID-19 crisis.

Jun 22, 202027:36
Gary Brantley talks COVID-19, Remote Workforces and Cities of the Future

Gary Brantley talks COVID-19, Remote Workforces and Cities of the Future

In Episode 6 of BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast, Gary Brantley, Chief Information Officer for the City of Atlanta, joins Roy Hadley and Chris Kane of Adams and Reese talk about the role that technology has in helping cities and governments respond to the COVID-19 crisis as well as the role technology will have in shaping cities of the future. Both Gary and Roy helped the City of Atlanta in its response and recovery efforts from the City’s 2018 ransomware attack and are helping to lead the City into the future.

We also put Gary on the “BOOM” Rapid Fire hot seat as we learn more about his book, The Art of Organizational Transformation, his passion for public service, and why he chose the path of technology instead of aeronautics.

Jun 01, 202029:14
Mayor Benjamin Talks COVID-19 Response and the Booming City of Columbia

Mayor Benjamin Talks COVID-19 Response and the Booming City of Columbia

In Episode 5 of BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast, Mayor Steve Benjamin joins LaJoia Broughton and Chris Kane of Adams and Reese for a discussion about lessons learned from the City of Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as what’s next for the booming City of Columbia in regards to social and economic development projects. We also put Mayor Benjamin on the hot seat as we learn more about him, the three I’s of city life (Infrastructure, Innovation and Inclusion), his time as Former President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and what’s next for him.

May 19, 202033:08
Coronavirus & The New Normal: Balancing A Return To Work And Public Health
Apr 20, 202035:55
Looking Above and Ahead: Commercial Drones in the Southeast

Looking Above and Ahead: Commercial Drones in the Southeast

In Episode 3 of BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast, Ken Stewart (AiRXOS) joins Adams and Reese attorneys Chris Kane and Grant Guillot for a look above and ahead at the growing use of commercial drones throughout the Southeast. This episode covers how drones are being used today, what types of regulations are in place, what regulatory and public perception hurdles are preventing further adoption of commercial drones and where the drone industry is expected to expand in the future.

Feb 13, 202032:23
TechSC and its Plan to Help Grow the Tech Community in South Carolina

TechSC and its Plan to Help Grow the Tech Community in South Carolina

Episode 2 of BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast takes us to Columbia, South Carolina, where we join Preston Grisham (TechSC) and Adams and Reese attorneys Jack Pringle and Chris Kane for a discussion on South Carolina's statewide initiative aimed at driving technology growth and innovation. The trio discusses how virtually every company has become a technology company, given the amounts of data they store, as well as the inherent cybersecurity risks for all types of companies in today's interconnected world.

Jan 10, 202030:36
From Port to Airport: New Orleans Economic and Trade Trends

From Port to Airport: New Orleans Economic and Trade Trends

The inaugural episode of BOOM! The Southeastern Commerce Podcast focuses on trade, infrastructure and economic development in New Orleans.

Michael Hecht (Greater New Orleans, Inc.) and Brandy Christian (Port of New Orleans) join Chris Kane and Zach Butterworth of Adams and Reese for a discussion about the city’s job growth, New Orleans’ new airport, the effect of trade wars on the economy and trade, infrastructure challenges and an update on the Public Belt railroad.

Nov 22, 201935:58