The time has come for us to pull back the curtain on what your hosts do for their jobs, and SHOCKER! it's not full-time podcasting...quite yet.  Maria's our guest this week, and she's going to take you inside one of those "inside" jobs-- lobbying.  Lobbyists are an integral and frustrating part of the political process, but they aren't all so bad. Maria sheds light on what the job really entails, and also helps contextualize the differences between a lobbyist, a public policy professional, and those loud political armchair experts you all see on your feeds!