Podcast version: Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any podcast app, or right here: If you wanted to, you could consume nothing but presidential campaign coverage all day every day. But how much of it would leave you feeling better informed about casting what may be the most important vote of your life? Not better informed about the campaign as a … [Read more...] about Mike Madrid & Zach Friend on Election ’24
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Here’s What Cynics Get Wrong About Politics
Listen to this episode on any podcast app, or watch it at YouTube: There are lots of reasons to be cynical about the crisis in our politics. The trouble is, one of the biggest causes of that crisis is cynicism itself. We should always be skeptical about politics. People aren’t angels, as James Madison reminded us. But skepticism involves checking to find out what’s … [Read more...] about Here’s What Cynics Get Wrong About Politics
A Hollow Man Vacates the Chair & Other Leadership Lessons, Cautionary & Otherwise, with Kevin Lewis & Zach Friend
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
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