Today’s guest is Melika Carroll, Vice President of Global Affairs and Public Policy at Cohere, an enterprise AI company tackling some of the biggest policy challenges in technology and energy across the globe. Melika also serves as Chair of Reliability First, lectures at The Washington Campus, and co-founded the Global Women’s Innovation Network.

Peter Scher joins as today’s guest. Peter serves as Vice Chair at JPMorgan Chase, where he and his team have developed one of the most respected corporate affairs operations in the industry.  Tune in as he unpacks the origins, evolution, and guiding philosophy behind their approach, and addresses key geopolitical and domestic challenges now facing major American corporations.  This episode also features his candid thoughts on Broadway musicals.  

Hosts: David Castagnetti & Brody Mullins

Producer: Regina Anderson

Republican media strategist Kevin Madden joins “Inside Influence” to talk about how he helps clients get their message out in today’s fractured media environment, how companies bypass the mainstream press to develop their own content and why he still gets the Wall Street Journal delivered to his driveway each morning. 

Hosts: David Castagnetti & Brody Mullins

Producer: Regina Anderson

On the first episode of “Inside Influence, The Evolution of Corporate Affairs,” David Castagnetti and Brody Mullins unpack how Donald Trump’s second term differs from his first, debate whether influencing him is really chess or just checkers, and explore what a Democratic win in the 2026 midterms could mean for public affairs.

Hosts: David Castagnetti & Brody Mullins

Producer: Regina Anderson

For 50 years, Republicans and Democrats in Washington agreed on helping the US economy grow. Looking out for the business community was widely viewed as a very good thing. No more. The rise of populism on the right and left poses a threat to corporate America that has not been seen in a century.