In this interview with Gregory Jaczko, the former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Jazcko recounts his childhood and early interests in the sciences, his physics education at Cornell and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his entrance into the political world as a science adviser to Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. The bulk of the interview focuses on Jazcko' tenure as Chairman of the NRC during the first Obama administration, with particular emphasis on Jazcko's attempt to limit the nuclear industry's sway over civilian nuclear safety policy.