An Honorable Profession

Host and NewDEAL Leader Ryan Coonerty talks with Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple about a foiled plot last year to kidnap and kill him, utilizing lessons from taekwondo in politics and what to do with 2…

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Nassau County, NY Comptroller Jack Schnirman about what a comptroller does, being a culture changer in office, the behind-the-scenes of candidate fun…

Host and NewDEAL Leader Ryan Coonerty talks with Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger about navigating a financial crisis, using lessons from the 1918 pandemic to respond to today's challenges, and what …

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Cassie Franklin, Mayor of Everett, WA, about living through the pandemic as mayor of the first city in America to identify a COVID case, making intel…

NewDEAL CEO and Host Debbie Cox Bultan talks with California Assemblymember Blanca Rubio about her work supporting small businesses and more during the pandemic legislative sessions, as well as her j…

Host and NewDEAL Leader Ryan Coonerty talks with fellow NewDEALer Rob Werner, Concord, NH Councilmember, and Josh Freed, Senior Vice President for Third Way's Climate and Energy Program. They discuss…

Host and NewDEAL Leader Ryan Coonerty talks with former Senator and co-chair of the Climate Solutions Foundation, Mary Landrieu. They discuss her experience at COP26, her work on climate change, and …

Host and NewDEAL Leader Ryan Coonerty talks with Chester County, PA County Commissioner about his Main Street first approach to leading his community. He discusses his work on the local COVID-19 resp…

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Tom Perriello, Executive Director of Open Society Foundation, on dynamics in the Virginia Gubernatorial election, the key differences from the vote o…

Host Ryan Coonerty talks with Shelby County, TN School Board Member Sheleah Harris about dealing with one of the most challenging times in the history of our education system, navigating the response…

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Connecticut State Senator Will Haskell about his new book 100,000 First Bosses: My Unlikely Path As a 22-Year-Old Lawmaker, highlighting his journey …

Host and NewDEAL Leader Ryan Coonerty talks with St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman about the future of Florida politics, dealing with the heavy impacts of climate change on his coastal city, and wha…

NewDEAL Honorary Co-Chair Senator Chris Coons joins the 100th episode of An Honorable Profession to talk about the importance of the American Rescue Plan, and the need for more investments in America…

NewDEAL CEO and Host Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Robert Garcia, Mayor of Long Beach, about his nationally-recognized work to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, his upbringing as an immigrant, and how…

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Houston School Board Member Anne Sung about the challenges of navigating the return to in-person learning, the importance of finding pathways to succ…

NewDEAL Leader and host Ryan Coonerty talks to Christine Hunschofsky, Florida Representative and former mayor of Parkland, FL, about delivering better access to mental health and substance abuse serv…

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Columbus, OH City Attorney Zach Klein about his journey from growing up in a small town to becoming the city attorney for the fourteenth largest city…

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Vermont Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray about shepherding young folks into public service, her work on championing paid family leave and broadband exp…

Host Ryan Coonerty talks with Lanae Erickson, Senior Vice President for Third Way's Social Policy & Politics Program, about how social media distorts our politics, the importance of smaller cities fo…