Episode 55: Keep Talking

28/08/2025 35 min

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Professor John Bryson is a world-renowned expert in public administration and governance. Over the course of his career at the University of Minnesota, he has studied and written about eras in the prevailing culture of governance, particularly in the United States. We are now at a point where commitment to the core principles of the Constitution is fraying, with deep consequences for the work of government. How do we move forward?In this conversation with Anita, the two quickly turned from theoretical questions about public value to John’s high-school experience as an intern to the city manager in the Appalachian community where he grew up. He learned there that Hubert Humphrey’s adage to “keep talking” is at the core of what creates the sense of community that will get us out of the mess we’re in.

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