Host & NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Minnesota Senate Assistant Minority Leader Melisa Lopez Franzen about her work in the legislature to pass police reform and address systemic gaps as we recover from the pandemic, and her take on what must be done to overcome partisan divides.

Host Ryan Coonerty talks with Pennsylvania Representative Jordan Harris, who is leading on police and criminal justice reform in his state. They talk about his role as the Democratic Caucus Whip, his work to build a big tent party in Pennsylvania, and his success in building a bipartisan coalition to reform the criminal justice system.

NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Montgomery County, MD Councilmember Will Jawando, a national leader on police reform, about building transparency and accountability for law enforcement, the impact of the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, and how to ensure we rebuild equitably post-COVID.

In a special Earth Day episode, NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Norfolk, VA Councilmember Andria McClellan about her work to address flooding and build resiliency against the impacts of climate change in her hometown.

Host Ryan Coonerty talks with Kansas City, MO Mayor Quinton Lucas about his journey from childhood homelessness and poverty to heading a major American city, his work to invest in his city's at-risk youth, and address financial instability with affordable housing and free public transit.

NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Natalia Macker, Chair of the Teton County, WY Commissioner, about her vision for achieving a more equitable society as Wyoming builds back better from the pandemic, and her work to support women through policy and encourage them to lead for progress.

Host Ryan Coonerty talks to Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley about the challenges she's steered her city through, including the tragic mass shooting in 2019 that claimed 9 lives, and her work to use government as an instrument for good.

NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Dan Garodnick, former NYC councilman and author of the upcoming book "Saving Stuyvesant Town", a story of a neighborhood coming together for a major victory for affordable housing.

NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke about his experience responding to pandemic challenges, which left him often working in opposition to his state's policies, and leading his city through the 2015 terrorist attack on local military bases that left five servicemembers dead.

Host Ryan Coonerty talks with Michael Tubbs, former mayor of Stockton, CA, about his incredible personal story of overcoming the odds to become the first black mayor of his city, the youngest mayor of a major US city, and the innovative leader that brought Stockton out of bankruptcy and piloted universal basic income.