Public Interest Podcast

Public Interest Podcast episodes:

• 03.17.2020

  Money's Veil Over the American Dream, Tim Roemer, former Ambassador, Congressman, & 9/11 Commission Member

  Tim Roemer, former Ambassador to India, former Congressman from Indiana, and a former member of the 9/11 Commission, speaks about the insidious influence of money in politics, about free trade, security, and respect through civic discourse.   Ambassador Tim Roemer...

  
• 03.10.2020

  Saving the Children, Mark Shriver, President of Save the Children Action Network

  Mark Shriver, President of Save the Children Action Network, former Maryland state delegate, and biographical author, speaks the importance of early childhood education and development, of his work providing a voice to those without a seat at the political table,...

  
• 03.03.2020

  Weaning America Off of Oil, Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club

  Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, speaks on his efforts to curb climate change by investing in renewable energy and by reducing our dependence upon fossil fuels.   Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:

  
• 02.25.2020

  Sanctuary Cities, Homeless Shelters, & a Growing Tax Base, Ted Wheeler, Mayor of Portland, Oregon

  Ted Wheeler, Mayor of Portland, Oregon, speaks about his work caring for the vulnerable in their search for affordable housing, healthcare, and financial security has led to increased economic security for the citizens of Portland.  Subscribe and leave a review...

  
• 02.18.2020

  Balancing N. Korea, Iran, Baltimore, and Annapolis, Ben Cardin, U.S. Senator

  U.S. Senator Ben Cardin [D-MD] speaks to his time advancing the public interest through elected office both within terms of actual policies that he has enacted and in terms of the anecdotal impact that he has had on citizens' lives....

  
• 02.11.2020

  The Noblest Profession, Peter Franchot, Comptroller of the State of Maryland

  This is the one hundred and fifty-first episode of Public Interest Podcast with Peter Franchot, Democratic Comptroller of the State of Maryland, member of the Board of Public Works, former Delegate representing District 20 in Montgomery County, former Capitol Hill...

  
• 02.04.2020

  Intelligent Design: Artificial Intelligence as a New Species, Roman Yampolskiy, Computer Science Professor

  Professor Roman Yampolskiy, Founding Director of the University of Louisville's Cybersecurity Laboratory, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) will soon surpass humans as the dominant form of intelligence on Earth, in effect becoming the world's first inorganic species. His new take...

  
• 01.28.2020

  Preventing Genocide

  This is the one hundred and thirty-sixth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Dr. Zach Kaufman, Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and former U.S. Supreme Court Fellow, who speaks about genocide as the 'crime of crimes'...

  
• 01.20.2020

  Interdisciplinary Inclusivity, Elizabeth Bradley, President, Vassar College

  Elizabeth Bradley, President of Vassar College and Founder of the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute, speaks about the need for liberal arts institutions to promote diversity, inclusivity, and interdisciplinary learning among the student body. Subscribe and leave a review on...

  
• 01.13.2020

  Beer and Congress, David Trone, Owner of Total Wine & More

  David Trone, owner and co-founder of Total Wine & More and two-time Democratic candidate for Maryland's 8th and 6th Congressional Districts, speaks about entrepreneurship, business, his history of philanthropic giving to the ACLU, and his progressive priorities for Maryland. Post...

  
• 10.08.2019

  Conserving Our Tax Dollars

  Cliff Stearns, former Republican Congressman from Florida, Executive Director of APCO Worldwide's DC office, President of the Association of Former Members of Congress,  former primary liaison between the House of Representatives and the European Parliament, and the former owner of...

  
• 10.01.2019

  Genocide in Sudan: You're Making a Killing with Your Fidelity 401(k)

  Eric Cohen, Founder of Investors Against Genocide, explains the historical origins of the multiple genocides that have been raging in Sudan since 1989. He elaborates upon the ruling regimen's reliance on oil revenue to fund their genocidal campaigns, how PetroChina...

  
• 09.24.2019

  Making Healthcare Affordable, John Colmers, former Maryland Secretary of Health

  John Colmers, former Maryland Secretary of Health, speaks about the unique all payer rate setting health insurance and hospital pricing system in Maryland within the context of its use to contain healthcare costs.  Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:

  
• 09.17.2019

  Doing Business in Ghana

  Humphrey Darke, VP of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), speaks about the importance of creating a competitive business environment though policies made at the highest levels of government.  Discussing the Ghanaian business climate #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH...

  
• 09.10.2019

  In Praise of Reason, Jeff Rosen, CEO of The Constitution Center

  Jeff Rosen, CEO of The Constitution Center in Philadelphia and a law professor at GWU, speaks about the modern day applicability of the U.S. Constitution to everyday life.  Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:

  
• 09.03.2019

  Dialogue, Trust, & Perceptions of America Abroad

  Pete Weichlein, CEO of the Association of Former Members of Congress, speaks about his work facilitating dialogue among legislators and between the public and their elected officials with the goal of fostering trust through respectful, issues-driven debate. Pete Weichlein, CEO...

  
• 08.27.2019

  Patient-Centered Pediatric Pain Relief

  Dr. Zeev Kain, pediatric anesthesiologist and former Chief Medical Officer at UC Irvine, speaks on value driven healthcare and patient-centered care.  Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:

  
• 08.20.2019

  Discerning Quality in Healthcare

  Roberta Winter, founder of HealthPolicyMaven.com and author of "How to Discern Quality Healthcare," speaks about overcoming the managed care backlash of the 1980s and 90s by tying payment reform to quality measurement programs. Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:

  
• 08.13.2019

  Marrying Politics

  This is the ninety-fifth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Jeff Waldstreicher, Maryland state delegate representing District 18 (Chevy Chase, Kensington), who speaks about his work advancing progressive issues pertaining to environmental protection and criminal justice. Subscribe by Email Subscribe...

  
• 08.06.2019

  Walkable, Bike-able, Livable Communities

  Amy Ginsburg , Executive Director of Friends of White Flint, expounds upon the benefits accrued to a community through urban revitalization efforts, mixed use commercial-residential zoning, and the integration of mass transit to create walkable, bike-able, livable communities.  Post from...

  
• 07.30.2019

  Bringing Home the Bacon

  This is the one hundred and twenty-third episode of Public Interest Podcast with Don Robertson, former Democratic Delegate representing Montgomery County in the Maryland House of Delegates, who speaks about the effect that his time in public service had on...

  
• 07.23.2019

  All About Murals, Sewers, & Parking

  This is the eighty-first episode of Public Interest Podcast with Rick Ammirato, Executive Director of the Bethesda Urban Partnership, who speaks about the value of having a daily impact on communities in which he belongs. Subscribe by Email Subscribe and...

  
• 07.16.2019

  Saving the Bay, One Vote at a Time

     Karla Raettig, Executive Director of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters (LCV), and Kristen Harbeson, Political Director of the LCV, speak about their efforts advocating for environmentally progressive legislation in the Maryland state legislature.  Post from RICOH THETA. #theta360...

  
• 07.09.2019

  Preventing Teen Suicide

  Dawn Bunch, Founder of the Adolescent Peer Support League, speaks about the anxiety-inducing stresses of teenage life and how teens can help each other overcome these challenges.  Post from RICOH THETA. - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA Subscribe and leave...

  
• 07.02.2019

  The Musical Antidote to Depression

  JJ McGuigan, a musical artist, joins the podcast to reflect on his work as a mental healthcare advocate and how he uses his music as a coping mechanism to address his own struggles with depression and the stigma associated with...

  
• 06.25.2019

  BTS: Stand Up Comedy in MobTown

  Tommy Sinbazo, one of Baltimore's finest stand-up comedians and the world's best paleontologist, goes Behind The Scenes on Public Interest Podcast to reveal the on-stage spotlight experience.  Tommy Sinbazo, Baltimore stand up comic, provides a behind the scenes look at...

  
• 06.25.2019

  BTS: Stand Up Comedy in MobTown

  Tommy Sinbazo, one of Baltimore's finest stand-up comedians and the world's best paleontologist, goes Behind The Scenes on Public Interest Podcast to reveal the on-stage spotlight experience.  Tommy Sinbazo, Baltimore stand up comic, provides a behind the scenes look at...

  
• 06.18.2019

  Healthcare for All

  Dr. Eric Naumburg, co-Chair of the Maryland chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, speaks about the pressing need facing Americans to provide universal health insurance coverage through a single payer option that he says is the only morally...

  
• 06.11.2019

  Emerging from Rape

  Saida Desilets, entrepreneur, author of "The Emergence of the Sensual Woman," and a survivor of rape, speaks about empowering victims of sexual violence so that they can recover from their trauma in addition to those who might become a victim...

  
• 06.04.2019

  Cleaning Up Virginia Politics

  Scott Surovell, Democratic Virginia State Senator, speaks about his efforts to rid the Potomac River of raw sewage overflow and to prevent environmental catastrophes such as coal ash overflow from occurring in Virginia.  Post from RICOH THETA. - Spherical Image...

  
• 05.28.2019

  Education + Transit = Jobs

  Jim Shea, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Maryland, former Chairman and Managing Partner at Venable LLP, and former Chair of the Board of Regents at the University of Maryland, speaks about how he intends to use greater investment in education and...

  
• 05.07.2019

  A Lifetime of Service to Frederick, MD

  Ron Young , Maryland State Senator [D-3] and former Mayor of Frederick, Maryland, speaks about his decades in public service through elected office in both legislative and executive capacities at the local and state levels. Young also speaks about his...

  
• 04.30.2019

  Oxford, Cloned Sheep, Iraqi WMD, & Becoming a Baroness, Ruth Deech, British member of the House of Lords

  Baroness Ruth Deech, life peer and independent legislator in the U.K. House of Lords, former Principal of St. Anne's College at Oxford University, former BBC Governor, former Rhodes Scholarship Trustee, and Honorary Queen's Counsel, speaks about journalistic integrity, the ethical...

  
• 04.23.2019

  British Rock & Roll, German Altruism, and African Disease

  Stephan Exo Kreischer, Director of ONE Germany, discusses his involvement in nation-building, advocacy for increased German foreign aid, and his work to reduce the burden of preventable diseases in the developing world. He frames his advocacy efforts to alleviate poverty...

  
• 04.16.2019

  Krish Vignarajah for Governor

  Krish Vignarajah, Democratic candidate for Governor of Maryland, reflects on her immigrant past, her legal career, and her time working for Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry. She offers a vision for improving education and business in Maryland as a...

  
• 04.09.2019

  Reducing the Influence of Money in Politics, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman

  This live-audience interview at the Dupont Summit with Dan Glickman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, former Chairman of the US Congress House Intelligence Committee having served 18 years in the US House of Representatives representing Kansas, and former Chairman of...

  
• 04.02.2019

  Soccer Balls that Save Lives and $$

  This is the one hundred and sixth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Gabe Albornoz, Director of the Montgomery County Department of Recreation and former Chair of the MCDCC, who speaks about expanding after-school recreational opportunities especially to children from...

  
• 03.26.2019

  Can Women Actually Get Ahead in the U.S. Army?

  This is the fifty-fourth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Amie Hoeber, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Army under President Ronald Reagan and former GOP candidate to represent Maryland's 6th congressional district, speaks of her years of service on...

  
• 03.19.2019

  Crafts of Precision: Swiss Banks & Diplomacy

  Martin Dahinden, Swiss Ambassador to the U.S., former Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the former Head of Management for the Swiss Foreign Ministry, speaks about his professional transition from Swiss banks and publishing houses to...

  
• 03.12.2019

  Surviving Assassination, Toppling a Dictatorship

  This is the one hundred and seventy-first episode of Public Interest Podcast with Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdes, Chilean Ambassador to the US, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the United Nations and a member of the Security Council,...

  
• 03.05.2019

  Mudslides, Human Rights, & Trade in Peru

  This is the one hundred and sixty-fifth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Carlos Pareja, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States, former Director-General of both the Directorate of Africa, the Middle East, and Gulf Countries and the Directorate of America,...

  
• 02.26.2019

  In Search of Harmony: From Concert Halls to Embassies

  Hynek Kmonicek, Czech Ambassador to the U.S. in his fourth Czech diplomatic post abroad, former Director of the Foreign Affairs Department in the Office of the President, former Ambassador to the United Nations, two-time former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

  
• 02.19.2019

  Multiculturalism vs. Populism in the European Union

  Dirk Wouters, Belgian Ambassador to the U.S. since 2016, former Permanent Representative to the European Union, former Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, former Chief of Staff to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a former Diplomatic Advisor...

  
• 02.05.2019

  Rioting in Baltimore; Nightlife in the 21st Century

  This is the thirty-fifth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Maryland State Delegate Keith Haynes who represents District 44A in Baltimore City as a Democrat and speaks about the daily struggles that his constituents wage to survive institutionalized racism, mass...

  
• 01.29.2019

  Combating Illegal International Wildlife Trafficking

  This is the one hundred and forty-seventh episode of Public Interest Podcast with Jessica Graham, Strategic Policy Advisor for INTERPOL's Environmental Security Program to combat wildlife trafficking globally, former Senior Advisor for the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International...

  
• 01.21.2019

  Time, Treasure, and Talent, Nancy Kopp, Maryland State Treasurer

  This is the one hundred and sixty-seventh episode of Public Interest Podcast with Nancy Kopp, Treasurer for the State of Maryland, Chair of the Commission on State Debt, Chair of the Capital Debt Affordability Committee, one of three members of...

  
• 01.15.2019

  Making Peace in Prisons

  Douglas Noll, a self-proclaimed litigator turned peace-maker, elaborates on the importance and almost magical powers that his own process of active listening on deescalating conflict. He explains how his process is currently being widely utilized by the California criminal justice...

  
• 01.08.2019

  The Story of Our Failing Foster Care System

  Shanandoah Chefalo, author of "Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir," calls attention to a failing American foster care system. Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:

  
• 01.01.2019

  Latino Immigration in Maryland

  Ana Sol-Gutierrez, Maryland State Delegate [D-18], speaks about her work advancing the causes of Latin American immigrants in Maryland. Post from RICOH THETA. #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:

  
• 12.25.2018

  NATO, Navy, & the Maryland Legislature

  Will Smith, Maryland State Senator [D-20], speaks about his political coming of age and his service as an attorney in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Senator will Smith explains how he became involved in law, the Navy, and local politics #theta360...