Yamiche Alcindor and David Marchick on a Transition Like No Other Yamiche Alcindor interviews Transition Lab’s regular host, David Marchick, about this historic transition period. Read More
Chris Liddell on Trump’s Transition Out of Office In this episode of Transition Lab, Chris Liddell talks about managing a delayed post-election transition, his experiences working with the Biden team and how he reacted to the recent attack on the Capitol. Read More
Yohannes Abraham on Leading the Biden Transition In this episode, host David Marchick spoke with Abraham about leading the Biden-Harris team, the lessons he has learned from previous transitions, and how the country’s health and economic crises have affected his work. Read More
Phil Schiliro and Candi Wolff on the Senate’s Role in a Presidential Transition In this episode, host David Marchick speaks with Schiliro and Wolff about how legislative affairs teams help move presidential nominees through the Senate, the slow Senate confirmation process and how President-elect Biden might manage his relationship with the Senate in 2021. Read More
The Biden Transition to Power In this episode of Transition Lab—the first to focus on the Biden transition to power—host David Marchick asks Ted Kaufman to discuss Biden’s transition planning process. Read More
Representative Derek Kilmer on Congressional Modernization and Transitions During this episode of Transition Lab, Kilmer joined host David Marchick to discuss the panel’s recommendations for increasing civility, bipartisanship and trust among members of Congress, helping new members transition from campaigning to governing and better preparing the institution for emergencies such as the ongoing pandemic. Read More
State of the Transition: An Update With Ken Burns, Josh Bolten and Eric Rauchway Host David Marchick, along with award winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, former George W. Bush chief of staff Josh Bolten, and historian Eric Rauchway, reflects on the current state of the transition, the costs of delay and how this moment will be remembered. Read More
Melody Barnes on the 2008 Transition and What Lies Ahead for the Biden-Harris Team In this episode of Transition Lab, Melody Barnes joined host David Marchick to discuss post-election transition planning, how new administrations plan and implement policy and why we need a smooth transfer of power today. Read More
How Does the GSA “Ascertain” the Outcome of an Election? An Inside Look at the GSA, Ascertainment and the 2000 Election On this week’s episode of Transition Lab, host David Marchick unpacks the contested 2000 presidential election with David J. Barram, who served as administrator of the General Services Administration from 1996-2000. Barram discusses the process of ascertainment, his work during the 2000 election and how that contest differed from the 2020 race. Read More
John Podesta on the 2020 Presidential Transition John Podesta talked to Transition Lab Host David Marchick about his transition experiences during victorious and unsuccessful elections, offered advice on political and judicial appointments, suggested climate change will be high on Joe Biden’s agenda if he wins and discussed the challenges Biden may face with the Trump White House if he becomes the president-elect. Read More