Intersections in Public Service

Latest Episodes:

Anti-Racism and Cultural Preservation - Jill & Ron Carson - Episode 15 Nov 11, 2020

Show notes

On this episode of Intersections in Public Service, Media Team Intern Cassie Deering covers an interview between Virginia Institute of Government's Associate Director, Charles Hartgrove and the founders of the Appalachian African American Cultural Center, Ron and Jill Carson. Since the killing of George Floyd in May of 2020, the topics of race and police brutality have become a prominent discussion in America. Jill and Ron Carson discuss their anti-racism workshops, and the importance of Black leadership in rural areas. Together, they explore how we can come to
confront racism by preserving Black history.

Click here to watch the original interview.

Hosts: Charles Hartgrove, Cassie Deering
Guests: Ron and Jill Carson
Editor: Cassie Deering
Project Manager: Claire Downey
Music Credits: Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License. http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Virginia Votes During Quarantine - Esther Eriksson von Allmen - Episode 14 Oct 06, 2020

Show notes

On this episode of Intersections in Public Service, we take a close look at the different ways Virginians can vote safely and securely amid the COVID-19 pandemic during this years presidential election. The voter registration deadline for Virginia is October 13th, 2020. If you hear this podcast before then and are looking to register, go to the Virginia Department of Elections Website.

Host & Editor: Esther Erikson von Allmen

Project Manager: Claire Downey

Music Credits:

Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Nature: Climate Change Publication - Jay Fuhrman, Andres Clarens, Bill Shobe - Episode 13 Sep 09, 2020

Show notes

On this episode of Intersections in Public Service we talk with three UVA researchers; Jay Furhman, Andres Clarens, and the Cooper Center's own Bill Shobe about a research paper that they have just published in the highly renowned scientific journal called Nature: Climate Change. In their research, they explore variations and outcomes of how Direct Air Capture and other carbon reducing methods could be used on a large scale.

Read their research here on Nature: Climate Change

Host/Editor: Claire Downey

Guests: Bill Shobe, Andres Clarens, Jay Fuhrman

Music Credits:

Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

National Issues at the Local Level - Chuck Anderson - Episode 12 Aug 25, 2020

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On this episode of Intersections in Public Service, Media Team Intern Anna Miller interviews her local town councilman Chuck Anderson from Vienna, Virginia. They discuss the local impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement as well as how to advocate for change on the local level. This episode was made in partnership with the Virginia Institute of Government, whose goal is to help communities build governance, capacity, and to develop local government leaders across the Commonwealth and beyond.

To find out more go to: VIG's website

Host: Anna Miller
Guest: Chuck Anderson
Project Manager: Claire Downey

Music Credits:
Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Value of Bipartisanship - John Warner - Episode 11 Jul 14, 2020

Show notes

Former U.S. Senator John W. Warner (R-Virginia) discusses the importance of effective leadership and bipartisanship to deliver results for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation during his 30-year tenure in the Senate. In conversation with Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership Director Larry Roberts, Senator Warner reflects on how his experience building relationships in the Senate led to solutions and improvements that achieved broad, bipartisan support. In his 42 years of public service in the military and elective office, Warner learned essential lessons of the importance of values and of public service that he wants to impart to young people today.

For more information, go to Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership's website.

Host: Larry Roberts
Guest: Senator John W. Warner
Producer & Editor: Claire Downey
Executive Producer: JC Ignaszweski

Music Credits:
Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Call to Public Service - John Warner - Episode 10 Jun 05, 2020

Show notes

Former U.S. Senator John W. Warner (R-Virginia) issues a call to public service and offers advice on being true to yourself and use advantages given to you to make the next generation's experience better than your own. In conversation with Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership Director Larry Roberts, Senator Warner reflects on how his experience at UVA Law affected his long career of public service through times of war and peace. From his Navy experience in World War II at 17 years old to concluding his 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate, Warner learned essential lessons of being a public servant that he wants to impart to young people today.

For more information, go to Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership's website.

Host: Larry Roberts
Guest: Senator John W. Warner
Producer & Editor: Claire Downey
Executive Producer: JC Ignaszweski

Music Credits:
Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Close Look at Surveys - Kara Fitzgibbon - Episode 9 Jan 04, 2020

Show notes

In this episode of Intersections in Public service we have an open conversation with Kara Fitzgibbon, the new director of the Center for Survey Research. We discuss everything from what surveys accomplish, to research transparency, and how surveys are changing with new technology.

Center for Survey Research Website

Cooper Center Website

Host: Claire Downey
Guest: Kara Fitzgibbon
Project Manager: Miles Greatwood

Music Credits:
Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Borders in Literature PHD+ - Dipsikha Thakur - Episode 8 Nov 01, 2019

Show notes

Have you ever wondered how borders, dracula, and passports all relate to each other? On this episode of Intersections of Public Service we talk with Dipsikha Thakur, a fourth year Literature PHD student at the University of Virginia. She discusses her partnership with the Weldon Cooper Center as a PHD+ student, as well as her research on how Gothic Literature reflects people’s perspectives on borders.

The books discussed in this podcast as follows:
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Books about Borders Recommendations:
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
The Invention of Passports by John Torpey
This Land is our land an immigrants manifesto by Suketu Mehta

Words Without Borders Website

Cooper Center Website

Host: Claire Downey
Guest: Lauren Gilbert
Project Manager: Miles Greatwood
Music Credits:
Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Sorensen Bipartisanship - Lauren Gilbert - Episode 7 Oct 21, 2019

Show notes

The Sorensen Institute is a bipartisan leadership organization, that focuses on the development of leadership skills for Virginia residents interested in becoming active in public service through politics. In this episode of Intersections of Public Service we talk to Associate Director of Sorensen; Lauren Gilbert, to take a deeper dive into the 5 different programs as well as specifically the High School Leaders Program. Lauren addresses what makes a good public servant, how policy coming out of the HSLP program has made an impact, and why it's important to have teenagers not be the leaders of tomorrow but the leaders of today.

To hear more about the High School Leaders Program you can go to our website at coopercenter.org, where we have two interviews with Student Policy Makers Alex Moreno and Choetsow Tenzin about their experiences.

Sorensen Institute Website

Cooper Center Website

Host: Claire Downey
Guest: Lauren Gilbert
Project Manager: Miles Greatwood

Music Credits:

Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing

Student Policy Makers - Choetsow Tenzin - Episode 6 Oct 09, 2019

Show notes

Sorensens Institute's High School Leaders Program gives teenagers the tools to become policy makers by teaching them about how to craft well made policy. In the summer program of 2017, three Charlottesville students Choetsow, Alex, and Lucas took what they learned in the program and went on to pass a mental health education bill into Virginia Legislature. Today on Episode 6 of Intersections, we talk to one of those students Choetsow about her time in the High School Leaders Program and why she's passionate about mental health education.

In our previous episode we interviewed Alex Moreno about his experience and you can listen to that on our website.

Sorensen Institute Website

Cooper Center Website

Host: Claire Downey
Guest: Choetsow Tenzin
Project Manager: Miles Greatwood

Music Credits:

Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing