GPPR Podcast Editor, Brennan Gallagher (MPP '27) chats with Zack Skow, founder of the nonprofit animal rescue Marley's Mutts, to discuss their inmate-canine training program, Pawsitive Change, and the impact it is having on prison culture, reentry, and recidivism.

GPPR Podcast Editor Mitchell Zupko (MPP'25) chats with Devin Gerzof, the Executive Director of Executive Branch Relations and Federal Relations at the American Hospital Association. They discuss the No Surprises Act, site neutral payments, reimbursements, the 340B Program, and more.

GPPR Podcast Editor, Brennan Gallagher (MPP '27) chats with Cassandra Stubbs about her work as Director of the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project and President Trumps Executive Order "Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety."

Join GPPR Podcast Editors Britney Cheung (MPP'26) and Daija Yisrael (MIDP'26) as they sit down with Dr. Francis Johnson, Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, to explore the state of clean energy across household, national, and global levels.

GPPR Editor Mike Saunders (MPM '24) sits down with Danniel Belay to discuss his recent political run for Rockville City Council as the youngest candidate in the race. They talk about forming his policy suite, getting and staying engaged in the local process and beyond, and what it takes to stage a formidable campaign at the local level and beyond.

In this episode, Junior Podcast Editor Ioana Zanchi (MS in Addiction Policy and Practice ‘25) interviews Dr. Vijeth Iyengar, Director of Global Aging at AARP International and nationally recognized neuroscientist and aging health policy expert, to discuss aging as a global mega trend, the concept of the longevity economy, and its local, national, and international policy implications.

GPPR Podcast Editor Amelie D'Hers (MS-DSPP '25) joins Ilana Beller, Organizing Manager at Public Citizen, to discuss the government's role in regulating deepfakes: realistic images, videos, or audio which are generated using artificial intelligence.

GPPR podcast editors cover a variety of stories following the US Presidential election, including an analysis of statements made by presumptive Secretary of Health and Human services on water fluoridation, what drug and addiction policy may look like under a second Trump term, and a look at the Department of Government Efficiency.

GPPR podcast editors cover a variety of pertinent elections-related topics, including the shifting landscape of U.S. party politics, election officials' efforts to counter public misinformation using social media, and the U.S. presidential candidates' economic policy platforms.

GPPR Senior Podcast Editor Bela Walkin (MPP '25) speaks with Dominic Mancini, the Deputy Administrator of OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), about OIRA's role in the federal regulatory process, the differences between career and political civil service, and his own career path through federal government.