This month we’re taking a deep dive into the hearing held by the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Anti-Trust. We’ll be joined by our Director of Communications and friend of the pod, Ashley Durkin-Rixey for some background on the anti-trust investigation, a recap of the hearing, and what this could mean for our members. And, of course, we’ll be hitting tech history, the top tech headlines in DC, and our random identifiers.

This month we're diving into the European Commission’s recent antitrust actions against Apple’s App Store and Apple Pay services. We're sitting down with our founder, Mike Sax, to discuss what this competition issue means for our members. We're also discussing the launch of our recent study on the state of the App Economy in Europe, as well as member company imagiLabs and their dedication to increasing the number of women working in STEM. And of course we're talking tech history and running though the top tech headlines in Brussels!

This month we’re talking about the role we have to play in answering the call for racial justice. We’re sitting down with our executive director, Chelsea Thomas, to discuss our commitment to stand with the Black community by looking within ourselves, our neighborhoods, and our workplaces and examining our roles in perpetuating injustice. We will also be joined by Qyana Stewart of member company GlobalForce Tech Consulting to talk about her experience as a Black woman in tech and her newly launched non-profit for young women interested in computer science education and workforce development. And, of course, we’ll be hitting tech history, the top tech headlines in DC, and our random identifiers. You can listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or our website!

This month we're releasing our first international Tech Swamp episode with our Europe team: Mike Sax, Morgane Taylor and Anna Bosch! We're discussing all things EU members and policy, what the upcoming Digital Services Act means, and how ACT EU member, Wello- a health startup, is fighting childhood obesity. We're also discussing tech history and the top tech headlines in Brussels.

This month we’re talking all things FCC with friend of the pod and FCC expert Alex McLeod. We’re covering everything from the FCC’s Connected Care Pilot Program to the 5G upgrade order and more. And, of course, we’ll be hitting tech history, the top tech headlines in DC, and our random identifiers.

This month we’re sitting down with senior global policy council, Brian Scarpelli, to talk about our Connected Health Initiative and the work being done around telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re talking the hill, FDA, and more! But first we’re going to hit tech history and run though some DC headlines.

This month we’re talking about what’s on everyone’s minds: COVID-19. First, we’re getting a quick rundown on the latest happenings on the Hill from senior policy director and friend of the pod Graham Dufault. Then your hosts and friendly neighborhood membership team are talking all things COVID-19, which includes: what agencies like the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are doing to help small biz, what our members are doing to help their communities, content and resources we’re providing members, and more.

This month we’re sitting down with Paula Bruening to talk data privacy! Paula is a Privacy Fellow with the ACT | The App Association’s non-profit arm the Innovators Network Foundation and is ready to talk GDPR, CCPA, and all the other privacy related acronyms you can imagine. And of course, we’re going to hit tech history and run though some DC headlines.

This month we’re sitting down with the president of ACT | The App Association, Morgan Reed, to talk through the ins and outs of the Office of the National Coordinator for the Health IT’s interoperability and information blocking rule. And of course, we’re going to hit tech history and run though some DC headlines.

This month we’re hitting you with a 2020 forecast for our friends on Capitol Hill – a Hillcast if you will. We’re sitting down with friend of the pod and senior director for public policy, Graham Dufault to talk end of year funding, privacy, trade and more policy area predictions for 2020. But first we’re going to hit tech history and run though some DC headlines.