The Gallup Podcast

The Power of Youth Service: How Service Shapes Career Readiness, Connection and Resilience

New research from Gallup and The Allstate Foundation finds that service doesn't just help communities — it changes the young people who provide it. Stephanie Marken, a senior partner at Gallup, talks with Greg Weatherford II, Director of The Allstate...

• Transcript

Where Do the World’s Migrants Want to Go?

Each year, Gallup asks people around the world if they would like to move to another country — and if so, which one. Of course, not everyone who seeks to migrate is able to do so. But what would it mean for populations and labor forces worldwide if...

• Transcript

What's Driving the Global Engagement Decline?

For a second consecutive year, global employee engagement has fallen — a pattern without precedent in Gallup's trend, and a loss of productivity that carries a $10 trillion price tag. At the center of the decline: managers. In this episode, Chief...

Happiness Rankings Reveal Global Shifts and a Growing Generational Gap

The latest World Happiness Report shows that while the world’s happiest countries remain largely unchanged, deeper shifts are underway beneath the surface. In this episode, Ilana Ron-Levey, managing director at Gallup, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve,...

How Are Black Americans Doing?

The findings of “Black Thriving in America” reveal a complex landscape for the lives and experiences of millions of Black adults in the U.S. This annual report, the product of a partnership between the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center and the Gallup...

What Is the World’s Most Important Problem?

There is no shortage of contenders for “the most important problem in the world.” Every day, leaders confront a growing list of complex and overlapping challenges that demand their attention. A new report from Gallup, released at World Governments...

Leading With Strengths: Marlene Tromp, President of the University of Vermont

In a conversation between Gallup CEO Jon Clifton and Dr. Marlene Tromp, president of the University of Vermont, Tromp shares how her strengths shape the way she leads. Listen in as Tromp discusses how she thinks about building trust and belonging...

Leading With Strengths: Juan Carlos Pinzón, Former Colombian Minister of Defense

The Gallup Podcast will return in 2026. As we round out the year, we invite you to explore Leading With Strengths, a special series on global leadership. Through in-depth interviews, we uncover the decisions, mindsets and strengths that define...

The Promise and Peril of AI, Through Americans’ Eyes

Synopsis: Americans are hesitant and skeptical when it comes to AI — but at the same time, U.S. employees’ use of AI at work has taken off. However, there are bigger-picture questions about AI that linger, on safety and national security, governance,...

HBCUs Demonstrate the Power of a Strengths-Based Culture

As students file back into classrooms, many are returning to campuses transformed by a strengths-based culture. Gallup’s Camille Lloyd talks with Dr. Cheresa Simpson and Dr. Paquita Yarborough of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund about how...

Leading With Strengths: Leslie Motter, CEO of Make-A-Wish America

What makes a leader worth following? At Gallup, this question has long guided both our research and our conversations with those shaping the course of society. As The Gallup Podcast pauses for the summer, we invite you to explore Leading With...

Global Employee Engagement Falls for Only the Second Time in Gallup’s Trend

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report captures the voice of global employees in an evolving workplace. While the annual report has found a generally upward trajectory for global employee engagement, this year is an exception. Gallup’s Jim...

Needs and Challenges Facing Black Parents in the U.S.

Gallup research with the Equity Research Action Coalition at the University of North Carolina explores how Black parents bond with their children and navigate through challenges, from transportation to conversations about race. Camille Lloyd, director...

What’s Behind the Divide Between Young Men and Women in the U.S.?

A surge in liberal identity among U.S. young women reveals itself in various Gallup trends, creating new gender divides not previously seen. Gallup Director of U.S. Social Research Lydia Saad speaks with Daniel Cox, Director of the Survey Center on...

What Are Americans’ Priorities for Public Health?

A new administration has already made significant changes to the government’s approach to public health in the U.S., with more changes likely on the way. But where do Americans stand on key health issues? The Rollins-Gallup Public Health Priorities...

Confidence in Business

There’s a large contrast between how Americans view small business versus big business in Gallup’s annual “confidence in institutions” list. But there is more to Americans’ attitudes toward and expectations of business, research with Bentley...

Confidence in Police

Gallup’s 2024 Global Safety Report finds that people’s trust in their local police is one of the keys to their overall perceptions of safety. In the U.S., police were the only institution that saw an increase in public confidence in 2024. But racial...

Confidence in Institutions Among Gen Z

Generation Z has a unique way of looking at the world, but also U.S. institutions. Gallup’s research with the Walton Family Foundation yields new insights into the young adults and children who are nearing adulthood -- about their confidence in...

Confidence in Labor Unions

Though https://news.gallup.com/poll/647303/confidence-institutions-mostly-flat-police.aspx is stable, U.S. https://news.gallup.com/poll/12751/labor-unions.aspx -- one of Gallup’s oldest trends -- has seen a major rebound over the past 15 years. More...

Confidence in Mass Media

The media are among the institutions in which Gallup has documented the greatest loss in public confidence. The trend -- which predates the Watergate scandal -- paints a picture of an institution that was once highly revered and is now hardly trusted....