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Rethinking with Alex Torpey

Our nation’s public institutions at nearly all levels are failing to be the proactive, thoughtful, strategic forces for good that they were founded to be. As a result, our society is currently incapable of effectively identifying and addressing our most pressing challenges, threats, and needs.

Rethinking aims to provide those who work in public institutions or whose work relates to community and public problems, access to a completely nonpartisan, thoughtful, and critical place to question everything and develop strategic and practical real-world solutions to some of our most pressing needs.

From serving as mayor (non party affiliated) of his hometown of South Orange at age 23, a municipal business administrator, founder of a digital consulting firm, an emergency management director and volunteer EMT, and as a graduate level adjunct professor, management consultant, mentor and speaker, Alex Torpey brings together his uniquely diverse experiences to help provide us a platform to rethink the future of our communities, our republic, and ourselves.

Copyright: © 2021 Rethinking, with Alex Torpey

Latest Episodes:

Ep 7: Travels with Torpey – Northern Ireland Apr 13, 2021

Show notes

Exactly seven years ago, In 2014, I was invited with some other mayors and others to speak at the Belfast Technology Conference. In this episode (First in a new Special Series), I reflect a little on my time in Belfast, learning about efforts in the City to bridge historic cultural divides, that are unfortunately still […]

Episode 6: BUSTED! Top 12 Myths About Running for Public Office Mar 31, 2021

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Join former mayor, municipal manager, professor, and consultant Alex Torpey as he briefly introduces the Special Series: On Running for Public Office, and investigates 12 common myths about running for office, such as myths related to balancing private/public life, public service being a thankless job, careerism in politics, and not being able to make an […]

Bonus Interview: Former Boston City Council candidate Lee Nave Mar 17, 2021

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Join Alex for this bonus interview as part of the Special Series: On Running for Public office. This interview is with Lee Nave. Alex and Lee met while Lee was a student in Professor Torpey’s MPA course at Seton Hall University. Lee moved to Boston five years ago and began to engage in various local […]

Episode 5: Primates, Patriarchy, Politics, and Power Feb 17, 2021

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In this episode, we will identify some of the ways that behaviors inherited from our primate ancestors got (largely) unintentionally built into our political (and other) systems over centuries, and what the consequences of that are today. We’ll look at a few examples of leadership and decision making structures among other animals to help us […]

Bonus Interview: Montana state legislator Mallerie Stromswold Jan 26, 2021

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Join Alex for this special interview as part of the nonpartisan series on running for public office. This interview is with Mallerie Stromswold, who was just elected to the Montana state legislature in 2020… At 19 years old! Mallerie (R) represents Montana’s 50th legislative district. She talks to us about some of her upcoming legislative […]

Episode 4: Our Misunderstanding of Free Will – We Have Much Less, and More, Control Than We Think Jan 14, 2021

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We will explore the concepts of self, free will, and consciousness to help better understand the common denominator of nearly every issue we face today - a fundamental misunderstanding of how our minds work.  This is part one of two. First we will identify false assumptions about how we form ideas, have beliefs, and take actions. Next, we will look at how those false assumptions lead to, and currently operate, today’s systems and world.

Rethinking Episode 3 – Fixing Bad Discourse and My Promise to You Dec 21, 2020

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Conversations are incredibly divisive. Can we use a few strategies to have better conversations with those we disagree with?

Rethinking Episode 2.0 – An overview of the special nonpartisan series on running for public office Dec 08, 2020

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In Episode 2.0 I give a brief overview of the special series “Nonpartisan Overview on Running for Public Office” (viewable below in full on YouTube), and talk about one of the most common myths about elected office – that politics must be a career and longevity is the only way to have power or influence. […]

Rethinking with Alex Torpey Episode 1.1 – Why do we need to “Rethink?” Nov 27, 2020

Show notes

Our nation’s public institutions are failing to be the proactive, thoughtful, strategic forces for good that they were founded to be. As a result, our society is currently incapable of effectively identifying and addressing our most pressing challenges, threats, and needs. Rethinking aims to provide those who work in public institutions or whose work relates […]

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