Protecting your online identity with Amy Shuart, Head of North American Government Affairs and Policy with Onfido. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 01, 2023•44 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Honoring those who have served and sacrificed with a special Memorial Day episode. Military Fellow and US Air Force Colonel John Christianson, joins me at Off the Record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 29, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 30
From answering calls on Capitol Hill to running the Financial Services Forum, Kevin Fromer has had a classic - and very successful - public policy career in Washington. Along the way, he was the Chief of Staff for the longest serving Member in the House, Policy Advisor to the Speaker, and AsstSec for Legislative Affairs at Treasury during the '08-'09 financial services crisis. He joins me at Cafe Riggs which used to be the lobby for the largest bank in DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
May 18, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 28
How do we ensure the nation's 4700 banks are healthy? What if the 8 GSIP's at the top of the food chain were to fail? My guest next week and his team spend every day working to make sure that doesn't happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 21
From monitoring Putin's disinformation tactics, writing about the destructive earthquakes in Turkey, and figuring out how to get paid for thinking and writing, Erol Yayboke, Director of Fragility and Mobility at CSIS joins me at The Dignitary to explain what it's like to work for a think tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 04, 2023•50 min
Next week’s guest is going to tell us what it’s like to work at a think tank. They play a fascinating role in the federal policy arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Fifty-three years ago this week, a group of activists started the modern-day era of environmentalism, climate control, and sustainability by stealing my birthday and turning it into Earth Day. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of chatting with one of current champions of that cause, former Governor of Maryland and 2016 Presidential candidate, Martin O'Malley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Fifty years ago, a group of "Think Global; Act Local" do-gooders stole my birthday! Next week's guest has a lot to say about why those thieves have failed in their mission to save the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 13, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Ever stopped to think about how much time - or how many miles (!) - you spend moving from place to place on an elevator or an escalator? Me neither. But Amy Blankenbiller does, ands she's working to make those experiences safe and enjoyable for us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 06, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 18
It seems every industry has a trade association. Tune in next week to learn a bit about one you might be taking for granted on a daily basis. Oh, and something very unique happened while recording this one... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 17
This week, we step back from distilling the art of advocacy and have a conversation with the first former Member of Congress to visit 80-Proof Politics. Join me as former Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Bill Archer, shares his public service story on the occasion of his 95th Birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Next week, 80-Proof Politics takes a step back from Distilling the Art of Advocacy for a conversation I recently had with a well-known person in this town who served 30 years in Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Cristina Antelo and Mark Williams didn't know each other until three years ago - in spite of being from the same town, having children the same age, and each heavily involved in Hispanic politic organizations - but found out they are basically the same person from different ends of the political spectrum. Now they run one of the hottest lobby firms in town, Ferox Strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 09, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Two politicos from Dallas walk into a bar... A sneak peek of an informative and highly entertaining conversation with two people who share very similar backgrounds - tho' from opposite ends of the political spectrum - never met until three years ago and are now running one of the most successful lobby firms in town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Tom Sullivan, VP Small Business Policy at the US Chamber, tells us how the smallest businesses in America get their voices heard and their interests protected by the world's largest organization representing businesses. And what it's like to go through a Senate Confirmation process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 22, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 12
First, another exciting announcement about 80-Proof Politics. Then, a sneak peek at our next episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Hear how two friends went from the security of salaried jobs to launching their own firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 10
What does it take to branch out and start your own lobbying firm? These two did just that after decades of working for others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 9
The Executive Director of the National Association of Business Political Action Committees, Micaela Isler, breaks down what PACs are, how they represent the voices of hundreds - even thousands - of like-minded individuals in today's elections, and how the housing financial crisis saved her marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 26, 2023•44 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Next week, 80-Proof Politics returns to its regular schedule with a fascinating conversation with Micaela Isler, Executive Director of the National Association of Business PACs. Here's a sneak peek into that episode. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 19, 2023•3 min
Indigov Chief of Staff - and former House Admin Chief - Jen Daulby on making Congress work better and how you prepare the Capitol for an Inauguration 14 days after an insurrecrtion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 12, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 7
How will official Washington respond to the collapsed house of cards that once was FTX and SBF? What happens to the millions he and his colleagues contributed to political campaigns? Will crypto ever be sexy again inside the Beltway? Let's see... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 05, 2023•21 min•Season 3Ep. 6
It's not that FTX and Bankman-Fried created an entirely new approach to federal advocacy. They literally used every page in the playbook while spending over $200M inside the Beltway. What they did was run a massively accelerated 2-minute offense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 29, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Imagine if you will that you decide to spend $200M in Washington to become a "player." You'd expect some sort of favorable outcome, wouldn't you? Bankman-Fried and FTX sure did. Episode 2 of 80-Proof Politics Behind the Curtain explores what exactly our crypto friend hoped to accomplish by becoming a political force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 22, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 4
We're kicking off a new partnership with Evergreen Podcasts with a special four-part mini series called: 80-Proof Politics Behind the Curtain. In episode 1 I ask the question, "What would you do if you had $3million to spend in Washington DC?" Turns out the answer is "a lot" if you compress the typical advocacy playbook into an 18-month accelerated charm offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 3
There’s exciting news about the future of 80-Proof Politics (cue “The Jeffersons” theme song…). Stay tuned for the big announcement, but in the meantime here’s a taste of the upcoming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 01, 2022•3 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome back! After nearly eighteen months on the social distancing lam, 80-Proof Politics is back with episode 1 of season 3. Longtime distilled spirits lobbyist, Mike Bertman tells us about why he is now betting on himself for once, and making sure he has at least one great idea each day in order to make himself better tomorrow than he is today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 10, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Fresh from the campaign trail in his home state of Arizona - and having his beer delivered to his doorstep during this time of shelter-in-place - Shay Stautz talks about his years as a higher education lobbyist, how he translated that experience into running for Congress, and plowing through colleagues in the office to get his first real policy position on Capitol Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 28, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this special edition of 80-Proof Politics, we touch base virtually with a few of our previous Guestperts to see how they are adjusting a profession built on personal relationships and interpersonal communications to an era of self isolation and social distancing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 20, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 5
From telling federal agency personnel why they can't to now showing them why they should, Matthew Cornelius - three months into his role as Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation - joins 80-Proof at Lost & Found for a pre-coronavirus talk about how being a Duke fan while attending UNC prepared him for working at Treasury, GSA, OMB, and running an association of companies helping to shape innovation in government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 4