Decision Makers

About Decision Makers

Decision Makers features conversations with leaders at the highest levels of business, government, and media, exploring how they made it to the top and what they learned about how decisions are made being there. Hosted by Matt Kalmans and Sacha Samotin, the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Applecart.

Publisher

Applecart

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 May 2024

Latest episode

12 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Feb 2025

   Jim Wilkinson

   Hear from Jim Wilkinson, Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Communications.

2. 

   24 Oct 2024

   Steve Israel

   Hear from Steve Israel, Former DCCC Chairman.

3. 

   11 Sept 2024

   Kate Bedingfield

   Hear from Kate Bedingfield, former White House Communications Director for President Joe Biden and CNN Political Commentator. Prior to joining the Biden White House, Kate spent her career in senior communications roles on competitive Democratic campaigns for President, Senate, and Congress, in addition to at the Motion Picture Association.

4. 

   18 Jul 2024

   Ken Mehlman

   Hear about Ken Mehlman’s journey to the highest levels of politics and business – including serving as Chairman of the RNC, campaign manager for President George W. Bush in 2004, and now Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs and Co-Head of KKR Global Impact at KKR – one of the country’s leading private equity funds.

5. 

   2 May 2024

   Sean Patrick Maloney

   Hear from U.S. Ambassador to the OECD and former Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney about his journey from a volunteer on Bill Clinton’s ‘92 campaign to Congressman, member of House Leadership, and now Ambassador – in Episode One of Applecart’s new podcast Decision Makers.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

13,598

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

2

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.