The Radical Bureaucrat

The Radical Bureaucrat

By Abram Guerra and Sam RosaldoGovernment
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The Radical Bureaucrat episodes

  • S3:E3 - For What It's Worth
    Sam and Abram talk about their inability to articulate, the role of art, and they make room for some other voices as we unpack 200 days of atrocities in Palestine. Here are the other voices:
    Steven Stills and Buffalo Springfield, creators of the musical theme for our episode, "For What it's Worth"
    Amy Goodman, Anchor on Democracy Now
    Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
    Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
    Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Beth Miller, Political Director, Jewish Voice for Peace
    Eva Borgwardt, National Spokesperson, IfNotNow
    Naomi Klein, Journalist, Author, and Activist
    Jose Andrés, Founder and Exec Director/Chef, World Central Kitchen
    29 min
  • S3:E1--Seeking Authentic Dialogue, Building Beloved Community
    We begin a four part series about breaking silence without damaging relationships and striving to create productive dialogue about current events (like the occupation of Palestine). This episode focuses on the core values we try to sustain while creating these conversations: Humility, Community, and Justice.
    56 min
  • BONUS: NYC Schools Chancellor Carranza Steps Down
    We talk about the historic transition happening at the very top of the largest public school system in the nation. Chancellor Carranza has been a controversial figure at a pivotal moment in the history of NYC, and Sadye Campoamor and Zakiyah Ansari help us to make sense of this moment.
    1 hr 5 min
  • S2:E20--Renato Rosaldo
    Renato Rosaldo is a world-renown anthropologist and the author of four books of poetry. He is also Sam's dad! On this episode he discusses grief and grieving, in the time of COVID-19 and after the death of his wife, and Sam's mother, in 1981. He ends by reading from his book, "The Day of Shelly's Death."
    46 min
  • S2:E16--Sam and Abram Make Space for Grief
    Sam and Abram make space to talk about some of the loss that we are all facing, from the death of dear loved ones, to the more trivial losses of work, momentum, or just routine. What does it look like to intentionally dig in on an emotion that we pretty much avoid unless we absolutely have to?
    50 min

About The Radical Bureaucrat

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Bureaucracy is that strangely modern form of government where lots of folks at their desk (french “bureau”) follow rules that they might not necessarily understand, and thus reinforce a system that they typically don’t like. Bureaucrats rule without really having much power–or without realizing how much power they have…