Ep. 495 — Rep. Fred Upton
After more than three decades representing his Michigan hometown in Congress, Rep. Fred Upton announced his retirement in a speech on the House floor in April 2022. He joined David to talk about his f...
23 Jun 202258min
Ep. 494 — John Dean
John Dean, former counsel to President Richard Nixon, was directly involved in covering up the Watergate break-in. But he has also been credited with taking down Nixon, thanks to his critical testimon...
16 Jun 20221h 1min
Ep. 493 — Arne Duncan and Curtis Toler
Former US Secretary of Education and CEO of Chicago Public Schools Arne Duncan now spends his days focused on stopping gun violence in his hometown of Chicago through his organization, Chicago CRED. C...
9 Jun 20221h 3min
Ep. 492 — Gov. Pete Ricketts
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts tried to get out of applying to the University of Chicago, as his father wanted, by pretending to forget about the application. His ruse didn’t work, and he ended up at...
2 Jun 202255min
Ep. 491 — Chris Krebs
Chris Krebs was a champion pole vaulter and spent time as a scuba instructor before getting into infrastructure risk management. He ended up as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Sec...
26 Mai 20221h 3min
Ep. 490 — Rep. Jackie Speier
Rep. Jackie Speier got her start in politics working for Rep. Leo Ryan, then a California state Assemblyman. But what started as a high school assignment ended on an airstrip in Guyana, where Rep. Rya...
19 Mai 202255min
Ep. 489 — Shaka Senghor
Growing up, Shaka Senghor wanted to be a doctor. But at age 14, he ran away from his unstable home. By 19, he was in prison. While in prison, he began unravelling his past, seeking to understand how h...
12 Mai 20221h 1min
Ep. 488 — Al Franken
Al Franken has been in the public eye for decades, first as a comedian and then as a senator from Minnesota. Since he resigned from the Senate in 2018 amid sexual harassment allegations—that he has de...
5 Mai 202257min
