Public Interest Podcast

Public Interest Podcast


Latest Episodes

Saving the Bay, One Vote at a Time
July 17, 2019

   Karla Raettig, Executive Director of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters (LCV), and Kristen Harbeson, Political Director of the LCV, speak about their efforts advocating for environmentally progressive legislation in the Maryland state

Preventing Teen Suicide
July 09, 2019

Dawn Bunch, Founder of the Adolescent Peer Support League, speaks about the anxiety-inducing stresses of teenage life and how teens can help each other overcome these challenges.  Post from RICOH THETA. - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA Subscribe and

The Musical Antidote to Depression
July 02, 2019

JJ McGuigan, a musical artist, joins the podcast to reflect on his work as a mental healthcare advocate and how he uses his music as a coping mechanism to address his own struggles with depression and the stigma associated with the condition.  Subsc

Emerging from Rape
June 11, 2019

Saida Desilets, entrepreneur, author of "The Emergence of the Sensual Woman," and a survivor of rape, speaks about empowering victims of sexual violence so that they can recover from their trauma in addition to those who might become a victim of sexual v

Cleaning Up Virginia Politics
June 04, 2019

Scott Surovell, Democratic Virginia State Senator, speaks about his efforts to rid the Potomac River of raw sewage overflow and to prevent environmental catastrophes such as coal ash overflow from occurring in Virginia.  Post from RICOH THETA. - Sph

Education + Transit = Jobs
May 28, 2019

Jim Shea, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Maryland, former Chairman and Managing Partner at Venable LLP, and former Chair of the Board of Regents at the University of Maryland, speaks about how he intends to use greater investment in education and

Healthcare for All
May 27, 2019

Dr. Eric Naumburg, co-Chair of the Maryland chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, speaks about the pressing need facing Americans to provide universal health insurance coverage through a single payer option that he says is the only morally

A Lifetime of Service to Frederick, MD
May 07, 2019

Ron Young , Maryland State Senator [D-3] and former Mayor of Frederick, Maryland, speaks about his decades in public service through elected office in both legislative and executive capacities at the local and state levels. Young also speaks about his ti

Oxford, Cloned Sheep, Iraqi WMD, & Becoming a Baroness, Ruth Deech, British member of the House of Lords
April 30, 2019

Baroness Ruth Deech, life peer and independent legislator in the U.K. House of Lords, former Principal of St. Anne's College at Oxford University, former BBC Governor, former Rhodes Scholarship Trustee, and Honorary Queen's Counsel, speaks about journali

British Rock & Roll, German Altruism, and African Disease
April 23, 2019

Stephan Exo Kreischer, Director of ONE Germany, discusses his involvement in nation-building, advocacy for increased German foreign aid, and his work to reduce the burden of preventable diseases in the developing world. He frames his advocacy efforts to