The Gallup Podcast

As a global health crisis takes its toll on the U.S., the country's economy and workforce are taking a massive hit. How will the COVID-19 outbreak and response change the U.S. economy when it's all over? Gallup Principal Economist Jonathan Rothwell joins the podcast to offer a glimpse of the situation from an economist's lens, discussing the skyrocketing U.S. unemployment rate, the economic relief package passed by Congress and more.

Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton and economist Anne Case join the podcast to discuss their new book, "Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism." Case and Deaton's vast research -- on the destabilization in the American family, the rise of addiction and suicide, and other key social, economic and wellbeing shifts over time -- paints a grim picture of how U.S. capitalism in its current form no longer works for the U.S. working class.

What are the essential conditions for startup companies to succeed? And why are entrepreneurs so integral to job growth? Charles Fred, CEO of TrueSpace, and Jennifer Maher, CEO of 1776, join the podcast to talk about the future of U.S. entrepreneurship.

About one in four Americans report having cut back on meat in their diet. What ramifications does this have for the U.S. agriculture industry? And are plant-based meats merely a fad, or are they here to stay? Julia Moskin, a veteran food reporter at The New York Times, and Laura Reiley, a reporter covering the business of food at The Washington Post, join the podcast to help us digest Gallup's latest findings.

Bill Novelli -- former CEO of AARP, former president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and current co-chair of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care -- offers his takes on the varied health challenges facing the U.S. today. How do efforts to combat the vaping epidemic today compare with his early efforts to reduce youth smoking? And what are the challenges for end-of-life care in the U.S.?

How can U.S. workplaces navigate the major societal and political shifts the country is currently undergoing? Why is establishing a workplace culture so important? How have workplace norms changed? Johnny C. Taylor Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Society for Human Resource Management, joins the podcast to discuss how U.S. employers can facilitate a thriving workplace in the new decade.

What is the state and future of higher education in the U.S.? University of Texas System Chancellor James Milliken joins the podcast to share his perspective, based on more than 30 years of leadership experience in higher education. How are leaders in higher education working to ensure career preparedness for college graduates? And how are they navigating a public decline in confidence in higher education and concerns about affordability? What is higher education's role in the U.S., and why is it important to society?

One of the most important topics Gallup has committed to researching is wellbeing, studying its benefits and what contributes to wellbeing across the world. Gallup Senior Scientist Ed Diener joins the podcast to unpack what Gallup has learned. What does an individual stand to gain from caring about their wellbeing? And what can leaders of businesses and nations alike do to boost it?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was the architect of the 1994 GOP strategy to retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives after 40 years of Democratic control. How does Gingrich reflect on the political earthquake a quarter of a century later? How did he spend his decade-plus in the House minority leading up to the 1994 midterms? And how does he look back on the impeachment hearings he oversaw as speaker in the 1990s amid the impeachment hearings taking place today?

Jonathan Rothwell, Gallup's Chief Economist and host of "Out of the Echo Chamber," joins the podcast to discuss his new book, A Republic of Equals, in which he offers a formula for a more just society. How can the U.S. create greater equality of opportunity and expand markets to curb the growth of the 1%? And how does the issue of housing overlap these two goals? Are the political right and left blaming the wrong scapegoats for U.S. inequality?