Josh Shapiro: podcast appearances and interviews

Joshua David Shapiro, born on June 20, 1973, in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. Raised in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he studied political science at the University of Rochester and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University. His early career included work as a senior adviser to U.S. senator Robert Torricelli. Shapiro was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2004, representing the 153rd district until 2012, after defeating former Republican U.S. representative Jon D. Fox. In 2011, he was elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, serving until 2017 and holding the position of chairman; he was also named chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in 2015 by Governor Tom Wolf. Shapiro was elected Pennsylvania attorney general in 2016, defeating Republican John Rafferty Jr., and was reelected in 2020. During his tenure as attorney general, he released a statewide grand jury report on abuse by Catholic priests and negotiated a $1 billion settlement for Pennsylvania as part of a national opioid settlement. In the 2022 gubernatorial election, Shapiro ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeated Republican Doug Mastriano in the general election by a significant margin. In April 2025, he and his family survived an arson attack at the governor's mansion, shortly after observing a Passover Seder.