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fireside chat

American  

noun

  1. an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.


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Early this month, SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said in a fireside chat that they want to “make IPOs great again,” including by easing disclosure requirements for small issuers.

From Barron's

Yet Gutierrez’s fireside chat with OpenAI’s intellectual property and content chief Tom Rubin was collegial, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I am being dead serious,” Vance said in a Nov. 20 fireside chat with Boyle that was livestreamed on the White House YouTube channel, calling him “the most well-sourced journalist in Washington, D.C.”

From Salon

Cleveland Fed President Hammack and Atlanta Fed President Bostic take part in fireside chat at Dallas Fed conference, starting 12:00 p.m.

From MarketWatch

Gov. Michele Bullock is scheduled to join a fireside chat at a forum in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal