Federal News Countdown: Pope Francis goes to Washington, Matt Damon visits Mars

Guests

• Jeri Buchholz, strategic business development advisor for FMP Consulting; former chief human capital officer at NASA
• Kathryn Medina, chief talent officer at APCO Worldwide; former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council

Buchholz’s stories:

3. Astronauts in Space Have Already Watched Matt Damon’s “The Martian” (GQ)

2. Shuttering the government actually costs more than keeping it open — more than $2 billion last time (Washington Post)

1. Carter leans in to women’s issues in new partnership (Federal News Radio)

Medina’s stories:

3. Phased retirement: And the winner (sort of) is HUD! (Federal News Radio)

2. Shutdown Redux: (Borrowed) Money to Burn (Jeff Neal)

1. The 9 most notable pope quotes (Politico)