The inverse spectral problem asks to what extent one can recover the geometry of a manifold from knowledge of either its Laplace spectrum or dynamical counterparts, e.g., the (marked) length spectrum. While counterexamples do exist in general, there are certain symmetry and nondegeneracy conditions under which spectral uniqueness holds. Perhaps the most tantalizing unsolved case is that of strictly convex planar domains, known as Birkhoff billiard tables. It turns out that there is a deep relationship between the Laplace and length spectra, which is encoded in the Poisson relation. In this talk, I will describe my work on both Laplace and length spectral invariants as well as limitations in using the Poisson relation for inverse problems.