If You're Not At The Table, You're The Meal

Kind of a Big Deal · Jul 30, 2026 · 59m · transcript

Many of us don't think about government until it's already affecting us — and by then, it's too late to have a say in how. This conversation is a wake-up call, delivered by someone who's spent her entire career inside the rooms where the decisions get made.

Crystal comes from a family of public servants and built her own career from the ground up, starting in Congressional Affairs at the Department of Commerce, moving through Capitol Hill, and eventually becoming a powerhouse in government relations and lobbying.

In this conversation, we get into why public apathy toward government has never…