Getting to the Bottom of It

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter speak with a member of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission about the problems that have disrupted DC's 911 response system, potentially putting residents at risk.

On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Max Porter and Lizzie Jensen speak with a pair of GW historians to learn about the University's football team and why it no longer exists.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter speak with executive board members of GW College Democrats and GW College Republicans to discuss their plans to mobilize student voters.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter speak with members of GW's Fashion Business Association and the program associate at the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum to better understand the University's new textiles class offered this fall and the potential new textiles and dress studies minor offered next fall.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter provide a recap of the summer's top news stories and spoke with Hatchet News Editors to better understand how these stories will progress in the fall.

On this week’s episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, podcast co-hosts Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter discussed D.C. officials' plan to clear a homeless encampment in Triangle Park on Virginia Avenue between 21st and 22nd streets on May 15. They spoke with Shelly Byers and Kurt Johnson, who live in the encampment, and Yannik Omictin, a member of a local governing body that opposed the cleaning, to...

On this week’s episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Lizzie Jensen spoke with Higher education expert Sandy Baum about the implications of the recently announced increase in GW tuition for the 2024-25 school year

On this week’s episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Lizzie Jensen spoke with GW TRAiLS guides and executive board members Spencer Wilcox, Liz Hartmetz and Jenna Brown about the organizations positive benefits for mental health amidst midterms.

On this week’s episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Lizzie Jensen spoke with author, activist and executive director of Campaign Zero, DeRay Mckesson, on his opposition to the new proposed DC crime bill.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Lizzie Jensen spoke with GW professor of physics, Neil Johnson, on his recently published research outlining the future of Artificial Intelligence and how "bad-actors" can use it to manipulate information.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Lizzie Jensen recaps the season's notable moments of men's and women's basketball teams with the Hatchet Sports team — Sports Editor Sandra Koretz and Contributing Sports Editor Ben Spitalny.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Host Lizzie Jensen speaks to executive board members -- Erin Anderson, Amy Longtan and Lucia Kustra-- of GW's first and only human sciences fraternity, Delta Iota Gamma, on their expansion to a national board.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Host Lizzie Jensen spoke with GW Student's for DeSantis president, Carson Sturgis, on the mission of his organization and presence of republican campaigning on campus.

On this week’s episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Host Lizzie Jensen spoke to author, activist and 2024 democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on her campaign and policies prior to her visit to GW on Oct 17.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Host Lizzie Jensen spoke with Panda Palooza attendees and GW professor Bruce Dickson on panda diplomacy and the significance of the Smithsonian pandas' departure.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Host Lizzie Jensen recaps the summer's top headlines with the Hatchet News team -- Academics Editor Fiona Riley, Metro Editor Erika Filter, Contributing Metro Editor Max Porter, Student Government Editor Hannah Marr and Contributing Student Life Jennifer Igbonoba.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Host Lizzie Jensen spoke with community pickleball players and D.C. Parks and Recreation Interim Director Thennie Freeman regarding Mayor Muriel Bowser's plan to expand pickleball courts in D.C.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Sejal Govindarao spoke with a pair of GW professors with expertise in technology and political communication about their views on TikTok's future after Montana became the first state to approve a ban of the app.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, reporter Aidan English joins Hosts Sejal Govindarao and Max Porter. He discusses his conversation with Dwayne Wright, an assistant professor of higher education administration and the director of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. Dr. Wright shared his insights regarding the...

On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Max Porter reports from Girl Up GW’s annual Women’s Gala that featured a series of female panelists who shared their experiences navigating their professional careers before a crowd of about 50 students.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, reporter Grace Eickel speaks with senior Mathena Jencka and discusses her work with D.C. lawmakers to propose legislation outlining sexual violence prevention rules for college campuses.

On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Hosts Sejal Govindarao and Max Porter discuss the shortage of snow in D.C. this winter. Nikolay Shiklomanov, a professor of climate and environmental change at GW, joins the episode to share his expert insight.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Hosts Sejal Govindarao and Max Porter speak with podcast reporters Lizzie Jensen and Jenna Toulan about how students, especially student-athletes, are reacting to the University's decision to reject "Hippos" as GW's next moniker.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It hosted by Sejal Govindarao and Max Porter, Sejal speaks with senior Payson Thomas – a staff aide to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, who was elected earlier this month after a five-day, 15-round voting process that consumed Capitol Hill.

On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Hosts Sejal Govindarao and Max Porter dive into city leaders’ agenda to combat crime and gun violence in D.C. Ward 2 D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto joins the show to discuss her work to reform the District’s criminal code.