Texas Senator and GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz joins Tammy and Betsy to discuss the status of his presidential run. @trailtalkpod @Haddadmedia @bfischermartin @tedcruz

Tammy Haddad talks with Kailash Satyarthi who has devoted his life to ending child slavery and fighting child labor and poverty. He was recognized for his work in 2014 with the Nobel Peace Prize alongside fellow childhood education activist, Malala Yousafzai. Kailash brought his message to Washington, D.C. in June. He sat down with Washington Insider to discuss how he discovered and continues to pursue his lifelong mission.

Acclaimed political strategists Bob Shrum and Rob Collins take us inside the war rooms of the presidential campaigns, before a live audience at Georgetown's landmark Dog Tag Bakery. @trailtalkpod @HaddadMedia @bfischermartin @collins_DC @bobshrum @featurestory

G.O.P. presidential candidate Carly Fiorina candidly shares her thoughts on the 2016 race and her candidacy with Tammy and Betsy. Journalist Simon Marks also weighs in on the latest action in the race to the White House. @TrailTalkPod

Veteran TV producers Tammy Haddad and Betsy Fischer Martin present TRAIL TALK, the up close news from the 2016 presidential campaign trail. This inaugural episode of TRAIL TALK features conversations with potential 2016 presidential hopeful Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Beau Willimon, screenwriter and show runner of the Netflix hit political thriller, HOUSE OF CARDS. Futures episodes will feature strategists, journalists, lawmakers, pollsters and the candidates themselves, exploring what it takes to get elected, how policy decisions are made, and why it matters.

Jon Favreau (right) and Jon Lovett (left), former President Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton speechwriters - who also created the comedic presentations for President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner - discuss what it takes to make the President the funniest person in the room.

What role does race play when covering the White House? April Ryan, a White House correspondent since 1997, Washington Bureau Chief for American Urban Radio Networks, and author of THE PRESIDENCY IN BLACK AND WHITE, has never hesitated to ask presidents the hard questions on race relations in America. Only five generations removed from her ancestors who were slaves – and working in a White House built by slaves – April shares her thoughts about covering three presidents and representing those who for too long have been removed from America’s power centers.

Actor, director, writer and producer Chris Addison talks about the peril and benefit of creating an hilarious video that teamed U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Selina Meyer, fictional vice president of HBO's VEEP, played by comic genius Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The result was a masterpiece that brought down the house at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Captain Richard Phillips, the hero of the Maersk Alabama hijacking, shares his thoughts with Washington Insider's Tammy Haddad on what happens when one is thrust into the media spotlight in Washington, DC.

How can celebrities champion policy inside the Beltway? Madam Secretary star Tim Daly and Robin Bronk, CEO of the Creative Coalition, join Washington Insider's Tammy Haddad to discuss the important role Hollywood celebrities play in shining a light on policy issues important to them and many other Americans.