Hope, Finance, & Empowerment with Delta CEO; “Spiritual Opium”; Out of Juice

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business News, News, Investing, Business

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After 17 months and three vaccines, Covid cases continue to tick up, even in the U.S. Senate. Operation Hope Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant offers a progress report of his nonprofit’s efforts to alleviate financial strain on American workers amid the pandemic; he’s partnered with various U.S. corporations to provide financial coaching to employees. Delta CEO Ed Bastian attests to the impact this initiative has had for his own employees. Bastian also discusses maintaining Delta workers’ physical wellbeing with vaccination policies for passengers. Plus, China is cracking down on video games, and Pepsico is shelving its juices. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on our podcast.
0:09.0	17 months, three vaccines later, COVID cases once again ticking up.
0:14.0	Half the country is still theoretically infectable easily.
0:18.6	Masking, unmasking contact tracing, even in the Senate.
0:23.0	As the virus wears on relieving workers' economic stress,
0:26.8	Operation Hop Bryant on corporate partnerships for financial wellness.
0:31.0	We're asking CEOs and the government to treat this like
0:35.2	they did health wellness 10 years ago. Our health care 20 years ago are the right to
0:39.6	vote even 70 years ago as a must to do.
0:43.0	And Delta CEO Ed Bastion.
0:45.0	This is life changing for a lot of people that are running out of hope
0:48.0	their opportunity to reclaim control over their financial foundation.
0:53.0	Plus, Delta's leader on passenger vaccinations.
0:56.0	It's required now to travel internationally to most markets around the world.
1:00.0	Here in the U.S. I don't think it's necessary. We carry a delta, we carry millions of people
1:04.8	a week safely.
1:06.8	Those stories and China squeezing video game makers and Pepsico out of juice.
1:11.8	You know me, lots of ice coffee in the morning.
1:14.0	That's as good as it gets from me.
1:15.8	It's Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021.
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