David D. Brown, JD, PhD, is the host of the hit podcasts "Business Wars" and "Business Wars Daily" from Wondery. He is author of "The Art of Business Wars" (2021, Harper Collins).
Brown is former anchor of the Peabody award-winning public radio business program “Marketplace”, and a veteran public radio journalist for more than three decades.
Brown has covered national and international affairs for NPR and PRI’s MonitoRadio from bases in Atlanta, Boston, London, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. He has reported on location from - and anchored documentaries on - the “Rising Powers” of Brazil and India, and he is also founder and host of the cultural journalism program “Texas Music Matters” and co-founder and host of "Texas Standard". Brown has received numerous RTNDA/RTDNA Murrow awards, National Headliner Awards, AP Broadcast honors, a Webby Award, and two Grand Prizes from the International Radio Festivals for his coverage of business, the Presidency, nuclear proliferation, Hurricane Harvey, immigration and the "border wall", the end of the Soviet Union, the fall of Enron, soldiers with PTSD, the confirmation of Clarence Thomas, biographies of Janis Joplin, Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt and many more. He is a contributor to NPR and his features and commentary have appeared on ‘All Things Considered’, ‘Morning Edition’, CNBC's 'Power Lunch' and other national TV and radio programs.
Brown earned his PhD in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, his Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law, and is an active member of the California and U.S. Supreme Court Bars. He is also a veteran of the Americorps program, providing legal assistance to the indigent in the Shenandoah Valley.
