In our thirtieth episode of The Crux, Mike and Gary welcome Dave Samson, general manager of public affairs at Chevron Corporation and future global vice chair of corporate affairs at Edelman. They discuss public trust, internal communications and marketing.

In our twenty-ninth episode of The Crux, we welcome Charlene Wheeless, former principal vice president of global corporate affairs of Bechtel Corporation. We discuss the Arthur Page Society’s 2020 agenda, an organization's purpose and prioritizing health.

In our twenty-eighth episode, Gary and Mike welcome Leslie Gaines-Ross, chief reputation strategist at Weber Shandwick, to discuss trends of managing, maintaining and improving corporate reputation.

In our twenty-seventh episode, Gary and Mike interview Boston University professor and political media consultant Dr. Tobe Berkovitz. They discuss political communications strategies in the 2020 presidential primaries and look ahead to the 2020 general election.

In our twenty-sixth episode, Gary and Mike interview their good friend Mike O’Neill, chief corporate affairs officer at American Express. At the time this episode airs, Mike is set to retire in a few weeks, so they talked about his favorite memories working at AMEX and Small Business Saturday.

In our twenty-fifth episode, Gary and Mike have the special honor of interviewing their adult children, Sarah Sheffer and Will Fernandez, two Millennials who care about change and purpose in communications. Sarah is the senior communications officer at Refugees International, and Will is a WPP Fellow at Wunderman Thompson.

In our twenty-fourth episode, Gary and Mike interview Boston University alum and former chief official White House photographer Pete Souza. They talk about Pete’s two books, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents and Obama: An Intimate Portrait, as well as how we became the White House photographer for two U.S. presidents.

In our twenty-first episode, Gary and Mike interview Ethan McCarty, CEO of Integral Communications Group, to discuss the importance of internal communications.

This week, Gary and Mike interview Alex Dimitrief to talk about value and purpose. Alex is the former General Electric CEO outside of the United States. Today, he is a lecturer at Harvard Law.

In our nineteenth episode, Mike and Gary interview Jackie Gingrich Cushman, the author of the new book, “Our Broken America: Why Both Sides Need to Stop Ranting and Start Listening.”

This week, Gary and Mike interview Anne Marie Squeo, SVP and Chief Communications and Brand Officer of Xerox, to discuss Xerox's transition from digital to physical.

Marc Cloosterman, CEO of VIM Group, stops by The Crux to talk about branding with Gary and Mike.

In our fifteenth episode, Mike and Gary interview Roger Bolton, the president of the Arthur W. Page Society and former senior vice president of communications at Aetna, to talk about the Page Report, titled, The CCO as Pacesetter: What It Means, Why It Matters, How to Get There.

In our thirteenth episode, Mike and Gary interview Karen Doyne, a crisis PR expert who has handled situations like America's first Ebola diagnosis.

In our twelfth episode, Mike and Gary sit down with Mitchell Zuckoff, BU journalism professor and critically acclaimed author, to talk about his latest book, Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11, which was recently picked up by ABC for a limited-TV series.

In our eleventh episode, Mike and Gary talk about the role of politics in business, and interview Joe Nocera, acclaimed American business journalist and author and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.