Something new this episode: our first video podcast is up at YouTube. You can also listen as always on any podcast app. If you like the video version, please give it a thumbs up and/or click to subscribe. The format’s different this time too: more of a conversation than an interview, with two of my favorite people from the worlds of politics and communications, Kevin … [Read more...] about A Hollow Man Vacates the Chair & Other Leadership Lessons, Cautionary & Otherwise, with Kevin Lewis & Zach Friend
Communication
Meta/Obama/DOJ Vet Kevin Lewis on AI
If you want to know more about the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, you could hardly do better than to consult with someone who’s been a senior communications advisor for Facebook, lately known as Meta, the US Department of Justice, and a President of the United States. And that’s what I did for this episode. Kevin Lewis was the post-presidency spokesman for … [Read more...] about Meta/Obama/DOJ Vet Kevin Lewis on AI
Joan Esposito: Talk radio for people who want better politics
The episode before last, host Spencer Critchley was the guest for a change, interviewed by Joan Esposito, who hosts a liberal talk radio show originating at WCPT-AM in Chicago. This time, Spencer interviews Joan about how she manages to conduct smart, in-depth, live political conversations three hours a day, five days a week — sometimes devoting a full hour to a topic when the … [Read more...] about Joan Esposito: Talk radio for people who want better politics
How to win elections so we still *have* elections
As unthinkable as it may seem, it’s where we are now: only one of America’s two major parties still supports democracy. That means it’s up to the Democratic Party to save democracy for everyone. But even with democracy in grave danger, Democrats are in a close race against the people who are trying to finish it off. How can that be, and what should they do about … [Read more...] about How to win elections so we still *have* elections
Walter Shapiro: Finding the Democrats’ Missing Message
In normal times, if one party is bad at politics, it’s a problem for that party. But in these times, we only have one major party that still believes in democracy. And yet Democrats are likely to lose the Congress this fall, and could lose the White House in 2024 — maybe even to Donald Trump, the first US president ever to lead a coup attempt and still the leader of a … [Read more...] about Walter Shapiro: Finding the Democrats’ Missing Message