{"id":40802298510,"date":"2026-10-10T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802298510"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:37:05","slug":"erik-fleming-podcast-interviews-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/erik-fleming-podcast-interviews-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Fleming Podcast Interviews Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Roberts, MBA, specialist professor in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Real Estate, was recently interviewed for episode 12, season 14, of the podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/nbgpodcastnetwork.com\/podcast\/a-moment-with-erik-fleming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Moment with Erik Fleming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the episode, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nbgpodcastnetwork.com\/podcast\/a-moment-with-erik-fleming\/episode\/audacious-provocation-featuring-guy-uriel-charles-and-rick-roberts\">Audacious Provocation<\/a>,&#8221; Fleming hosts Harvard Law professor Guy-Uriel Charles, co-editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/9780262060431\/america-unfinished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance<\/a>, to discuss the audacious idea of being &#8220;one people,&#8221; the evolution of voting rights, and proposals like proportional representation to protect political voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second segment, which begins at 55:55 of the podcast, Fleming welcomes back Roberts, a former Federal Reserve economist, to explain the economy in plain terms\u2014inflation, Fed policy, interest rates, AI, energy, and tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode closes with the host&#8217;s reflections on policing, the death penalty, and the moral stakes of justice in America. 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