13th & Park
"13th & Park" hosts insightful conversations with special guests covering a broad range of topics from politics and government, to technology, culture, economics and the media. Listeners eavesdrop on what feel like private conversations featuring the savviest and most highly regarded minds in the country. The show, co-hosted by media veterans Adam Goodman and Justin Sayfie, is produced by Ballard Partners in the Ballard Studios in Washington DC.
Episodes
235 episodes
Can Congress Save College Sports Before It's Too Late? Senator Eric Schmitt Says Yes | 13th & Park
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a conversation that moves from a viral SportsCenter moment to one of the most personal stories in the United States Senate. Schmitt, a former two-sport college athlete, made ...
Audrey Tang: Designing AI to Unite Us, Not Divide Us | 13th and Park
Audrey Tang, Taiwan's former digital minister and one of the world's most recognized civic technologists, joins Adam Goodman and Amy Tong on 13th and Park for a conversation about artificial intelligence, democratic renewal, and how to move a d...
The Tech Mindset Every Governor Needs to Hear, From California's Former CIO Amy Tong | 13th & Park
Amy Tong, former California Chief Information Officer and Secretary of Government Operations, and now a Partner with Ballard Partners and Chair of the Emerging Tech and AI Policy Group, joins Adam Goodman and co-host Anthony Williams at Ballard...
Ambassador Mike Waltz on Iran, Cuba, and Reforming the UN | 13th and Park
Ambassador Mike Waltz, the 32nd U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former Green Beret, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on American diplomacy, the reform of the United Nations, and the foreign policy vi...
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall: From Delivering Babies to Diagnosing What's Broken in DC | 13th & Park
Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas joins 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation rooted in service, values, and the practical demands of governing. A fifth-generation farm kid and first-generation college student, Marshall spent 25 years as...
Jim Allen on Hard Rock, Sports Betting, and the Future of Gaming | 13th and Park
Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming and Hard Rock International Chairman, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on the global expansion of Hard Rock, the rapidly shifting gaming landscape, and a life journey that beg...
Governor Tate Reeves on the Mississippi Miracle and Elon Musk's $20B Bet | 13th and Park
Governor Tate Reeves of Mississippi joins Adam Goodman and co-host Will Russell on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on conservative governance, economic development, and what he calls the Mississippi Miracle. The episode covers how...
Pollster John McLaughlin on the Midterms, Democrats, and What Voters Really Want | 13th & Park
John McLaughlin, one of America's most prominent political pollsters and a longtime advisor to Donald Trump, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of American politics heading into the 2026 midterms. M...
Tim Scott on Defending the GOP Senate Majority in the Midterms | 13th & Park
Senator Tim Scott, Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on the 2026 midterm landscape, the Republican Senate majority, and the personal journey that shaped...
Jane Horton: Gold Star Wife Fighting for America's Fallen Families | 13th & Park
Jane Horton, senior advisor in the Office of the Secretary of War and Gold Star wife of Specialist Christopher Horton, joins 13th and Park for a deeply personal and policy-driven conversation on sacrifice, military family readiness, and what Am...
Bob Pudney of Black Sea Technologies on the Future of Naval Warfare | 13th & Park
Bob Pudney, President of Black Sea Technologies, joins 13th and Park to discuss how autonomous and unmanned surface vessels are redefining naval power. A Naval Academy graduate and 21-year veteran of surface warfare and naval special operations...
Pat Condo on Building AI We Can Actually Trust | Seekr CEO on 13th & Park
Pat Condo, CEO of Seekr Technologies, joins 13th & Park for a wide-ranging conversation on artificial intelligence, national security, and why the next great power competition may be decided not by who builds the smartest AI, but by who bui...
Abe Sutton, Director of The CMS Innovation Center, on "Making Healthcare Logical" | 13th & Park
Abe Sutton, Director of the CMS Innovation Center and Deputy Administrator at CMS, joins Adam Goodman and Alison Anway on 13th & Park to break down one of the most consequential but least understood corners of the federal government: the ag...
Chairman Jim Risch on Foreign Policy, Nuclear Energy, and America's Future | 13th & Park
Senator Jim Risch, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and one of Washington's most experienced voices on global affairs, joins 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on American foreign policy, nuclear energy, veterans, a...
Port of Long Beach CEO Noel Hacegaba: Why America's Ports Are The Economy in Motion | 13th & Park
Noel Hacegaba, CEO of the Port of Long Beach, joins 13th and Park for a conversation on global trade, supply chain resilience, and how the Port of Long Beach handled 2.3 million container units in the first quarter of 2026. That makes it the bu...
Congressman Mike Thompson on War, Veterans, and the Fight for Healthcare | 13th and Park
Congressman Mike Thompson joins Anthony Williams on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation recorded at Ballard Studios' remote location in Sacramento, California. A Vietnam War veteran who earned a Purple Heart, Thompson reflects on how ...
Patrick Kennedy & Collin Gage on Addiction, Mental Health, and Fixing a Broken System | 13th & Park
Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy and Collin Gage, CEO of ARMR Sciences, join Alison Anway, Ballard Partners Health Policy Chair, for a candid and deeply personal conversation on addiction, mental health, and the fentanyl crisis reshaping Amer...
Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Makes His Case for Governor of California | 13th and Park
Xavier Becerra, former California Attorney General, HHS Secretary, and 12-term Congressman, joins 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on his campaign to become Governor of California. Running to be the first Latino elected governor in...
Rep. Chris Deluzio on Youth Sports, Corporate Greed & the American Dream | 13th & Park
Congressman Chris Deluzio, a Naval Academy graduate and second-term representative from Pennsylvania's 17th District, joins 13th and Park for a candid conversation on economic power, the cost of living, and what he believes the government owes ...
A Selfie Could Save Your Life: Helfie AI's Case for Early Detection | 13th & Park
George Tomeski, founder and CEO of Helfie AI, and Dr. Ranya Habash, a physician and former healthcare technology leader with Microsoft, join 13th and Park to make the case for a fundamental reimagining of how Americans access and engage with th...
FDA's Kyle Diamantis on MAHA, Additives & Fixing America's Food Supply | 13th and Park
Kyle Diamantis, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food, joins Adam Goodman and Allison Amway on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on what it means to oversee roughly 80% of the American food supply. Diamantis explains how the administrati...
The MAHA Insider: Calley Means on Chronic Disease, Big Food, and Healthcare Costs | 13th & Park
Calley Means, advisor to HHS and co-author of Good Energy, joins 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on why America is the most chronically diseased society in human history and what it will take to change that.Means, a former...
"We're Back at It" - NASA's Jared Isaacman on the Moon, Mars, and What Comes Next | 13th & Park
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins 13th & Park for a wide-ranging conversation on America's space program, the race back to the moon, and what it will take to reach Mars.Isaacman pulls back the curtain on Artemis 2, including t...
U.S. Representative Seth Moulton on Combat, Congress, and Running for the U.S. Senate | 13th & Park
Congressman Seth Moulton joins 13th & Park for a candid conversation on leadership, service, and the future of American politics.A former Marine officer who served four tours in Iraq, Moulton reflects on the defining moments that sh...
Steve Hilton on Running for Governor of California & Building a Majority for Change | 13th and Park
Steve Hilton, Trump backed candidate for Governor of California, joins 13th & Park to discuss his campaign and why he believes the state is ready for change.Hilton explains why he sees a growing majority of Californians who believe ...
