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Episode 11: Leslie Bradshaw, C-SPAN and Particpatory Democracy

by Aaron Brazell on October 1, 2008

I was very pleased to have Leslie Bradshaw join me today. Leslie is no stranger around the DC community and she recently spent quite a bit of time on C-SPAN doing social media wrap-ups on each night of both the DNC and RNC.

Currently, she is working with C-SPAN on behind the scenes social media work relating to the debates.

I talked with Leslie about her work with C-SPAN, picked her brain about the “voice of the people” as heard during the Bailout package rejection by the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Episode 1 - Politics, Policy and Technology

by Aaron Brazell on July 14, 2008

Saturday night, I was joined by Leslie Bradshaw, Leslie Poston and Andrew Feinberg in an interesting discussion about policy and technology inside the beltway. Steve Hodson and S. Dawn Jones also joined in during the show.

It was a fascinating discussion, and borderline offensive at times, as discussions revolved around Congress and Social Media, which I covered here last week, racism on the internet and the iPhone 3G, which Hodson found offensive. :-)
To be clear, because I heard loudly and clearly from many listeners, politics is a sensitive area. Everyone thinks they are right and people typically prefer arguing than dialogue. I prefer dialogue and tried to Picture 5.pngmaintain some semblance of give and take. For my part, I remain independant with both conservative and progressive views on various issues. I don’t mind arguing and debating or even people telling others that they are completely wrong. The line that I draw is one of respect and when the respect line is crossed, that’s where I have issues. Despite the sensitive nature of some of our discussions, I don’t believe the respect line was crossed and I support the right of all the panelists to express their opinions, even if it offends some.

While this was the first episode of the Aaron Brazell Show (successor of the failed video show Technosailor TV), it won’t be the last. Next week, Glen Stansberry and Jared Goralnick join to discuss productivity and Freshbooks is giving away a one year subscription to it’s Shuttlebus package.

You can listen to Episode 1.

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