Brad Rourke

Category: podcast

  • First Sorrow, A Short Story By Franz Kafka

    First Sorrow.m4a Listen on Posterous First Sorrow, a short story by Franz Kafka, read by Brad Rourke.  Posted via Posterous.

  • The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock

    The Lovesong Of J. Alfred Prufrock Spoken by Brad Rourke.m4a Listen on Posterous This is my favorite poem, and I have been thinking about it lately. So, I thought I would record it and present it as a podcast. Just 6:40 or so. (The music in the background is by West Farm, an occasional project…

  • A Talk On Framing Issues For Public Deliberation

    2011-30-03 issue framing.MP3 Listen on Posterous I had the good fortune of being asked to share some thoughts at the Kettering Foundation’s annual Multinational Workshop week. In this session, people working in dialogue and participation came together from Jamaica, Brazil, Romania, Ghana, Ireland, Colombia, Hungary, Russia, and many more. I had the presence of mind…

  • The Day Jerry Brown Visited

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

  • 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.

  • New Media And Civic Life: Interview With 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 need to go in order…

  • The Long View

    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 back on this moment. How would you like to remember…

  • Freedom And Responsibility In Public Life

    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 world makes it easy to go too far and say things that infringe…

  • 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…