Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO of the Meridian International Center, joins the podcast to discuss the organization’s focus on trade this year. Where do trade relations between the U.S. and China currently stand, and how should the U.S. shape its longer-term global trade strategy? Later, Politico’s chief economic correspondent Ben White discusses what President Donald Trump gets right about the U.S. position on global trade. Where does the U.S. stand after withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal?

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox joins the podcast to discuss the state of Mexico and its place in Latin America and the world. How has the Mexican economy changed since his time in office? What effect has the Central American migration crisis had on the country, and how does he think the U.S. and Mexico can work together to address it?

Sixty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in U.S. schools was unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. Cheryl Brown Henderson -- daughter of the plaintiff in the case and president of Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research -- joins the podcast to look back on the landmark decision and what education and life were like for black Americans before and after Brown v. Board. How has the decision impacted schools today, and where is there still more work to be done?

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker joins the podcast to offer his assessment of what he believes would be the best outcome for U.S. affairs in Afghanistan. What changes have Afghans seen in their lives since the U.S. invasion in 2001? Later, retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal discusses the U.S. policy approach to the Afghanistan War. This special episode is part of Gallup’s series on Afghanistan.

Eighteen years after the attacks on 9/11, how did the geopolitical forces behind the attacks take shape? Gallup Senior Adviser George Friedman joins the podcast to discuss his analyses of the pre- and post-9/11 events that shaped the U.S. and the world. What does Friedman view as the most important global events to watch for in the future?

Gallup finds that Americans are opposed to admitting Washington, D.C., as a U.S. state. But the district’s delegate in Congress remains steadfast in her 28-year mission for statehood. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton joins the podcast to explain why she feels the district needs to become a state, how she’s been able to work across the aisle and what she’s learned in nearly three decades on the Hill.

Andrew Young -- former U.S. congressman, mayor of Atlanta, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and ally of Martin Luther King Jr. -- joins the podcast to discuss his life and career.

Gallup has polled on LGBT issues since 1977 -- and some of its findings have marked the largest shifts in U.S. public opinion Gallup has recorded. LGBT activist Cleve Jones joins the podcast to provide context to Gallup’s earliest findings, and discusses how Americans’ views have changed in the decades since.

Peter Georgescu’s story -- as a refugee, political prisoner and later, the CEO of an iconic American company -- has shaped his views on capitalism. What does Georgescu think needs to be done to fix capitalism in the U.S.? And where do socialist ideas fit into his view?

How do residents in fragile communities view law enforcement and the legal system? Do they feel that people like them are treated fairly? Gerard Robinson, executive director of the Center for Advancing Opportunity (CAO), joins the podcast to discuss the findings of “The State of Opportunity in America,” the latest report from Gallup and CAO. Later, Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester talks about her bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation. Can Republicans and Democrats come together on this issue in a polarized political environment?