The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on an issue plaguing America for far too long - healthcare disparities. In this episode, Rick sits down with Dr. David Ansell, a leader in community health equity and co-founder of Equal Hope, a Chica

Advance Files: Vol. 3

Mar 18th, 2021 48m 41s

Back by popular demand - it's another episode of the Advance Files. Today, Rick is joined by the power team that made up the Scheduling and Advance operation of the Clinton White House - Stephanie Street, Aviva Rosenthal and Rob Rosen. Togethe

Mike Wagner

Feb 25th, 2021 33m 43s

Joint Force Headquarters National Capitol Region / Military District of Washington. Bet you can't say that five times fast. On today's episode, Rick sits down with Mike Wagner, Chief of National Events Planning for the JFHQ-NCR/MDW to talk abo

Carol Marin

Feb 12th, 2021 39m 52s

On today’s episode, Rick sits down for a conversation with award-winning journalist, Carol Marin, whose career spans nearly 50 years as both a Chicago and national reporter and anchor for NBC, CBS and WTTW, and who now serves as the Director at

Lilly Weinberg

Jan 28th, 2021 35m 29s

Lilly Weinberg, Senior Director of Community and National Initiatives at the Knight Foundation, joins the podcast this week. She and Rick talk about the national replication of the “On the Table” initiative and the importance of civic engagemen

Advance Files: Vol. 2

Jan 22nd, 2021 34m 9s

It's time for another Advance Files. In this episode Rick is joined by a new generation of advance folks , Grant O'Brien and Andrew Jasculca , as they discuss the roles they have played in Presidential Inaugurals. Andrew, as the lead advance fo

Lynn Sweet

Jan 13th, 2021 45m 22s

Welcome to 2021. In the first episode of season 2, we barely scratch the surface on all that has happened in the first days of the new year. Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, Lynn Sweet, joins Rick to talk about the insurrecti

The Advance Files: Vol. 1

Dec 17th, 2020 1h 6m

What the heck is advance anyways? For our season finale of Perception Reception, we're diving into the Advance Files, and Rick and four of his longtime friends from the world of advance reminisce about the their days "on the road". Listen in a

Teaser: Special Advance episode

Dec 14th, 2020 2m 2s

What the heck is advance anyways? Tune in this Thursday to find out!

Geoff Garin

Dec 10th, 2020 32m 55s

In this never ending election cycle, there is no such thing as too much analysis about the state of public opinion polling. So, today Rick is joined by Geoff Garin, president of Hart Research, who along with Public Opinion Strategies has condu

Ambassador Jim Collins

Dec 3rd, 2020 34m 34s

Ambassador Jim Collins is no stranger to foreign relations, intelligence and international diplomacy, having served in the U.S. foreign service in multiple capacities in Russia, including as U.S. Ambassador from 1997 to 2001, as well as diploma

Mark Sullivan

Nov 25th, 2020 31m 12s

Today's episode features Mark Sullivan, former director of the United States Secret Service and until 2017, was a principal at GSIS, a global security consulting and business advisory firm. Rick and Mark discuss the pressing national and intern

Michael Tyler

Nov 20th, 2020 40m 3s

Acceptance. Hope. Transformation. In this powerful episode, Rick is joined by critically acclaimed author, Michael Tyler, who, among many accomplishments, wrote the children's book, "The Skin You Live In.” Michael discusses the indoctrination

Rep. Cheri Bustos

Nov 12th, 2020 32m 39s

On this special episode of Perception Reception, Rick is joined by longtime friend and Representative for IL-17, Cheri Bustos. The Congresswoman and Rick reflect on the 2020 election, goals for improving the brand of the Democratic Party, the i

Anna Greenberg

Nov 10th, 2020 33m 26s

The election is over... or certainly should be. And today Rick is joined by Anna Greenberg, Managing Partner of GQR, one of the nation's most respected public opinion research firms. Listen in as Anna and Rick unpack all the latest headlines a

John Podesta

Oct 30th, 2020 36m 36s

This week, Rick is joined by the political jack of all trades, John Podesta. Among serving as special counsel on climate policy to President Obama; he was the Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton; was a member of the U.N. Secretary General’

Bill McInturff

Oct 21st, 2020 36m 52s

This week, Rick is joined by Bill McInturff, managing partner of the “GOP powerhouse” Public Opinion Strategies, one of the nation’s largest political and public affairs survey firms. Bill, along with Hart Research Associates, conducts the NBC

Mike McCurry

Oct 13th, 2020 43m 38s

Kicking off the series, a conversation between Rick Jasculca and his longtime friend, former Clinton White House Press Secretary, Mike McCurry, who also had a long tenure as Co-Chair of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. Mike i

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