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80-Proof Politics
by Evergreen Podcasts
On any given day in Washington, DC, policy proposals are created, debated, and decimated by tens of thousands of people and organizations working behind the scenes. Each week one of these advocates and I will visit a DC watering hole and distill the art of advocacy by pulling back the curtain a bit and taking a look at how they play their part in this sausage factory we call our federal government. So, if you’re at all interested in how the sausage is made, pull up a chair, grab a drink, and join us for the next 30 minutes or so. After all, what goes better with sausage than a tall cold one?
Episodes
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Protecting your online identity with Amy Shuart, Head of North American Government Affairs and Policy with Onfido.
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
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Memorial Day edition with USAF Colonel John Christianson, Military Fellow at CSIS.
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
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Looking after the GSIBs with Kevin Fromer, President and CEO of the Financial Services Forum.
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...
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Kevin Fromer Sneak Preview
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
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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.
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....
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Next week's sneak peek
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
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A conversation with Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley about the need for a Sustainability Scorecard
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...
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Next week's sneak peek
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
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Chatting (at an undisclosed location...) about safe building transportation with Amy Blankenbiller, Executive Director of the National Elevator Industry, Inc.
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...
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Next week's sneak peek
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
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A Conversation with Chairman Bill Archer on the Occasion of his 95th Birthday
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.…
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A sneak peek at next week's episode
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
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Creating a Successful Team From Opposite Ends of The Political Spectrum with Cristina Antelo and Mark Williams
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...
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Next Episode Sneak Peek
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...
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Looking After America's Small Businesses with Tom Sullivan, VP Small Business Policy at the US Chamber
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...
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80-Proof Politics is officially a Big Whig! Plus, a sneak peek at our next episode.
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
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A visit to Fight Club with Bill Bates and Scott Sudduth
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
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Washington Navigators Preview
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
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Exploring the role of PACs with Micaela Isler, Executive Director of NABPAC
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...
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Episode 8 Preview
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...
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Bringing Congress into the 21st Century with Jen Daulby, Chief of Staff for Indigov
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
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Behind the Curtain - Now What?
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...
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Behind the Curtain - The Playbook
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...
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Behind the Curtain - Players Need a Goal
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…
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Behind the Curtain - Becoming a DC Player
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...
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Season 3 Teaser
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
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Navigating DC with a swamp pilot: Keeping the "why" in focus with Mike Bertman, Founder and President of Swamp Pilot Strategies, LLC.
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…
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Remotely conversing with former longtime higher ed advocate and congressional candidate, Shay Stautz
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...
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Drinking Alone: Advocacy in the Time of Coronavirus
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...
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Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation, talks about encouraging acquisition at the speed of technology within the federal government. At Lost & Found.
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...
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Having cut his teeth with Bobby Kennedy at the DoJ and his Senate office, Arnold Fege - Founder & President of Public Advocacy for Kids - spent two years as a reporter in Vietnam before finding his true passion as an educator & advocate for kids
Arnie Fege and I sit down for a pre-quarantine conversation and drink at The Hamilton to discuss his rich experience in Washington, and how his formative policy years with one of the true leaders of the '60s led him to create and run one of the premier education advocacy organizations in DC.…
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Learning to connect before you communicate with Mark Bayer, President - Bayer Strategic Consulting and Host of the podcast "When Science Speaks." At Siné Irish Pub in Arlington, VA.
Mark Bayer, President of Bayer Strategic Consulting, host of "When Science Speaks," and self-proclaimed persuasion nerd explains why it's important to connect before you communicate. He joins us at Siné Irish Pub in Arlington, VA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Kicking off Season 2 with Josh Martin - VP Government Affairs, American Defense International - at Tortilla Coast
We open Season 2 of 80-Proof segment by introducing a new feature we call NextGen Advocates with Josh Martin, VP Government Affairs - American Defense International. And what better place to share his story of nearly twenty years on the Hill than at Tortilla Coast. Learn more about your ad…
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From parking lot attendant to WH Counselor to the President. Wrapping up Season 1 with Ed Gillespie at Landini Brothers
We put the wraps on Season 1 with Ed Gillespie, Chairman, SVC Public Affairs. From Senate parking lot attendant to WH Counselor to the President with a few political and advocacy stops along the way, Ed has lobbied and been lobbied. He shares his public affairs insights with us at Landini…
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Applying strategic public affairs to regulatory actions and avoiding road hazards at an undiscosed location with Stuart Roy, President - Strategic Action Public Affairs.
In the second of our final three-part series on applying strategic communications, Stuart Roy, President - Strategic Action Public Affairs, adds the unique perspective of creating support for clients who face regulatory actions, helping clients restructure internal communications, and how to…
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Tackling the fear of dealing with the media at the Boxcar Tavern with John Feehery, Partner with EFB Advocacy.
In episode 14 of 80-Proof Politics, we're joined by John Feehery, Partner with EFB Advocacy, at The Boxcar Tavern. John talks about how his rich history of working for the Speaker of the House, other politic leaders, and even the Motion Picture Association of America taught him not to fear the...
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Brenda Becker, Sr VP Global Government Affairs with Boston Scientific, talks about her time working for a major healthcare associaiton and then the Vice President.
From a state association to the White House, Brenda Becker of Boston Scientific tells us why she always wanted to be a lobbyist and why social media is the toilet bowl of the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Talking campaign work and crisis management with Matt Miller, Partner with Vianovo and former DoJ Spokesman at Founding Farmers.
Matt Miller started as a 16-yr old page on Capitol Hill and worked his way through several state and federal campaigns before becoming the spokesman for A.G. Eric Holder the Obama Department of Justice. He joins me at Founding Farmers to discuss how decades as a political communications director...
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Lobbying DC from the West Coast. Jennifer Poulakidas of UCLA talks about leaving Washington after 26 years.
Our Guestpert for episode 11 is Jennifer Poulakidas, Assoc. Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations with UCLA. Jenn recently moved to L.A. after a long successful advocacy career in DC, and tells us about lobbying the federal government from three time zones away. Learn more about...
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Making a 34-year advocacy career at one company with Kent Wells, VP of Federal Relations -- AT&T, at Cactus Cantina.
Counter to the 80-Proof adage that DC thrives on very diverse resumes, we revisit an old haunt, Cactus Cantina, with Kent Wells who talks about his 34 years with AT&T, how technology may change but certain lobbying techniques don't, and how pointy elbows can jump start a career. Learn more about...
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Chatting with The Queen of the Internet, Shane Tews, at Equinox
In episode 9 of 80-Proof Politics, I’m joined by Shane Tews - President of Logan Circle Strategies at one of the consistently top-rated restaurants in DC, Equinox. Shane shares her experiences in campaign work, representing the distilled spirits trade association, and her two decades as “The…
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The world of healthcare policy with Jim Smith, President of The Potomac Policy Group, at The Dubliner
In episode 8 of 80-Proof Politics, Jim Smith - President of Potomac Policy Group - joins me at the heart of Irish hospitality, The Dubliner. He talks about the enormity and depth of the healthcare policy world in Washington, working in political campaigns, being a Congressional Chief of Staff…
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Helping the Good Do Better through social advocacy with Tom Sheridan, CEO and Founder of The Sheridan Group, at Supra.
Tom Sheridan, CEO and Founder of The Sheridan Group, discusses his new book, "Helping the Good Do Better," in which he distills the art of social advocacy, explains how to build a coalition of social cause groups and keep them from undermining their own efforts, and how to teach U2's Bono who is...
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DoE contract capture with Sean Todd, Founder and President of Fox Potomac Resources at The Tombs.
Distilling the Art of Agency Advocacy, mixed with a bit of Capitol Hill lobbying. Sean Todd talks with us about catching the green bug in L.A., the value of putting yourself in position to raise your hand and say, "I can do that", having the risk appetite to strike out on your own, and being the...
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Learning how to navigate DC at Del Frisco's with Nadeam Elshami, 25-year veteran of Congressional Leadership politics.
Nadeam Elshami, Policy Director - Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schrek, and one of Politico's "30 Most Powerful People in Trump's DC," talks about lessons learned during his lengthy career serving top Democrats in both the House and the Senate and how those lessons help him serve clients trying to find...
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Strategic public affairs with Ron Hutcheson at Shaw's Tavern
Ron Hutcheson, Managing Director - H+K Strategies, talks about the importance of the policy value proposition, representing the International Olympic Committee and Princess Haya of Jordan, and why creating a surround sound for a lobbying campaign is key to global public affairs. Learn more about...
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The world of higher education advocacy with Sarah Spreitzer at The Front Page
Sarah Spreitzer, Director of Government and Public Affairs for the American Council on Education, talks about representing the presidents of 1,700+ colleges and universities with a staff of six, and why a graduate degree in Medieval Architecture is the perfect training for becoming a lobbyist....
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Glenn LeMunyon and client representation at the Tune Inn
Our Guestpert on this week's 80-Proof Politics is Glenn Lemunyon, Founder and President of The LeMunyon Group, LLC. Glenn talks to us about representing clients, lobbying budget issues and appropriations, and how not to order beer at the Tune Inn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Running a Trade Association with Craig Purser at The Majestic Cafe
The inaugural episode of 80-Proof Politics features Craig Purser, CEO and President of the National Beer Wholesalers Association who shares with us how one of the top trade associations in DC translates the operations of 1700+ beer wholesalers into federal policy and why the beer industry is...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
On any given day in Washington, DC, policy proposals are created, debated, and decimated by tens of thousands of people and organizations working behind the scenes. Each week one of these advocates and I will visit a DC watering hole and distill the art of advocacy by pulling back the curtain a bit and taking a look at how they play their part in this sausage factory we call our federal government. So, if you’re at all interested in how the sausage is made, pull up a chair, grab a drink, and join us for the next 30 minutes or so. After all, what goes better with sausage than a tall cold one?
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