Public Life Today with Brad Rourke

Episodes

1. 7

   The Day Jerry Brown Visited

   You'll never guess what Jerry Brown said when he visited my apartment back in the day. [...]

   Dec 11, 2009
2. 6

   Social Media And Philanthropy: Interview With Larry Blumenthal

   How social media can make philanthropy better. An interview with Larry Blumenthal, director of social media strategy for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. [...]

   Nov 25, 2009

   16 min
3. 5

   New Media And Civic Life: Interview With Noelle McAfee

   Noelle McAfee In this week’s edition of my podcast, Public Life Today, I interview Kettering Review editor and George Mason professor Noelle McAfee. I am proud to count Noelle as a friend. I recently noticed a piece in her blog, Gone Public, in which she lays out some directions she suggests we...

   Nov 17, 2009
4. 4

   The Long View

   "View of the Long Walk, Windsor" by Flickr user 5k1nnyt1g3r In this week’s edition of my podcast, Public Life Today, I talk about a simple test public leaders might use when faced with the need to act when emotions are high. It’s the “Long View Test.” It’s simple: Think about how you want to look...

   Nov 10, 2009
5. 3

   Freedom And Responsibility In Public Life

   "Scales of Justice" by Flickr user srqpix In this week’s edition of my podcast, Public Life Today, I talk about the balance that needs to be struck between freedom and responsibility. For people who run online communities this can be especially troubling, as the relative anonymity of the online...

   Oct 20, 2009
6. 2

   Permanence

   In this week’s edition of my podcast, Public Life Today, I talk about my friend who’s a civil engineer. The other day, he happily observed to me that none of his bridges had ever fallen down. It caused me to rethink a few things about my own work. What if I approached my work with the intention...

   Oct 12, 2009
7. 1

   Fishkin and WMD

   Stanford professor James Fishkin is a luminary in the civic engagement field. He is the developer and chief proponent of something called “deliberative polling” and he heads Stanford’s Center for Deliberative Democracy. He recently posted and article to his blog at the San Francisco Examiner in...

   Oct 6, 2009