The Gallup Podcast

Why can't equity in the U.S. be discussed without talking about white supremacy? Ronald Mason Jr., the ninth president of the University of the District of Columbia, joins the podcast to discuss race in America, inequality and more.

Do ideas about wellbeing vary around the world? Gallup’s partnership with the Wellbeing for Planet Earth Foundation reconceptualizes the idea of wellbeing from a global perspective. This week’s guests include:•Alden Lai, Executive Adviser to the Wellbeing for Planet Earth Foundation and Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy and Management at NYU•Joe Daly, Gallup Senior Partner•Ed Diener, Gallup Senior Scientist

Americans' satisfaction with their life has taken a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic -- but their anticipation of their future life remains intact. How can people use life challenges as opportunities for personal progress? Gallup Senior Scientist and Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, Arthur C. Brooks, joins the podcast to discuss maintaining happiness during a pandemic.

Is the U.S. heading into a recession or a depression? And how is the global crisis affecting China's role as the world's leading manufacturer? Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group and host of "GZERO World with Ian Bremmer," joins the podcast to discuss the global and U.S. economies, how artificial intelligence has endured disruptions from the coronavirus, and more.

How have U.S. workers handled disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak? And how have key measures like employee engagement and wellbeing fared? Jim Harter, Gallup’s Chief Scientist on Workplace and Wellbeing, joins the podcast to break down Gallup’s latest findings.

How has Americans' wellbeing been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak? And what impact has the crisis had on how people rate their current lives and their anticipated futures? Dan Witters, research director of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index, joins the podcast to break down Gallup's findings on U.S. wellbeing in the age of COVID-19.

Many facets of U.S. work and life have had to adapt to changes resulting from the outbreak of the coronavirus -- and this includes how Gallup polls Americans every day. What are the challenges of collecting data during an international health crisis? And what have we found in the thousands of interviews we have done since the beginning of the pandemic?

How can the true economic pain from the COVID-19 pandemic, beyond the U.S. unemployment rate, be measured? Gallup Principal Economist Jonathan Rothwell returns to the podcast.

How cyclical are U.S. events and history? Gallup Research Adviser George Friedman joins the podcast to discuss his new book, "The Storm Before the Calm." Pointing to key moments in history, Friedman argues that the country cyclically finds itself in a state of crisis every 80 years -- and that these moments are drivers of major change as the U.S. "reinvents itself, in a form both faithful to its founding and radically different from what it had been."

Like COVID-19 itself, there is much uncertainty about the full impact and future rebound of U.S. and global markets. CNBC's Seema Mody joins the podcast to offer her perspective in covering the economic fallout. How are world economies weathering the storm? And which are the hardest-hit industries?