The Randy Rydell Oral History dates from April 14 and September 2, 2025, and consists of an audio recording and edited transcript of the interview between Randy Rydell and Cory Ackerman. Topics discussed in this oral history include Rydell’s education and background in nuclear nonproliferation, his tenure working for Senator John Glenn as a staff member on the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, foreign policy challenges in Asia and the Middle East, and his experience continuing work with the United Nations and nuclear nonproliferation after Senator Glenn’s retirement. Rydell also discusses Senator Glenn’s leadership and approach to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1994.